Nicole Leonard
Health and Science Reporter at WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
health & science for @whyy @whyynews • tips/comments to [email protected]
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1 week ago |
whyy.org | Dillon Dodson |Nicole Leonard
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!A small crowd of people at the corner of Market and 20th streets in Philadelphia held signs and banners that read “Keep Cancer Care Affordable” and “No Coverage, No Care.”“No cuts to Medicaid! No cuts to Medicaid!” the protestors shouted.
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chicago.suntimes.com | Nicole Leonard
Two years and five months. That’s how long I’ve been on the waitlist for a kidney at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. But when it’s the kind of list that decides whether you live or die, it seems more like an eternity. I was diagnosed with kidney failure at age 29 due to a rare disease — focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Since then, I spend 10 hours each night hooked up to a machine that filters out the toxins that my kidneys are unable to remove.
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phillytrib.com | Nicole Leonard
Ever since blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound went mainstream, calls to local poison control centers about side effects, incorrect dosing and other types of exposure are on a steep rise. Poison control experts in Philadelphia and New Jersey say it’s a trend they’re closely monitoring, especially as counterfeit products become a growing concern.
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2 weeks ago |
phillytrib.com | Nicole Leonard
Planned Parenthood advocates and leaders in Pennsylvania say a federal proposal to block clinics from participating in the Medicaid health insurance program could lead to future closures across the commonwealth. An estimated 20,000 Pennsylvanians who get health care at Planned Parenthood clinics across the state have Medicaid insurance, according to Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates, the advocacy and lobbying arm of the health care organization.
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2 weeks ago |
phillytrib.com | Nicole Leonard
Health providers hope a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease will lead to quicker and earlier diagnoses of the progressive form of dementia, which affects nearly half a million people in the tri-state area. The Lumipulse blood test became the first “in vitro diagnostic device” to be endorsed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which cleared it earlier this month as a new tool in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease.
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