CDC report: 35,000 Americans die of antibiotic-resistant infections each year
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) An estimated 35,000 Americans die of antibiotic-resistant infections each year — one every 15 minutes
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Do you know what is a Medicare Advantage Plan?
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(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Teva Pharmaceuticals will resume producing the vital cancer drug vincristine after a shortage
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(By Rachel Dolan for The Kaiser Family Foundation) Drug prices are at the center of health policy debates at both
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According to a recently released survey by eHealth, Inc. while about 78 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are happy with their
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Studies have shown loneliness can lead to poor health outcomes and an array of illnesses in the elderly, so CVS
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(Source -medicare.gov/blog) Each year, more Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease -a progressive, irreversible brain disorder that slowly destroys memory
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Beginning in 2019 and continuing into 2020, Medicare Advantage plans have increased flexibility to provide coverage for what the government
Read MoreGoogle partners with major U.S. health system, gaining access to vast patient data in the process
(By Casey Ross for STAT) Google has quietly launched a project with one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems
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