US News releases 2017-18 Best Hospital rankings
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic earned the top spot on U.S. News & World Report’s 2017-18
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Health Care – General
South Texas Fights Tuberculosis One Blood Test At A Time
(By Wendy Rigby for Texas Public Radio in partnership with NPR and Kaiser Health News) Like most people at Haven
Read MoreHealth Gap Widens Between Appalachia And Rest Of The U.S.
(By Vicky Connor for Kaiser Health News) Sandy Willhite doesn’t mind driving 45 minutes to the nearest shopping center. But
Read MoreThe places in America where seniors are most — and least — likely to take their blood pressure meds
Your ZIP code can signal a lot about your health — including how consistent you are in taking your pills.
Read MoreVermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures
(By Audie Cornish for NPR) For students starting medical school, the first year can involve a lot of time in
Read MoreAlmost 13 Percent of U.S. Adults over 20 have Diabetes
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA), 12.6 percent of U.S.
Read MoreHHS rolls out $3.2M to create registry of Flint residents exposed to lead in water crisis
(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) Michigan State University in East Lansing will receive $3.2 million from HHS
Read MoreBanner Health opens 3 clinics at Arizona grocery stores
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Phoenix-based Banner Health will open retail-based clinics in three Safeway grocery stores in
Read MoreWhen Wounds Won’t Heal, Therapies Spread — To The Tune Of $5 Billion
(By Marisa Taylor for Kaiser Health News) PHILADELPHIA — Carol Emanuele beat cancer. But for the past two years, she
Read MoreThe FDA wants to cut cigarettes’ nicotine levels. Will that help people quit?
(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) For the first time in history the Food and Drug Administration plans to regulate the
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