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Health & Safety
When Genetic Tests Disagree About Best Option For Cancer Treatment
Two recent studies comparing genetic cancer tests suggest that doctors need to be careful about assuming the results provide a complete picture for selecting among treatments options.
Trump Promises To Repeal Obamacare, Meets With Architect Of The Law
Steve Inskeep talks to Zeke Emanuel, one of the architects of Obamacare, about the future of the Affordable Care Act under Donald Trump's administration. Emanuel met this week with Trump.
Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge In Appalachia
An NPR investigation has documented dramatic spikes in complicated black lung, the most serious stage of the deadly coal miners' disease.
Judge Blocks Texas Rule That Would Require Burial Or Cremation Of Fetal Tissue
The rule was written to apply to all miscarriages and abortions and was due to take effect Dec. 19. A hearing on a lawsuit filed by abortion-rights groups is set for early January.
U.K. Fertility Clinics Can Now Apply For Licenses To Create 3-Parent Babies
Last year, lawmakers legalized a medical procedure that combines DNA from three people. Now, fertility clinics can apply for a license to practice the technique "in certain, specific cases."
Neighbors Treating Neighbors For Depression And Alcoholism
A new treatment strategy is being tested out in India, where there are only three psychiatrists for every million people.
States Accuse Generic Drugmakers Of Price Fixing
Six drug companies are being sued for working together to manipulate prices on their generic versions of two widely used medicines.
A Gang Killed A Guy With Ebola. Will They Agree To Be Quarantined?
In 2015, health workers in Liberia faced a challenge. They had to figure out how to quarantine a street gang that could be spreading Ebola at the height of the epidemic.
'Drug Dealer, M.D.': Misunderstandings And Good Intentions Fueled Opioid Epidemic
Psychiatrist Anna Lembke says the medical establishment and drugmakers began telling doctors in the 1980s that opioids were effective treatment for chronic pain. "That was patently false," she says.