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Insurers' Fine Print May Exclude Health Care Important To Women
Buried in the fine print of many marketplace health plan documents is language that allows them to refuse to cover a range of services that are used more… -
Saying Goodbye To Old Technology — And A Legendary NYC Repair Shop
Technologies disappear all the time.Last year, an Indian company that was considered the last recycler of cathode ray tubes from those old bulky TVs… -
Fishing And Foraging: How To Catch Your Seafood, Ethically
Now, you can love your seafood and eat it, too. But first, you'll have to catch it. Fisherman Kirk Lombard's new book, The Sea Forager's Guide to the… -
How Big A Risk Is Acetaminophen During Pregnancy?
Dozens of journal articles cross our desks at NPR each week and, like nurses in the emergency room, we need to do rapid triage.First we scan for those in… -
Will Your Prescription Meds Be Covered Next Year? Better Check!
The battle continues to rage between drug companies that are trying to make as much money as possible and insurers trying to drive down drug prices. And… -
What Can Killer Whales Teach Us About Menopause?
Menopause is a puzzle for biologists. Why would the female of a species cease to reproduce halfway through her life, when natural selection favors… -
Young Inventors Work On Secret Proteins To Thwart Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Three college-age scientists think they know how to solve a huge problem facing medicine. They think they've found a way to overcome antibiotic… -
How The Microbes Inside Us Went From Enemies To Purported Superhealers
"Microbes have always ruled the planet but for the first time in history, they are fashionable," writes Ed Yong in his new book, I Contain Multitudes: The… -
Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways)
During the Olympics we will hear a lot about the winners. But the reality is most athletes at the games come home without a medal. Today we explore what… -
How A Wave Is Unlike An Armadillo: One Reporter's Summer Puzzle
This summer, NPR's science desk is thinking about waves, of all kinds — ocean, gravitational, even stadium waves. But what is a wave, anyway? My editor…