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Covering smell and taste losses in older adults
Barbara Bein Unlike problems in vision and hearing, age-related losses to smell and taste have only recently gained attention. Like…
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Covering the silent – and growing – epidemic of senior substance abuse
Eileen Beal Older Americans have been misusing, abusing and becoming addicted to alcohol, tobacco and herbal “substances” for decades. Now…
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Exploring links between smokeless tobacco, oral cancer
The ties between smokeless tobacco and baseball run deep. The immortal Babe Ruth claimed Pinch Hit was his chew of…
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Rx for the Bronx: Radio series looks beyond medical care for New York’s least healthy county
Amanda Aronczyk The Bronx has ranked as the least-healthy county in New York State for several years running. The prevalence…
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Covering Medicaid’s orthodontic benefits
Sheila Hagar After a hint from her own dentist, Sheila Hagar started looking into concerns about the rising numbers of Medicaid…
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Housing and health: Finding stories and getting the reporting right
Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., an expert on the impact of housing on child health, says journalists would do well to…
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Building transparency in health care costs
Lisa Pickoff-White Joel Withrow Jeanne Pinder Anybody who has ever built software knows how tricky it can be (hello, HealthCare.gov!).…
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Clearing up confusion about ”˜dual eligibles’
Liz Seegert Dual eligibles are low-income elderly or disabled people jointly enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. The distinctions are sometimes…
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Six things to remember when reporting on health care costs
Health care costs lack transparency and are wildly variable, not just from region to region but sometimes from block to…
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Is your community fighting tooth decay with school-based dental sealant programs?
Have you visited a school-based dental sealant program in your state or community? There may be a good story there.…