Enlarge this image Isabel Seliger for NPR Isabel Seliger for NPR Helen was 82. She’d survived both breast cancer and outlived her…
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Enlarge this image The federal government will develop a website with information on how Medicare therapy claims should be handled. Getty Images…
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Enlarge this image Emil Girardi, 83, and Shipra Narruhn, 67, chat in Girardi’s San Francisco apartment. They were paired through a nonprofit…
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Enlarge this image Diseased brain tissue from an Alzheimer’s patient showing amyloid plaques (in blue) located in the gray matter of the…
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Patients Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated By Men
by NPR December 19, 2016Enlarge this image Elderly hospitalized patients taken care of by female doctors had better results than those seen by male doctors. Julie…
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Enlarge this image If you need to buy health insurance, don’t procrastinate. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption toggle caption Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP…
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Enlarge this image Angela Bobo holds the hand of her mother, Ruth Perez. Bobo is Perez’s at-home caregiver. Kimberly Paynter/WHYY hide caption…
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Enlarge this image Luciano Lozano/Getty Images Luciano Lozano/Getty Images Older women who look on the bright side of life were less likely…