After 40-year odyssey, first drug for aggressive MS wins FDA approval
(By Ron Winslow for STAT) Forty years ago, one of Dr. Stephen Hauser’s first patients was a young Harvard Law
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Emerging Health Issues
5 states with the most rural hospital closures
(Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Of the 25 states that have seen at least one rural hospital close since
Read MoreIn the state with the highest medical debt, it’s the middle class who carries the burden
(By Max Blau for STAT) Americans are no strangers to medical debt, and the burden is most severe in Mississippi, where
Read MoreStudy: Texans paid approximately 10 times more at EDs than urgent care centers for same diagnosis
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Texans are likely to pay more at freestanding emergency departments than at hospital-based
Read MoreInsurers weigh a simpler, cheaper treatment for artery disease: supervised workouts
(By Eric Boodman for STAT) When Char Zinda’s doctors discovered that she had had a couple of small, undiagnosed heart
Read MoreWe Check Our Phones on Average Sixty Times Per Day
Larry Rosen, a psychology professor emeritus at California State University, Dominguez Hills, says “when a cell phone, laptop computer or
Read More4 things to know about the rising rates of chronic pain in the US
(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) As government and healthcare officials work to curb the use of highly addictive
Read MoreCancer Drug That Might Slow Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s Headed For Bigger Tests
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Scientists are hoping that a single drug can treat two devastating brain diseases: Parkinson’s and
Read MoreExperimental Stem Cell Treatment Leaves Three Women Blind
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) An experimental treatment — which blinded three women after stem cells from abdominal
Read MorePOLL: More People Are Taking Opioids, Even As Their Concerns Rise
(By Jessica Boddy for NPR) Prescribed narcotic painkillers continue to fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic—nearly half of fatal overdoses in
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