Some health providers are offering patients health-care credit cards to help pay for care. But some patients charge they’ve been swindled.
The story of 1993 Washington Health Services Act should serve as a cautionary tale.
In the past, some plans would refuse to pay the routine care of patients in clinical trials, arguing the treatments were experimental and therefore not covered.
Here’s what you should look for on the carton of eggs in your refrigerator:
Eggs that have been distributed nationwide have been linked to serious Salmonella infections. Consumers should throw away the product or return the product to the store.
Drug restriction policies that discourage use of expensive, new medicines cut costs, but more study needs to be done to see how they affect patient health, researchers say.
FDA shouldn’t cave to pressure and allow Genentech to keep advanced metastatic breast cancer on the Avastin label, argues Merrill Goozner.
Jon Cohn answers John Goodman’s column: Comparing Medicaid cutbacks to private insurer’s dropping costly patients “is grossly misleading,” Cohn writes.
Covered services include mammograms and colorectal cancer screening, bone mass measurement and nutritional counseling.
By any measure, the true cost of the health care legislation is well over $1 trillion for the first ten years and in no way will it reduce the deficit.
The first step in controlling your cholesterol is a balanced diet and exercise. But, even with a good diet and exercise, you may need medicine to lower your cholesterol
Experts caution that most doctor-rating systems are still rudimentary, and a four-star rating or other high-performance designation may not reliably reflect a doctor’s abilities.
By smoking less, watching their cholesterol and lowering their high blood pressure, Americans halved their risk of dying from heart disease over past 20 years.
When am I going to be able to start collecting benefits under the law’s new long-term-care program? When will the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap close?
In healthcare, in areas where patients pay out of pocket for services entrepreneurs, driven by market forces, have been lowering cost and raising quality.
If you go to an ER thats out of your plan’s network, you can end up paying hefty out-of-network charges. Under the new health law that changes, but the new provisions don’t cover all the bases.
Jon Cohn argues that news stories about businesses dropping insurance and insurers limiting doctor choice isn’t bad: they highlight health reform’s benefits.
Clinical trials that compare effectiveness–and safety–of new drugs with old drugs would not only save lives, but money as well, says Merrill Goozner
The idea of doctors making house calls seems old fashioned. But for frail, elderly people with multiple health problems, home visits makes sense.
An FDA analysis of Que She finds supplement contains the potentially dangerous drugs: fenfluramine, propranolol, sibutramine and ephedrine,
Add it all up and the budget deficit actually gets a little smaller. The emphasis is on “little,” since the net reduction is actually pretty small.
If you’re facing a difficult medical decision, bring someone with you who can help you take an active role in your care when you’re not fully up to it.
The health-care overhaul will greatly improve insurance prospects for part-time workers – but not right away.
Your pricey bottled water might just be from the tap, the agency points out.
Magic Power Coffee, an instant coffee sold online as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains a potentially dangerous chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra, FDA says.
“Normal daily activity seems to be the best way for patients with low-back pain to get better,” says study author.
“Will most people’s health insurance still change? Absolutely. But change was coming no matter what. With reform, it’s likely to be change for the better,” writes Jon Cohn.
If you cannot clearly determine the dose of vitamin D delivered by the dropper, talk to a health care professional before giving the supplement to the infant, the FDA says.
Did industry influence prompt WHO to change its working definition of pandemic, asks Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson.
Food should not be left out of the cooler or off the grill for more than two hours. Never leave food out for more than one hour when the temperature is above 90°F.
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