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- Pregnant Women Face Risk Despite Federal ER LawPregnant women are among the groups of patients that may not get adequate care when they go to a hospital emergency room, in violation of a federal law created to protect them. .
- Your Rights in the Emergency RoomA federal law guarantees a certain level of medical care to anyone who comes to an emergency department, including a proper screening exam to determine if a patient has a medical emergency.
- How We Reported This StoryWebMD and Georiga Health News used documents and data obtained through Open Records requests along with interview for its investigation on hospital EMTALA violations.
- Opioid Addiction: Getting Robbed While Getting HelpTrying to overcome drug addiction is difficult enough, but America's opioid epidemic has led to an explosion in treatment centers and clinics that might have dubious practices.
- Beyond Opioids: The Future of Pain ManagementThe federal government as well as the drug industry are pumping millions of dollars into research to find pain medication that works as well as opioids but aren't addictive.
- Q&A: What Should We Be Doing About the Opioid Crisis?Kennedy has also tried to draw the connection between addiction and mental health. While in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kennedy sponsored legislation that requires insurance companies to treat mental illness, depression and addiction the same as they treat illnesses of the body. The bill, known as the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, was signed into law in 2008.
- Opioids: A Crisis Decades In the MakingA simple letter to the editor in 1980 opened the way for America's opioid crisis.
- Q&A: What Are We Doing About the Opioid Crisis?Scientists at the NIH, the nation’s chief medical research agency, are working on solutions for addressing the public health crisis by investigating new and better ways to prevent opioid abuse, to treat opioid use disorders and to manage pain.
- What Gave This Little Boy Lead Poisoning? At 16 months, Austin Poteet was diagnosed with lead poisoning. The state of Georgia's slow response may have put others at risk.
- There’s Lead in That?!Lead still exists in many common household items such as costume jewelry, toys, furniture and clothes. How worried should you be?
- Her Home Showed High Lead; She Wasn't ToldLaura had her water tested for lead. She got the results almost two years later.
- Looking for Georgia's Lead Service LinesMany water utilities, including in Georgia, have lost track of where they have lead service lines.
- Lax Oversight Weakens Lead Testing of WaterThis story examines how water utilities in Georgia test for lead in water.
- Are Tiny Telomeres the Key to Aging? WebMD looks at research on telomeres and their affect on aging.
- Longevity Secrets of 'Super Agers'WebMD looks at characteristics that healthy 90 and 100-year-olds have in common.
- Could a Pill Put the Brakes on Aging?WebMD looks at efforts by researchers to find an anti-aging pill.
- nicole-lawrence-ptsdWebMD shares the story of car crash survivor Nicole Lawrence and how her friends helped her overcome PTSD.
- Deputy Sheriff, on PTSD: ‘I Felt Like a Failure’WebMD shares the story of Florida deputy sheriff Mark DiBona, who was diagnosed with PTSD.
- Exploring New Ways to Treat PTSDWebMD looks at new ways to treat PTSD including virtual reality exposure therapy, ketamine, mindfulness, and prevention.
- PTSD: Traumas Beyond the BattlefieldWebMD looks at people who suffer from trauma and PTSD, exploring why they get it, its symptoms, and how it’s treated.
- Flavor-Boosting Phosphate Food Additives Carry Risks for SomeEven in healthy people, there is some evidence that eating too much phosphorus might cause health problems. WebMD explains.
- Your Food May Not Be What You Think It IsThe food you’re placing in your grocery cart may not be exactly what it says it is. WebMD has the details.
- The Dirty Secrets of 'Clean' Labels Ingredient lists are being made as short, easy to pronounce, and understand as possible. In the food industry, this is called “clean labeling.” And big companies are racing to do it. WebMD has the details.
- The Rising Threat of Hidden Food Allergens For Donna Pierre, there’s no more important job than reading food labels. Her 7-year-old daughter has a life-threatening peanut allergy. WebMD shares their story and looks at the troubling trend of unreliable labels.
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