Name Brand Drug Costs Are Too High and Generics Are Growing Out of Reach
Martin Shkreli is testifying before Congress today. The reason is because he raised the cost of Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 a tablet. The American people appear collectively outraged by this type of...
View ArticleHow Renaming Schizophrenia Could Help Patients And Combat Stigma
The stigma that surrounds mental illness is not only insulting to the roughly one-quarter of the world's population that has one, it can also negatively impact their willingness to seek help and their...
View ArticleHow Renaming Schizophrenia Could Combat Stigma And Help Patients Recover
The stigma that surrounds mental illness is not only insulting to the roughly one-quarter of the world's population that has one, it can also negatively impact their willingness to seek help and their...
View ArticleFeds outline reforms for reservation hospitals
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday outlined a plan to improve care at hospitals that treat Native Americans in four Great Plains states, including creating a multi-agency group to...
View ArticleCancer Day - With cap on govt help, poor patients face a slow death without...
When Satish Gowda, 55, a vendor from Chikkaballapur, suffered a relapse of tongue cancer after, doctors suggested him tongue reconstruction through a plastic surgery along with radiation therapy . He,...
View ArticleDouble donor surgery on Crete saves lives
“Tonight, the heart of the organ donation system is beating in Iraklio, Crete. For the first time in Greece, a hospital is harvesting multiple organs from two donors at once. Countless tests,...
View ArticleEven Greeks can get more medicines than Brits, Pfizer boss claims
Pharma boss warns NHS system for approving new drugs needs radical reform as many new treatments are being assessed under outdated criteria...
View ArticleCNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta Questions Whether the NFL Will Exist in 50 Years
In a recent interview with CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the family of former Minnesota Vikings linebacker Fred McNeill and Dr. Bennett Omalu discuss how McNeill may be the first...
View ArticleDoctor gets 30 to life after painkiller overdose deaths
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles-area doctor convicted of second-degree murder for prescribing pain killers that killed three patients was sentenced Friday to 30 years to life in prison in a landmark...
View ArticleNew vaccines for HPV, meningitis recommended for kids and adults
(CNN)New vaccines for meningococcal type B and HPV and are among the updates to the immunization schedule published for children and adults. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, known as...
View ArticleMore Common and More Harmful Than Once Believed, Delirium Takes Center Stage...
(Source: UCSF - University of California, San Francisco) Fifteen years ago, when construction worker Jim Banta was hospitalized with a severe gastrointestinal bleed, doctors discovered he had hepatitis...
View ArticleNew Galderma Campaign Encourages Women To Love Their "Mom Genes" More...
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Women everywhere know that the mother-daughter bond can run deep. Mothers pass down wisdom, advice and inspiration to their daughters – and, as the...
View ArticleMedicaid, Value Transition Lead Hospital Financial Concerns: Survey...
(Source: Healthcare Financial Management Association) Recent recommendations for Medicaid payment changes could shift more DSH funding to hospitals with higher volumes of low-income patients. Feb....
View ArticleAmerican Heart Month: Are You at Risk? (The United States Navy)
(Source: The United States Navy) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- February is American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness about heart disease and learn strategies to prevent it. Cardiovascular disease,...
View ArticleSen. Warner Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Expand Telehealth Services (Mark R...
(Source: Mark R Warner) WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and John Thune (R-SD) to...
View ArticleLexisNexis Identifies Top Gaps, Challenges in Health Care Provider Data...
(Source: LexisNexis Group) LexisNexis Identifies Top Gaps, Challenges in Health Care Provider Data Impacting Compliance with CMS Directory Requirements February 3, 2016 - For Health Insurers, MCOs, Bad...
View ArticleHead Trauma Linked to Same 'Plaques' Seen in Alzheimer's
People with brain injuries from trauma to the head may have a buildup of the same plaques seen in people with Alzheimer's disease in their brains, a small, new study suggests. Moreover, the areas of...
View ArticleCure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant review –...
From placebos and ‘kissing it better’ to hypnosis and Lourdes – a level-headed look at alternatives to prescription drugs...
View ArticleBennet, Portman Introduce Bill to Help Seniors with Chronic Medical...
(Source: Michael F Bennet) Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH) this week introduced a bill to help seniors facing large medical bills due to chronic medical...
View ArticleBarrasso Opening Statement at SCIA Oversight Hearing on Substandard Care at...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks at a committee...
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