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Mobile Health Unit Screening For Black Lung In Eastern Ohio
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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A mobile health clinic is touring different coal towns in Ohio to help miners find out if they have black lung disease. The goal is to detect the disease early before it gets worse. Miners will be able to walk into a large trailer and receive a chest exam, a breathing test and more to see if they have… Read More
‘Dear Doctor’ Letters Use Peer Pressure, Government Warning To Stop Overprescribing
By: Ina Jaffe | NPR
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Researchers found that a simple letter to doctors, focusing on their high prescribing rates, reduced their tendency to give risky antipsychotic drugs to their patients, including some with dementia.
Diet Hit A Snag? Your Gut Bacteria May Be Partly To Blame
By: Allison Aubrey | NPR
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Scientists are learning more about how our gut microbes may influence dieting. A small new study finds successful dieters have a different mix of bacteria than less-successful dieters.
Some Bacteria Are Becoming ‘More Tolerant’ Of Hand Sanitizers, Study Finds
By: Melody Schreiber | NPR
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Researchers wanted to know why certain infections were increasing in hospitals. They were surprised by what they found.
Your Voice Ohio Collaborative Seeking Solutions To Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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An Ohio-based collaborative thinks journalists can play a bigger role in solving the region’s opioid crisis. The effort starts with listening to people in some of the hardest-hit communities. A group of about 50 people gathered in a small building at the fairgrounds in Marietta, Ohio, to share their thoughts on the region’s opioid crisis… Read More
HHS Inspector General’s Report Finds Flaws And Fraud In U.S. Hospice Care
By: Ina Jaffe | NPR
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Medicare pays more than $16 billion a year for hospice services. But a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services says hospice patients don’t always get the care they’re promised.
Infection And Inequality: How The Income Gap Fuels Ohio Valley’s Hep A Outbreak
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Jim Thacker is frustrated. The spokesperson for the Madison County, Kentucky, Health Department said there is a real threat of a Hepatitis A outbreak at the detention center right down the road in Richmond. Built to house about 240 inmates, it holds more than 400. “It’s like a petri dish, they are packed so close together,” he… Read More
Q&A: Investigations Correspondent Howard Berkes Discusses Black Lung Disease Series
By: Griffin Rowell | NPR
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Investigations Correspondent Howard Berkes talks about his recent work on “Black Lung Returns To Coal Country,” a series he has reported off-and-on for years.
Listen: 82-Year-Old Ohio Mom Hits The Road In Search Of Kidney For Her Son
By: NPR
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Norma Brickey has been driving the streets of Columbus, Ohio, with a sign in her car window: “My son needs a kidney, O positive,” followed by her phone number.
Kentucky Drug Overdose Deaths Jump 11.5 Percent In 2017
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky are increasing despite a drop in opioid prescriptions and heroin use. A new report from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy says 1,565 people died from drug overdoses in 2017. That’s an 11.5 percent increase from 2016. Kentucky overdose deaths have increased by more than… Read More
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