What Are Those White Spots on Your Nails?
22 Jan
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What Are Those White Spots on Your Nails?

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While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Although you might not be aware of it, the condition of your nails can be an indicator of your general health. Any nail abnormalities, such as sudden color changes or intense breakage, can sometimes suggest a more serious underlying health issue. If you have white spots on your fingernails or toenails, you might be wondering why, and whether or not it's a cause for concern.Healthy fingernails are typically a light, flesh-toned color that's consistent throughout the nail, and they are free of grooves, indentations, and any spots or marks. However, if you have experienced white spots on your nails as many...
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Hello, Trump. Bye-Bye, Biden.
22 Jan
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Hello, Trump. Bye-Bye, Biden.

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Julie Rovner: Hello and welcome back to “What The Health.” I’m Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, and I’m joined by some of the best and smartest health reporters in Washington. We’re taping this week on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 10 a.m. As always, news happens fast and things might have changed by the time you hear this. So, here we go. Today we are joined via videoconference by Anna Edney of Bloomberg News. Anna Edney: Hi, everybody. Rovner: Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call. Sandhya Raman: Good morning, everyone. Rovner: And Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine. Joanne From: Hi, everybody. Rovner: Later in this episode we’ll have my interview with Harris Meyer, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News “Bill of the Month,” about a patient whose...
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Listen: NPR and KFF Health News Explore How Racism and Violence Hurt Health
09 Jan
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Listen: NPR and KFF Health News Explore How Racism and Violence Hurt Health

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KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony and Emily Kwong, host of NPR’s podcast “Shortwave,” talk about Black families living in the aftermath of lynchings and police killings in their communities. Anthony shares her southeastern Missouri-based reporting from “Silence in Sikeston,” a documentary film, podcast, and print reporting project. She discusses the latest research on the health effects of racism and violence, including the emerging, controversial field of epigenetics. Hear the full podcast episodes Anthony and Kwong reference from “Silence in Sikeston” here. They discuss material from Episode 1, “Racism Can Make You Sick”; Episode 2, “Hush, Fix Your Face”; and Episode 3, “Trauma Lives in the Body.” In 1942, Mable Cook was a teenager. She was standing on her front porch when she witnessed the lynching of Cleo Wright. In the aftermath, Cook received advice from her...
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02 Jan
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Francis Collins on Supporting NIH and Finding Common Ground

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Julie Rovner: Hello, happy new year, and welcome back to “What the Health?” I’m Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent at KFF Health News. Usually I’m joined by some of the best and smartest health reporters in Washington, but today we have a special holiday episode for you. Last month, I got the chance to chat with Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, about a variety of subjects. Regular podcast listeners will know we used some of the excerpts of that discussion a couple of weeks ago, but today we’re bringing you the entire interview. I hope you enjoy it, and we’ll be back with all the news starting next week. So, here we go. I am so pleased to welcome to the podcast Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes...
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