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Doctors are burning out and trite ‘wellness’ measures aren’t helping
Physician burnout is an intense, personal response to systemic problems bedeviling health care. The solution lies in restoring meaning and human connections to medicine.
Diagnosing social problems only helps if treatment is available
The Trump administration's recent efforts to shrink the social safety net will only make treating the real drivers of health harder.
How ER docs could play a key role in fighting the opioid epidemic
Momentum is building to get emergency departments to play a bigger role in stemming the epidemic.
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From harmful dust to toxic fumes, poor oversight is blamed as school repairs make the same mistakes again and again.
'Pain is my constant companion': One Angeleno's pain diary
Over the course of a week in March, Los Angeles stand-up comic and life coach Kate Romero opened up to KPCC about the pain she feels from degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia.
Is pot the answer to keeping seniors in pain off opioids and other prescription drugs?
Some seniors there now say they are looking for ways to take as few prescription drugs as possible. And many are turning to cannabis as an alternative.
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Get the story on America’s drug price problem
NYT's Katie Thomas shares how she finds and vets stories of real people stung by ever-rising drug prices, and expert panelists provide key context for rounding out coverage.
Is the crackdown on opioids failing patients?
"We are overreacting to the need to lower opioid prescribing by punishing patients," says Dr. Kelly Pfeifer.
The opioid epidemic isn't hitting LA as hard as the rest of the country. Ethnic diversity might explain why
In Los Angeles County, the rate of deadly overdoses is much lower than the national rate. Why?
Keeping kids out of the doctor’s office much easier in well-off neighborhoods
Children living in low-opportunity neighborhoods were four times more likely to visit acute care in a year compared with those in the highest-opportunity hoods, a recent study found.
