Hospitals Look To Nursing Homes To Help Stop Drug-Resistant Infections
(By Anna Gorman for NPR) Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois are testing a surprisingly simple strategy to
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Elite Hospitals Plunge Into Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) The online video seems to promise everything an arthritis patient could want. The
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(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) The first surprise was the massive heart attack, which struck as Debbie Moehnke
Read MoreFentanyl-Linked Deaths: The U.S. Opioid Epidemic’s Third Wave
(By Martha Bebinger for NPR) Men are dying after opioid overdoses at nearly three times the rate of women in
Read MoreBiosimilar approval and adoption in the U.S. needs to be expedited
(By Carlos Sattler and Sheila Frame for STAT) Generic versions of brand-name small-molecule drugs saved Americans more than $1 trillion between 1999
Read MoreEvidence does not support Medicare for All would “save lives”
Several Senators claim Medicare for All would “save lives”; however, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research
Read MoreDeath By A Thousand Clicks
(By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry, Fortune for Kaiser Health News) The pain radiated from the top of Annette Monachelli’s
Read MoreHow Much Difference Will Eli Lilly’s Half-Price Insulin Make?
(By Bram Sable-Smith for Kaiser Health News) When Erin Gilmer filled her insulin prescription at a Denver-area Walgreens in January,
Read MoreOpioid Litigation Brings Company Secrets Into The Public Eye
(By Brian Mann for NPR) America’s big drugmakers and pharmacy chains are scrambling to respond to hundreds of lawsuits tied
Read More‘Medieval’ Diseases Flare As Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Jennifer Millar keeps trash bags and hand sanitizer near her tent, and she
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