Joanne Kenen

Washington, D.C.

Contributing Editor at POLITICO

Journalist-in-residence @johnshopkinsSPH @JHUNursing @Politico. Health policy & politics -- Find me on threads JoanneKenen1

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Home improvements can help people age independently. But Medicare seldom picks up the bill.

1 week ago | sentinel-echo.com | Joanne Kenen

Chikao Tsubaki had been having a terrible time. In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. Then lymphoma. Then prostate cancer. He was fatigued, isolated, not all that steady on his feet. kAm%96? %DF32<: E@@< A2CE :? 2? :??@G2E:G6 42C6 :?:E:2E:G6 E92E[ @G6C 7@FC >@?E9D[ D6?E 2? @44FA2E:@?2= E96C2A:DE[ 2 ?FCD6[ 2?5 2 92?5J H@C<6C E@ 9:D 9@>6 E@ 96=A 7:8FC6 @FE H92E 96 ?66565 E@ DE2J D276] x? 255:E:@?
Home improvements can help people age independently. But Medicare seldom picks up the bill.

1 week ago | thetimestribune.com | Joanne Kenen

Chikao Tsubaki had been having a terrible time. In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. Then lymphoma. Then prostate cancer. He was fatigued, isolated, not all that steady on his feet. kAm%96? %DF32<: E@@< A2CE :? 2? :??@G2E:G6 42C6 :?:E:2E:G6 E92E[ @G6C 7@FC >@?E9D[ D6?E 2? @44FA2E:@?2= E96C2A:DE[ 2 ?FCD6[ 2?5 2 92?5J H@C<6C E@ 9:D 9@>6 E@ 96=A 7:8FC6 @FE H92E 96 ?66565 E@ DE2J D276] x? 255:E:@?
Small U.S. program shores up people's ability to age safely at home

1 month ago | startribune.com | Joanne Kenen

Chikao Tsubaki was having a terrible time. In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. Then lymphoma. Then prostate cancer. He was fatigued, isolated, not all that steady on his feet. Then Tsubaki took part in an innovative care initiative that, over four months, sent an occupational therapist, a nurse and a repair person to his home to help figure out what he needed to stay safe.
Shoring up people’s ability to age safely in their homes

1 month ago | wvnews.com | Joanne Kenen

Chikao Tsubaki had been having a terrible time. In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. Then lymphoma. Then prostate cancer. He was fatigued, isolated, not all that steady on his feet. Then Tsubaki took part in an innovative care initiative that, over four months, sent an occupational therapist, a nurse and a repair person to his home to help figure out what he needed to stay safe.
The limits of RFK Jr.’s power

1 month ago | politico.com | Joanne Kenen

Nightly contributor Joanne Kenen, POLITICO’s former health editor, is the journalist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Kenen has covered everything from Haitian voodoo festivals to U.S. presidential campaigns. (Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.) Since arriving in Washington in 1994, she has focused on health policy and health politics.
Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more

2 months ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Joanne Kenen

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine's most valuable tools, computerized tomography scans, can sometimes cause cancer. Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans.
Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more

2 months ago | thederrick.com | Joanne Kenen

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most valuable tools, computerized tomography scans, can sometimes cause cancer. Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans.
Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more

2 months ago | miamiherald.com | Joanne Kenen

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine's most valuable tools, computerized tomography scans, can sometimes cause cancer. Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans.
Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more

2 months ago | gazettextra.com | Joanne Kenen

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most valuable tools, computerized tomography scans, can sometimes cause cancer. Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans.
Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more

2 months ago | swoknews.com | Joanne Kenen

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most valuable tools, computerized tomography scans, can sometimes cause cancer. Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans.

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