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Telehealth improves heart care for Veterans

(Source – blogs.va.gov) Heart failure affects around 6.2 million adults in the United States and is one of the leading

(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) A survey from Hint Health, a direct primary care management platform, found that

(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday announced they had agreed to a broad plan to

(By Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico for Kaiser Family Foundation published November 2, 2021) During the Medicare open enrollment period

(By Selena Simmons-Duffin for NPR) If you’re buying health insurance outside a job-based plan, you’re in luck this fall. After

(By Mario Aguilar for STAT) Last month, surgeons implanted the first of a new, souped-up knee implant, developed by Zimmer

(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) Of the dozens of patients Dr. Jim Yates has treated for covid-19 at

What do Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have in common? They are both common types of dementia with changes

(Source – blogs.va.gov) VA has extended the presumptive period to Dec. 31, 2026 for qualifying chronic disabilities rated 10% or more

(By Bram Sable-Smith for NPR) William Stork needs a tooth out. That’s what the 71-year-old retired truck driver’s dentist told him