In Appalachia, Two Hospital Giants Seek State-Sanctioned Monopoly
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Looking out a fourth-floor window of his hospital system’s
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Month: July 2017
Follow The Money: Drugmakers Deploy Political Cash As Prices And Anger Mount
(By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas and Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News) Two federal investigations — one examining opioid
Read MoreRepublicans and Democrats May Have to Work Together to Reform Healthcare
To formulate a new healthcare plan that works for both parties and Americans alike; the Republicans and Democrats may have
Read MoreChicago gun violence totals $447M in hospital bills since 2009
(By Brooke Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review) An unprecedented analysis of Illinois state data by Chicago Tribune reveals the initial medical costs for
Read MoreHouse subcommittees pass 2 bills affecting global health funding: 5 things to know
( By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The House Committee on Appropriations approved legislation determining funding for global health
Read MoreIs Inflammation Bad For You Or Good For You?
(By Katherine Hobson for NPR) Chronic, low-level inflammation seems to play a role in a host of diseases, including type
Read MoreJust Thinking You’re Slacking On Exercise Could Boost Risk Of Death
(By Angus Chen for NPR) In a fitness-crazed land of spin classes and CrossFit gyms, Octavia Zahrt found it can
Read MoreForget sharks: 7 things in the water swimmers should actually fear
(By Jonathan Wosen for STAT) It’s shark season — primarily on cable TV. As the decades-long tradition of “Shark Week” approaches,
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Health Plans are Growing
UnitedHealth Group executives are confident it’s only a matter of time before more than half of the American seniors will
Read More87 experimental therapies for glioblastoma are in the works. Some might help McCain now
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Glioblastoma, the brain cancer that Sen. John McCain has, is invariably — and accurately — described
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