Workers’ Desire Grows For Wage Increases Over Health Benefits
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) More wages, less health insurance. In a recent survey, one in five people
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Health Care – General
President’s Task Force Aims To Help End Discrimination In Mental Health Coverage
(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) Tucked in remarks the president made Tuesday on the opioid epidemic was his
Read MoreFalse Hope in Treating Lyme Disease Symptoms?
On Wednesday, the New England Journal of Medicine published results from a clinical trial stating the long-term antibiotic treatment of
Read MoreThe Other Cost of Alzheimer’s
The Alzheimer’s Association surveyed 3,500 Americans who are caring for someone with dementia and found the personal financial burden associated
Read MoreA Nurse’s Lesson: Babies In Opioid Withdrawal Still Need Mom
(by Jeff Cohen, WNPR for Kaiser Health News) HARTFORD, Conn. — Carolyn Rossi has been a nurse for 27 years, and she’s
Read MoreMortgages For Expensive Health Care? Some Experts Think It Can Work.
(by Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) A Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist and Harvard oncologist have a proposal to
Read MorePrimary Care Doctors Often Don’t Help Patients Manage Depression: Study
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Although primary care doctors frequently see patients with depression, they typically do less
Read MoreDo All the Hospital’s Doctors Accept Your Insurance? If Not, You May Get the Bill.
A young athlete is hurt during a sporting event and is taken to nearby in-network hospital for emergency surgery; the
Read MoreDevice Maker Olympus Hiked Prices For Scopes As Superbug Infections Spread
(By Chad Terhune and Melody Peters for Kaiser Health News) LOS ANGELES — Soon after doctors at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan
Read MoreDo You Want to be 10 Years Younger? Then Exercise
The latest research study published on Wednesday, in the Journal of Neurology, suggests that older Americans that engaged in strenuous
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