Standing, Desk Or Not, Is A Big Part Of Many Jobs
(By Menaka Wilhelm for NPR) The standing desk is having a moment among office workers, but not everyone needs to
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Health Care – General
UnitedHealthcare rolls out wearable glucose monitor program
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare teamed up with DexCom, a provider of wearable glucose monitors, to offer Medicare Advantage
Read MoreFOCUS ON KEEPING YOUR VISION CLEAR
(Source – blog.medicare.gov) Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can cause permanent vision loss and blindness. Some forms of
Read MoreFor Elder Health, Trips To The ER Are Often A Tipping Point
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Twice a day, the 86-year-old man went for long walks and visited with
Read MoreIs Alcohol A Problem? Online Tool Helps Assess Risk And Find Help
(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) The thinking about problem drinking and alcoholism has changed. It’s no longer considered a black-and-white,
Read MoreFewer Americans are getting cancer and more are surviving the disease
The American Cancer Society released a recent report stating cancer deaths dropped to 158.6 per 100,000 people in 2015. Although
Read MoreCDC plans session on ‘preparing for the unthinkable’: a nuclear detonation
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) With this week’s bellicose boasting about who has the bigger red button on his desk,
Read MoreVA is using acupuncture to curb the use of opioid painkillers
Doctors at Baltimore’s VA Medicare Center has started offering a version of acupuncture to treat some veterans’ chronic pain. The
Read MoreFrom Retirement To The Front Lines Of Hepatitis C Treatment
(By Julio Ochoa, WUSF for Kaiser Health News) When a hepatitis C treatment called Harvoni was released in 2014, Dr.
Read MoreJudge orders government to immediately broaden access to transplant organs
For transplant purposes, the U.S. is divided into 11 regions, which include 58 donation service areas. In general, each area
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