Contraceptive coverage will help many women obtain costlier—but more effective—birth control
February 20, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
What is the “Doc Fix”? And why isn’t it, well, fixed?
February 20, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
ERs demanding payment upfront from patients with routine problems
February 19, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
Washington state disciplines health-care providers
February 18, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 1 Comments
Weekend Reading: Health stories from the web
February 18, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
Nearly 600,000 bottles of Infants’ Tylenol recalled
February 18, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
Even small increases in copays affect children’s healthcare use
February 17, 2012 | Health Behavior News Service | 0 Comments
Swedish Visiting Nurse Services to close
February 17, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
Lifelong AIDS Alliance Annual Benefit Breakfast — March 8
February 16, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
62 percent Massachusetts residents support state’s health-reform law — poll
February 16, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
Swedish opens specialty dental clinic for available to low-income uninsured and underinsured patients
February 15, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 1 Comments
Despite doctors’ concerns, home births are up
February 15, 2012 | Michelle Andrews | 0 Comments
Popular fetal monitoring test offers no benefits but leads to more c-sections–study
February 15, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
State disciplines health-care providers
February 14, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
Health reform in Massachusetts: ‘Abject failure’ or “a terrific success”?
February 13, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 1 Comments
Weekend Reading: Interesting online health articles
February 11, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
Cancer Lifeline Annual Benefit Luncheon, March 8th
February 11, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
“Stomach flu” bug blamed for Everett cheerleading event outbreak
February 10, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
Obama announces compromise on contraceptive coverage
February 10, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
New initiative seeks to cut premature births
February 10, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
Nearly 200 cases of gastrointestinal illness linked to state cheerleading event
February 9, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
New drugs needed to combat drug-resistant gonorrhea, warn scientists
February 9, 2012 | Michael McCarthy | 0 Comments
Doctors not always honest with patients — study
February 9, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
Patients hit by high out-of-network costs
February 9, 2012 | KaiserHealthNews | 0 Comments
Whooping cough cases up sharply in Washington state
February 8, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
10 foods account for 40% of salt in your diet
February 8, 2012 | CDC | 0 Comments
Teen pregnancy rate lowest in nearly 40 years
February 8, 2012 | LocalHealthGuide | 0 Comments
UW School of Public Health lays out ambitious plan for the future
February 8, 2012 | Michael McCarthy | 0 Comments
Five-year campaign seeks to use prevention to cut heart disease
February 7, 2012 | Dr. Carolyn Clancy | 0 Comments
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
Some clinicians say universal screening is an important tool to help identify children who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment. Others express concerns that screening may do more harm than good.
People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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