In Throes Of Turkey Salmonella Outbreak, Don’t Invite Illness To Your Table
(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) As Americans prepare to cook and consume nearly 50 million turkeys on Thanksgiving
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Health Care – General
As Insurers Offer Discounts For Fitness Trackers, Wearers Should Step With Caution
(By Stephanie O’Neill for NPR) When Kathy Klute-Nelson heads out a on neighborhood walk she often takes her two dogs
Read MoreInsured adults are seeing their primary care physicians less, study finds
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Office visits to primary care physicians are declining among adults with employer-sponsored health
Read MoreNew Physical Activity Guidelines Urge Americans: Move More, Sit Less
(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) You’ve likely heard the idea that sitting is the new smoking. Compared with 1960, workers
Read MoreFish Oil And Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer Or Serious Heart Trouble
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) A widely anticipated study has concluded that neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent
Read MoreWhat category do you fall into when making your health care decisions?
A new study from Deloitte Health Solutions said health care consumers can be placed in four categories. The study surveyed
Read MoreDemocrats took the House. Here’s what it means for health and medicine
(By Lev Facher and Andrew Joseph for STAT) WASHINGTON — Democrats rode a wave of health care messaging into a
Read MoreQuick: What’s The Difference Between Medicare-For-All and Single-Payer?
(By Samantha Young for Kaiser Health News) MODESTO, Calif. — Betsy Foster and Doug Dillon are devotees of Josh Harder.
Read MoreThis group of lawmakers has a new plan to bring down insulin prices, and it takes clear aim at drug makers
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of more than 290 lawmakers is throwing its support behind
Read MoreMajority of Medicare beneficiaries want caps on drug costs
According to survey results from eHealth, 83 percent of Medicare beneficiaries believe the best way to ensure the future of
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