The Man Who Sold America On Vitamin D — And Profited In The Process
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Dr. Michael Holick’s enthusiasm for vitamin D can be fairly described as extreme.
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Health Care – General
Woman’s parents fund $95K cancer treatment after UnitedHealthcare denies coverage: 6 things to know
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare denied a cervical cancer patient coverage for life-saving proton beam therapy, reports CNN.
Read MoreScientists Race To Improve ‘Living Drugs’ To Fight Cancer
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Aaron Reid is lying in a hospital bed at the National Institutes of Health when
Read MoreWomen fear losing their health insurance more than men
In a survey sponsored by New York-based Bankrate.com, 57 percent of women and 51 percent of men responded that they
Read MorePatients cannot access care from Medicare physicians is an urban myth
We hear this all the time “it is impossible to find a doctor who will take Medicare and if you
Read MoreAmbitious ‘Human Cell Atlas’ Aims To Catalog Every Type Of Cell In The Body
(By Karen Weintraub for NPR) If you flip open a biology textbook or do a quick search on Google, you’ll quickly learn
Read MoreLax Oversight Leaves Surgery Center Regulators And Patients In The Dark
(By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network) The first man died in April 2014. Another
Read MoreUnitedHealth scoops up physicians in purchase of 63K-member plan
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group will acquire four clinics through its purchase of Peoples Health, a
Read MoreFour ways to get health coverage to cover the gap years
If you want to retire before age 65, finding affordable medical and dental insurance should be a critical part of
Read MoreWomen survive a heart attack more often when their doctor is female, study finds
(By Orly Nadell Farber for STAT) Much like shoes or skinny jeans, heart attacks can fit women a little differently
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