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How To Fight For Yourself At The Hospital — And Avoid Readmission

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Everything initially went well with Barbara Charnes’ surgery to fix a troublesome ankle.

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Following weeks of criticism over dramatic price increases on its EpiPen, Mylan said

(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) After years of anticipation, the US Food and Drug Administration will hold a

(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) In a closely watched decision, the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Monday that

(By Charles Piller for ST A T) A crucial clinical trial of the most promising new treatment for Parkinson’s disease

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Novartis’s Sandoz drug Erelzi (biosimilar copy of Amgen’s Enbrel) on Tuesday but it

(By Taunya English for NPR) When a young African-American man dies in the city of Philadelphia, more than half the

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Mario Oikonomides credits a massive heart attack when he was

(By Michaeleen Doucleff for NPR) Everywhere you turn, it seems, there’s news about the human microbiome. And, more specifically, about

(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) Treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions is about to get a little cheaper. Mylan, the maker