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Hidden Brain

Guys, We Have A Problem: How American Masculinity Creates Lonely Men

Boys get the message at a young age: don't show your feelings. Don't rely on anyone. This week, we bring you a favorite 2018 episode about misguided notions of masculinity in the United States. We explore how these notions create stressed-out romantic relationships, physical health problems, and a growing epidemic of loneliness. Plus, we consider how we might begin to tell a different story about what it means to be a man.

Trump Is Trying Hard To Thwart Obamacare. How's That Going?

Though polls show Affordable Care Act protections remain popular in the U.S., President Trump still threatens to drastically change the law if he can't repeal it. Here are five changes he's made.

Weekend Edition Sunday

Sunday Is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro talks to Dr. Filipa Lynce, a medical oncologist, and Julia Maues, a woman living with metastatic breast cancer, about what more can be done to fight the deadly disease.

KUOW Newsroom

Health insurance rates decreasing in Washington

Health insurance rates in Washington's individual market are stabilizing after years of increases.

KUOW Newsroom

'Patient dumping' is becoming more common at Washington's hospitals

Washington is seeing a rise in nursing homes or group homes sending residents to hospitals and then not taking them back, known as patient dumping.

KUOW Newsroom

Flavored vaping banned for four months in Washington state

The Wash. state Board of Health voted Wednesday afternoon to temporarily ban flavored vaping products, including flavored THC. The decision comes after more than a thousand people have come down with a vaping-related lung illness.