From the Journal of the American Medical Association. Men who take testosterone drugs are at increased risk of testosterone stroke and testosterone heart attack , according to a recent study. One testosterone drug, Androgel, warns… Read More
By Martin Gaynor, Farzad Mostashari and Paul Ginsburg for Forbes. No matter how it resolves, the fiercely partisan debate over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act will not solve America’s true health care crisis. Indeed,… Read More
By Meyerkord and Meyerkord, LLC, Polk County, GA. The family of a woman who died just 100 days after being admitted to a nursing home have won their nursing home lawsuit, with the nursing home… Read More
By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News. If you buy one of the less expensive insurance plans sold through the health law’s marketplaces, you may be in for a surprise. Some plans will not pay for… Read More
By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune. For 12 hours a day, the waiting room at Dr. Gustavo Villarreal’s family practice is often packed with patients, people who will pay a flat $50 fee for the… Read More
Excerpts from Medscape. Where are the referrals going? The growing trend of hospitals hiring their own doctors is causing referrals to independents to dry up. Hospital-employed physicians are often asked to refer patients to in-house… Read More
By Health News Florida Staff. The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against a company that provides doctors and other health professionals to work in hospitals in Florida and many other states. IPC The… Read More
By Kaitlyn Krasselt and Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY. Federally funded programs will add at least 2,300 new primary care practitioners by the end of 2015, but the funding for at least one of those programs is… Read More
By Sarah Hurtubise – The Daily Caller. Obamacare plans have shrunk payments to physicians so much that some doctors say they won’t be able to afford to accept Obamacare coverage, NPR reports. Many of the… Read More
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS. Hospital acquired infections: About 650,000 patients each year develop a hospital acquired infection. So, on any given day, about one of every 25 hospitalized patients are infected...