Surgery patients at risk of a heart attack can cut their death risk 35% by simply taking a drug called a beta blocker. Cost? $1
Topics: Breast Cancer Screening, Keeping Intimacy Alive and Exercise for a Healthy Inner Body
The Martha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research at Swedish Medical Center is hosting its 2010 Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium in Seattle, October 28-29.
Advocates say it would provide greater choice and lower prices. Opponents say it will erode state protections and actually lead to higher costs for some.
FDA: STOP using infant positioning products. Using this type of product to hold an infant on his or her side or back is dangerous and unnecessary.
State insurance officials “fear may trigger other insurers to drop similar policies.”
Health reform targets wasteful spending — that is, instances where either individuals or the government is paying too much for what some part of the health care industry is providing
Even after falling a record low, U.S. teen birth rates are still 33% higher than New Zealand’s, the developed country with the next highest rate.
An infant in intensive care at Seattle Children’s hospital has died after a nurse gave the child ten times the dose of the medication, calcium chloride.
New health law mandates breast cancer education campaigns targeting young women and promoting prevention and early detection of the disease.
The Facebook version allows you to access all the features the HealthCare.gov website offers and feature blogs and webchats.
Whooping cough makes a comeback. Americans still aren’t eating their vegetables. Use of pills to treat diabetes up, insulin down.
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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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