Medicare limits access to lifesaving treatments for common illnesses, including a type of heart valve disease affecting 2.5 million seniors. That could change in June.
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How Medicare Blocks Access to Lifesaving Treatments
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Why the United Arab Emirates is leaving OPEC and what it means for the future of the Middle East – Mondoweiss
On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates announced it would be leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its sister organization, OPEC+.
The news was treated as a major earthquake in the oil market….
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Peptides are unproven as health aids. FDA may unleash them anyway
Pick an ailment — joint pain, brain fog, insomnia — and there’s probably a peptide therapy promising to treat it. Never mind that many of these amino acid–based products are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,…
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Direct-To-Consumer Drug Portals Offer Lower Prices, But Preserve Inequities
DTC portals for drugs are a solution to a problem that wouldn’t exist if insurer coverage were better. The most acute issue for patients is lack of comprehensive coverage
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Florida Tried To Loosen Vaccine Mandates But Failed. Here’s What That Could Have Meant For Public Health
Florida failed at loosening vaccine mandates. A doctor explains the public health consequences of such an action had it come to fruition.
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If AI Replaces Radiologists, Who Owns The Outcome?
The debate over AI replacing radiologists has focused on jobs. That is the wrong question. The right one is who owns the outcome when the system gets it wrong.
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Syphilis cases in expectant mothers have dramatically risen since the pandemic – here’s what’s driving the trend
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum.
During pregnancy, this bacteria can pass from a mother with untreated syphilis, known as maternal syphilis, to her child in utero, causing the fetus to…
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Humanizing Health Architecture
The power of design to heal; a conversation with three thought provoking architects
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Transparent Healthcare Prices Won’t Lower Patients’ Costs
If increased transparency isn’t the answer, what could meaningfully lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs? Reduced prices of care throughout all of healthcare would help.
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New treatment cuts bad cholesterol by nearly 50% without statins
High levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream can lead to hypercholesterolemia, a condition that damages arteries and raises the risk of heart disease. Now, researchers from the University of Barcelona and the University of Oregon have developed…
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