The 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
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Health Care – General
A 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
Read MoreAre Cost –Sharing Requirements too High?
The average cost-sharing or health insurance deductibles has increased by 67 percent since the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was passed; whereas
Read MoreFull Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners is Growing Slowly
In twenty-one states plus the District of Columbia, laws establishing full practice authority for nurse practitioners are in place, but the
Read MoreCalifornia Insurance Marketplace Wants To Kick Out Poor-Performing Hospitals
(By – Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News) California’s insurance exchange is threatening to cut hospitals from its networks for poor
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