Most Doctors Unsure How To Discuss End-of-Life Care, Survey Says
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for Kaiser Health News) Doctors know it’s important to talk with their patients about end-of-life care.
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Health Care – General
We Spent $425 Billion Before Discounts
We spent $425 billion that is before discounts last year on prescription drugs in United States. The overall increase of spending
Read MoreHigh Blood Pressure and When to Treat It?
We all agree that high blood pressure causes harm to the human body such as heart disease, stroke and kidney
Read MoreZika Virus is Responsible for Microcephaly
In the New England Journal of Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) now admit there is a “causal relationship”
Read MorePolitical Gridlock Blocks Missouri Database For Fighting Drug Abuse
(By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media in partnership with Kaiser Health News) At Richard Logan’s pharmacy in Charleston, Missouri,
Read MoreDeductibles Have Doubled in the Last 10 Years!
According to Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker – a partnership of Peterson Center on Healthcare and Kaiser Family Foundation- when they
Read MoreIs the Hospital Quality Star Ratings Accurate?
Sixty percent of the US Senators are calling for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay release of
Read More$250 Million for Cancer Immunotherapy
Sean Parker, founder of Napster and founding president of Facebook is giving $250 million to six cancer centers nationwide for
Read MoreHealth Care’s Hard Realities On The Reservation: A Photo Essay
(By Misha Friedman for Kaiser Health News) Cody Pedersen and his wife, Inyan, know that in an emergency they will
Read MoreCan Smartphones Diagnose Cancer?
Currently there are more than 165,000 smartphone apps on health and wellness available for you to download but some are
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