Analysis: Why Alexa’s Bedside Manner Is Bad For Health Care
(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for Kaiser Health News) Amazon has opened a new health care frontier: Now Alexa can be used
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Health Care – General
Time to man up and get screened
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Are you the type of guy who puts off doing a task or getting a test and
Read MoreChanges to California’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(Source – blog.ssa.gov) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program that provides monthly payments to people who have limited income
Read More10,000 Steps A Day? How Many You Really Need To Boost Longevity
(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) There’s nothing magical about the number 10,000. In fact, the idea of walking at least
Read MoreAre Surprises Ahead For Legislation To Curb Surprise Medical Bills?
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Surprise medical bills — those unexpected and often pricey bills patients face when
Read MoreWhat’s my real identity?’: As DNA ancestry sites gather more data, the answer for consumers often changes
(By Damian Garde for STAT) NEW YORK — 23andMe caused Leonard Kim not one identity crisis but two. The first
Read MoreScientists Modify Viruses With CRISPR To Create New Weapon Against Superbugs
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Alphonso Evans rolls his wheelchair into a weight machine in the gym at the Charlie
Read MoreGoogle’s AI improves accuracy of lung cancer diagnosis, study shows
(By Casey Ross for STAT) One of lung cancer’s most lethal attributes is its ability to trick radiologists. Some nodules
Read MoreHidden Reports Masked The Scope Of Widespread Harm From Faulty Heart Device
(By Christina Jewett for Kaiser Health News) Faced with the possibility that a bout of abnormal heartbeats could end his
Read MoreBrain training shows promise as a treatment for veterans’ cognitive problems after TBI
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) It has been 27 years since an attack on a U.S. military convoy in the
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