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Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Lurk Below Radar

(By Christina Jewett for Kaiser Health News) The Food and Drug Administration continues to file thousands of reports of patients’

We all have heard that both exercise and mindfulness practice have shown to have a myriad of health benefits for

Growth in government and commercial insurance markets is expected to continue to grow in 2020. Although a presidential election and

(By Matthew Herper for STAT) America’s drug-pricing system is broken. Any system in which the list price of insulin triples in

(By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry, Fortuna for Kaiser Health News) Derek Lewis was working as an electronic health records

(By Lori Basheda for Kaiser Health News) SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Two mornings a week, a van arrives at the

(By Marlene Harris-Taylor, Ideastream for Kaiser Health News) As vaping has grown more popular in recent years, the trend has

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Average physician reimbursement for all hip and knee joint procedures fell more than

(By Jason Karlawish for STAT) This year’s Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease meeting began in mid-December with a bang and

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The FDA sent a warning letter to Conformis, a Billerica, Mass.-based devicemaker specializing