Infant and children’s Tylenol, infant and children’s Motrin, and children’s Zyrtec and Benadryl products included in recall.
Less than a fourth of the roughly 11 million people in Medicare Advantage plans belong to plans with four- or five-star quality ratings.
“We need to repeal the health care law and replace it with common-sense steps that will lower the cost of health insurance in America,” says House Republican Leader John Boehner
Mortality of rates for adult Americans are now worse than they are in all of Western Europe and even such low-income countries as Chile, Tunisia and Albania.
The treatment is an novel immune therapy in which a patient’s immune cells are stimulated to attack prostate cancer cells more aggressively.
A new Washington state tax will push the price of smoking to $7 a pack on average. Smokers who want to quit can get help at the state’s www.quitline.com.
State crack down on a health care product that targets the growing group of uninsured and underinsured Americans: the discount health plan.
Tom Paulson blogs about former PEPFAR head Mark Dybul’s ideas about moving away from “disease-specific” projects to more comprehensive efforts.
Swedish to open Center for Hearing and Skull Base Surgery for the treatment of hearing loss, ear disease and skull base tumors.
Some small businesses say a tax credit worth 50% of their contribution to their workers’ coverage will actually do little to help them afford health insurance.
Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson reports on PATH’s World Malaria Day conference.
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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