When it comes to Medicare, you need to know these important dates
To avoid potential Medicare penalties, you need to know these three crucial dates. Why? Because missing the dates can cost
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5.5 million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s, so why is there still no effective treatment?
It has become one of the most intractable problems in Medicine: Will we ever cure Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s, the most common
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According to the National Business Group on Health, the costs of health care benefits are expected to skyrocket to nearly
Read MorePharmacists have been called on to make naloxone widely available. But do they know how to use it?
(By Lev Facher for STAT) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Sixty pharmacists began a recent Friday here in the company of a
Read MoreBuyers Of Short-Term Health Plans: Wise Or Shortsighted?
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Supporters of the nation’s health law condemn them. A few states, including California
Read MoreIn Throes Of Turkey Salmonella Outbreak, Don’t Invite Illness To Your Table
(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) As Americans prepare to cook and consume nearly 50 million turkeys on Thanksgiving
Read MoreWalmart will require workers to travel for spine surgery in effort to cut healthcare costs
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walmart is aiming to lower healthcare spending by requiring employees to travel to
Read MoreAs Insurers Offer Discounts For Fitness Trackers, Wearers Should Step With Caution
(By Stephanie O’Neill for NPR) When Kathy Klute-Nelson heads out a on neighborhood walk she often takes her two dogs
Read MorePlaying On Fear And Fun, Hospitals Follow Pharma In Direct-To-Consumer Advertising
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) The scene is shadowy, and the background music foreboding. On the TV screen,
Read MoreInsured adults are seeing their primary care physicians less, study finds
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Office visits to primary care physicians are declining among adults with employer-sponsored health
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