By Holbrook Mohr And Mitch Weiss, Medical Press. This Nov. 14, 2018 photo taken in Jackson, Miss., shows the Medtronic Paradigm REAL-Time Revel insulin pump of Polly Varnado’s daughter. Medical device manufacturers and experts say… Read More
By Denise Grady, The New York Times, July 24, 2019. Textured breast implants made by Allergan that have been linked to an unusual cancer are being recalled in the United States at the request of… Read More
By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News. The Justice Department on Monday accused a defunct chain of Tennessee-based pain clinics of cheating Medicare and other taxpayer-funded health insurers out of at least $25 million in needless… Read More
By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News. Shannon Wood Rothenberg walked into her annual physical feeling fine. But more than a year later, she’s still paying the price. Routine bloodwork from the spring 2018 visit suggested… Read More
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation’s largest and most influential employers and purchasers of health care, released the new spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The Leapfrog Group contracted with the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute… Read More
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times. The question might seem indelicate. But transplant centers find it is necessary these days to know the answer even before they place a patient on the list for… Read More
By Emmarie Huetteman, KHN. Ketamine is a darling of combat medics and clubgoers, an anesthetic that can quiet your pain without suppressing breathing and a hallucinogenic that can get you high with little risk of… Read More
By Richard Harris, NPR SHOTS. Cancer drugs that speed onto the market based on encouraging preliminary studies often don’t show clear benefits when more careful follow-up trials are done, according to research published Tuesday. These… Read More
By Graison Dangor, KHN. Amanda Bacon’s eating disorder was growing worse. She had lost 60% of her body weight and was consuming about 100 calories a day. But that wasn’t sick enough for her Medicaid… Read More
Social Security Error Jeopardizes Medicare Coverage For 250,000 Seniors By Susan Jaffe, SHOTS NPR, Kaiser Health News, June 06, 2019. A quarter of a million Medicare beneficiaries may be receiving bills for as many as… Read More