Health Headlines for Friday, November 3
Health care enrollment counselors facing stiff challenges
AP News
It’s not easy being an advocate for the Affordable Care Act right now.
Obamacare open enrollment is in full swing, New York groups work to increase signups
AM New York
From now until the end of January, uninsured New Yorkers can sign up for health insurance coverage during the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period.
‘Unbelievable’: Heart Stents Fail to Ease Chest Pain
New York Times
A procedure used to relieve chest pain in hundreds of thousands of heart patients each year is useless for many of them, researchers reported on Wednesday.
How to Age Well
New York Times
Getting older is inevitable (and certainly better than the alternative).
Good gut microbes may help immunotherapy drugs shrink tumors
Reuters
Cancer patients with high levels of good gut bacteria appear more likely to respond to immunotherapy, potentially opening up a new way to optimize the use of modern medicines that are highly effective but only work in some people.
Editorial: New Yorkers have an interest helping others sign up for health insurance under the ACA
Buffalo News
With all the pummeling to the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is it any wonder many Americans think it’s no longer available?
Marijuana products don’t cure cancer, FDA warns
New York Daily News
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on marijuana supplements that claim to cure cancer.
Parents Urged to Donate Lifesaving Cord Blood
NBC News
Karina and Jesus DeLeon credit public cord blood donations and the help of forward thinking doctors for saving their daughter.