More than 200,000 patients age 65 and older receive dialysis and are often told they'd die without it, yet few are informed about a conservative option that helps manage the disease. Public health news also looks at spanking; gay Catholic priests; CBD oil; a CRISPR patent; unsafe radiation exposure; presidents' public speech patterns; new Ebola treatments and more.
from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2T9fgyp
February 19, 2019
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Health News, Kaiser Health News
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