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(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) SAN FRANCISCO — Janet Prochazka was active and outspoken, living by herself and

4 trends in health care that were pioneered in homeless medicine

(By Shannor Seerval for STAT) BOSTON — To make health care more accessible and higher quality, insurers and providers are experimenting

A group of independent prime care doctors in small towns and rural counties around the state of Tennessee are collaborating

(By Fred Lucas for The Daily Signal) The entire Texas Republican delegation in Congress signed a letter to President Barack

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In a stunning setback for Bristol-Myers Squibb, its blockbuster Opdivo medicine failed to meet the

(By Karen Shakerdge, Side Effects Public Media, for Kaiser Health News) In a big hotel conference room near New York’s

(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) A California bill that would allow certified nurse-midwives to practice independently is pitting

(By Rob Waters for STAT) Mick Phillips didn’t think much about it when he started coughing a lot in the

There is a a “growing correlation between obesity rates and those applying for SSI and SSDI,” accoridng to a report

Some doctors and their staff are finding the health insurance prior authorization process to treat patients with opiate addiction it’s