Pain Clinics Made Millions From ‘Unnecessary’ Injections Into ‘Human Pin Cushions’
McMINNVILLE, Tenn. — Each month, Michelle Shaw went to a pain clinic to get the shots that made her back...
Month: February 2025
Iowa Medicaid Sends $4M Bills to Two Families Grieving Deaths of Loved Ones With Disabilities
Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least...
AI-Enhanced Chip Unravels Brain’s Neural Networks
Researchers have mapped over 70,000 synaptic connections in rat neurons using a silicon chip with 4,096 microhole electrodes, significantly advancing...
AI Reveals How Brain Cells Evolved Over 320 Million Years
A new study reveals how AI-driven deep learning models can decode the genetic regulatory switches that define brain cell types...
Brain Bleeds Double Dementia Risk
Researchers have found that intracranial hemorrhages, or "brain bleeds," double the risk of developing dementia later in life. While ischemic...
As States Mull Medicaid Work Requirements, Two Scale Theirs Back
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House sent a clear signal about Medicaid to Republicans across the country: Requiring...
A Dose of Love: The Winning Health Policy Valentines
Nothing sweeps us off our feet like a health policy valentine. Readers showed their love this season, writing poetic lines...
Se busca médico: estrategias de un pueblito de Florida para atraer a un doctor generalista
HAVANA, Florida. — Para ser una comunidad rural, este pueblo de 1,750 habitantes ha sido más afortunado que la mayoría....
Mental health care for rural Black people in N.S. lacking, year after Desmond report
A lack of mental health care tailored to rural Black Nova Scotians is one of several problems yet to be properly addressed...
Top California Democrats Clash Over How To Rein In Drug Industry Middlemen
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators in Sacramento seem to agree: Prescription drug prices are too high. But lawmakers...
