Several weeks after NBC News reached out to Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield about the denial, the insurer changed its policy to include coverage of deep brain stimulation for certain children.
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
While more Medicaid patients and even some on private plans have gained doula coverage in recent years, United is the first major insurer to begin rolling out the benefit nationwide.
Menopause clinics say they're fielding multiple messages a day from patients unable to fill their prescriptions. They say demand has been steadily increasing over the last few years.
Researchers at Northwestern Medicine found that 65% of their lung cancer patients weren't eligible for screening. They were likelier to be female, Asian American or nonsmokers.
