Why Do We Know So Little About the Womb?
https://newrepublic.com/article/178401/womb-uterus-history-reproductive-rights
Research at the heart of a federal case against the abortion pill has been retracted
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/09/1230175305/abortion-pill-mifepristone-retraction-supreme-court
Could testosterone be a useful treatment for menopause?
https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/08/menopause-hormonal-treatment-testosterone/
Erectile dysfunction drugs may be linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-linked-alzheimer.html
Delicious Foods Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
https://futurism.com/neoscope/foods-alzheimers-disease
We’re told to ‘eat a rainbow’ of fruit and vegetables. Here’s what each colour does in our body
https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/nutrition-medicine/were-told-to-eat-a-rainbow-of-fruit-and-vegetables-heres-what-each-colour-does-in-our-body/
Dietary supplements and protein powders aren't regulated the same way drugs are — here's what experts say to watch out for
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dietary-supplements-protein-powders-what-to-watch-out-for/
How to Approach Weight-Loss Drugs for Children
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/children-at-the-table/202402/how-to-approach-weight-loss-drugs-and-children
This common medication could save half a million children’s lives each year. So why is it underprescribed?
https://www.newswise.com/articles/medication-saves-lives-but-why-underprescribed
Treatment for teens is inaccessible, costly as U.S. opioid deaths rise
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/02/09/teen-opioid-overdose-spikes-treatment-expensive/72173493007/
In the US, Mental Health Treatment Can Be a Death Sentence
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mental-health-overdose-crisis/
A death sentence: Native Americans have least access to liver transplant system
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/08/death-sentence-native-americans-have-least-access-liver-transplant-system/
Doctors have more difficulty diagnosing disease when looking at images of darker skin
https://news.mit.edu/2024/doctors-more-difficulty-diagnosing-diseases-images-darker-skin-0205
Teledermatology study exposes skin tone diagnosis gaps, AI offers improvement
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240207/Teledermatology-study-exposes-skin-tone-diagnosis-gaps-AI-offers-improvement.aspx
Artificial intelligence shows improved accuracy of ovarian cancer diagnosis
https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/analyst-comment/ai-shows-improved-accuracy-of-ovarian-cancer-diagnosis/
AI-based system to guide stroke treatment decisions may help prevent another stroke
https://newsroom.heart.org/news/ai-based-system-to-guide-stroke-treatment-decisions-may-help-prevent-another-stroke
AI cannot be used to deny health care coverage, feds clarify to insurers
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/ai-cannot-be-used-to-deny-health-care-coverage-feds-clarify-to-insurers/
CMS: Medicare Advantage Plans Can Use AI Tools To 'Assist' but Not Terminate Post-Acute Care Stays
https://skillednursingnews.com/2024/02/cms-medicare-advantage-plans-can-use-ai-tools-to-assist-but-not-terminate-post-acute-care-stays/
New $2,000 Medicare Part D Cap Could Reduce Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs for Over One Million Beneficiaries Beginning Next Year, Including Tens of Thousands of Beneficiaries in Most States
https://www.kff.org/medicare/press-release/new-2000-medicare-part-d-cap-could-reduce-out-of-pocket-drug-costs-for-over-one-million-beneficiaries-beginning-next-year-including-tens-of-thousands-of-beneficiaries-in-most-states/
Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy Loss Tied to Higher Out-of-Pocket Costs
https://healthpayerintelligence.com/news/medicare-part-d-low-income-subsidy-loss-tied-to-higher-out-of-pocket-costs
Medicaid enrollment cuts led to more evictions, study finds
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/medicaid-housing-evictions
Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-unwinding-chip-disenrollments-halfway-through-pandemic/
Disenrollments of People With Medicaid Climb Past 16 Million
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/health/millions-lose-medicaid-coverage
More than 100K Kansans could be booted from Medicaid by end of redetermination process
https://kansasreflector.com/2024/02/04/more-than-100k-kansans-could-be-booted-from-medicaid-by-end-of-redetermination-process/
As another rural Kansas clinic shutters, Kelly renews call for Medicaid expansion
https://kansasreflector.com/briefs/as-another-rural-kansas-clinic-shutters-kelly-renews-call-for-medicaid-expansion/
Medicaid Expansion in Georgia would Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes
https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/02/07/medicaid-expansion-in-georgia-would-improve-maternal-and-infant-health-outcomes/
Assisted living facility owners urge Arkansas officials to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/feb/08/assisted-living-facility-owners-urge-arkansas/
Renewed push to raise NJ’s Medicaid reimbursement rates
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2024/02/nj-not-enough-primary-care-doctors-poor-medicaid-reimbursement-nj-health-care-quality-institute-new-report/
FL health centers face financial strain without Medicaid reimbursement increase
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-02-09/health/fl-health-centers-face-financial-strain-without-medicaid-reimbursement-increase/a88767-1
Pharmacy Chains Are in a World of Hurt. Blame Shrinking Drug Reimbursements.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/cvs-walgreens-pharmacy-store-closings-drug-reimbursements-bbaeb60b
Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the U.S.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/08/1230174586/high-us-drug-prices
Senate panel grills pharmaceutical CEOs on drug prices: ‘You bear a measure of responsibility’
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/health/senate-hearing-drug-prices/index.html
J&J, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs Defend Drug Prices at Senate Hearing
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/us/politics/senate-hearing-drug-prices.html
Lowering Cardiometabolic Drug Costs May Improve Diabetes Health Outcomes
https://www.ajmc.com/view/lowering-cardiometabolic-drug-costs-may-improve-diabetes-health-outcomes
What Does Morality Have To Do With Business?
https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2024/02/what-does-morality-have-to-do-with-business/