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News Articles: Medical Treatments

Bruce Willis attends the premiere of "Motherless Brooklyn" during the 57th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 11, 2019, in New York. Willis' family announced that the actor has been diagnosed with aphasia, causing him to step away from acting at the age of 67.

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  • Health

Understanding aphasia, the condition impacting Bruce Willis' acting career

While details of Willis' diagnosis are unknown, medical experts stress the importance of the brain condition and how it's specifically treated — depending on its severity.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
A health worker shows a box containing a bottle of Ivermectin in Cali, Colombia, on July 21, 2020.

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  • Medical Treatments

Ivermectin does not prevent COVID-19 hospitalization, a new study says

The Food and Drug Administration has long warned against using the cow and horse dewormer to fight COVID-19, warning it can cause serious, adverse effects.

March 30, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
James Perkinson of Greenbriar, Tenn., underwent ECMO for nearly two months while he was sedated. He says without the "miracle" therapy, he "wouldn't be here right now."

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  • Medical Treatments

Even with risky survival rate, shortages of ECMO machines cost lives, study finds

For COVID patients, ECMO is a last-ditch respiratory treatment in which only about half survive. Yet a new small study suggests many lives would still have been saved if there had been more machines.

March 29, 2022
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By:
  • Blake Farmer
GPB News NPR

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  • Medical Treatments

The viability of ECMO as a last-ditch treatment for COVID

ECMO machines became a last-ditch treatment for COVID. But only half of the patients who got ECMO survived, raising questions about whether this expensive and hard to access treatment is worth it.

March 29, 2022
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By:
  • Kelsey Snell,
  • Brianna Scott,
  • and 1 more
Colorado Governor Jared Polis, back left, and Colorado Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg, back right, listen as Majority Leader Daneya Esgar speaks during a news conference. Esgar has called for the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.

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  • Health Care

Colorado braces to become refuge for abortion access if 'Roe' is weakened

If Roe v. Wade falters, Colorado will be nearly surrounded by a sea of anti-abortion states. The state is bracing for impact from out-of-state residents, while lawmakers cement abortion protections.

March 29, 2022
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By:
  • Rae Ellen Bichell | Kaiser Health News
Through the pandemic, if you needed a coronavirus test, you could get one for free, even without insurance. Now, that is no longer the case in some places, as the federal funding covering the costs has run out.

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  • Health

Free COVID tests and treatments no longer free for uninsured, as funding runs out

The Biden administration has asked Congress to allocate $22.5 billion more for pandemic relief. But the funding is stalled and the effects are already being felt.

March 29, 2022
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Mothers of Gynecology, a statue honoring enslaved Black women who were unwilling subjects in experiments that resulted in medical advances by Michelle Browder in Montgomery, Ala.

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  • Health

Statue celebrates 'Mothers of Gynecology' at Black women's birthing conference

Atists present the 'Mothers of Gynecology' statue and address inequality for Black women's health and infant mortality.

March 29, 2022
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By:
  • Cristela Guerra
While Sean Deines and his wife, Rebekah, were traveling in Wyoming in 2020, Sean got very ill and was diagnosed with an aggressive leukemia. A huge air ambulance bill added to their stress.

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  • Health

The case of the $489,000 air ambulance ride

Diagnosed with aggressive leukemia while on a trip to Wyoming, a man thought his insurance would cover an air ambulance ride home to North Carolina. Instead, he got hit with an astronomical bill.

March 28, 2022
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By:
  • Julie Appleby
RaDonda Vaught, a former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse charged in the death of a patient, listens to opening statements during her trial in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, March 22.

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  • Health

In nurse's trial, witness says hospital bears 'heavy' responsibility for patient death

Nashville, Tenn., nurse RaDonda Vaught is on trial for reckless homicide for giving the wrong medication to a patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Brett Kelman
Keris Myrick, right, who has schizophrenia, with her father, Dr. Howard Myrick.

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  • Mental Health

COVID and schizophrenia: Why this deadly mix can deepen understanding of the brain

People with schizophrenia are three times as likely to die from the virus, giving scientists an opportunity to study the potential relationship between the immune system and mental illness.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • April Dembosky

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  • On Aging

Steven Johnson: The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Life Span

In the last century, human life expectancy has doubled. This hour, we talk with writer Steven Johnson on the many breakthroughs that made this possible — and where we go from here.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Manoush Zomorodi,
  • Rachel Faulkner,
  • and 3 more
Reseach is showing that people who are vaccinated, even with just one dose, tend to have lower rates of long COVID-19 after catching the virus than those who are unvaccinated.

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  • Research News

Evidence grows that vaccines lower the risk of getting long COVID

Though findings are preliminary, many studies suggest that vaccinated people have good protection against the condition, although just how much is still up for debate.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Will Stone
A procedure room at Planned Parenthood in Meridian, Idaho, one of the few clinics in the state to offer abortions. Access to abortion is about to become even less available in the state as a six-week ban became law.

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  • National

Idaho prepares to ban most abortions in the state as governor signs Texas-style law

Barring legal challenges, Idaho's law is scheduled to take effect in about a month. It bans most abortions after about six weeks and allows health care providers to be sued.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
A kidney donor Michael Wingard is being prepared by medical professionals for kidney extraction surgery in an operation room in Houston Methodist Hospital on March 1, 2022 in Houston, Texas.

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  • Medical Treatments

10 strangers come together for a life-changing kidney swap

With all its complexities, a chain of this size is hard to pull off. This one was postponed three times. But with many waiting for a kidney, it's a critical opportunity to save some lives.

March 20, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon,
  • Samantha Balaban,
  • and 1 more
GPB News NPR

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  • Medical Treatments

Donors and recipients in 10-person kidney donation chain meet in an emotional reveal

In the second part of our report from Houston Methodist Hospital, we check in with the 10-person kidney donation chain. This week, donors and recipients meet in an emotional reveal.

March 19, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon and
  • Samantha Balaban
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