Hundreds of Mississippians die every year from opioid overdoses, an epidemic that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands more nationwide. In a series of historic settlement agreements, pharmaceutical companies agreed to pay…

Hace unos años, los organizadores de uno de los mejores programas de ejercicios para personas con la enfermedad de Parkinson en Estados Unidos se dieron cuenta de que tenían un problema: la mayoría de los participantes eran…

No se conocen bien los efectos de las redes sociales en la salud mental de los jóvenes. Sin embargo, eso no ha impedido que el Congreso, las asambleas legislativas estatales y el cirujano general de Estados Unidos sigan…

Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV For five years, Caren Blanzy received the same treatment at the same medical office in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The regular injections gave her relief from involuntary muscle contractions caused by a…

A bill pending in California’s legislature to ratchet up oversight of private equity investments in health care is receiving enthusiastic backing from consumer advocates, labor unions, and the California Medical Association,…

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A few years ago, the organizers of one of the largest U.S. exercise programs for people with Parkinson’s disease realized they had a problem: Most of the students were white. “We’re always asking who’s not in the room,…

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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — When Bobby Moske went to a community clinic a few years ago with a toothache, he couldn’t find a dentist in Marin County willing to take Medicaid to do a root canal. Marin Community Clinics referred…

Dan Shively had been a bank president who built floats for July Fourth parades in Cody, Wyoming, and adored fly-fishing with his sons. Jeffrey Dowd had been an auto mechanic who ran a dog rescue and hosted a Sunday blues radio…