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Treatments marketed as everything from anti-aging applications to therapies for degenerative diseases are increasingly available at commercial clinics in the U.S., but their growing numbers raise ethical and regulatory concerns in the scientific community.
It was a big win for pro-abortion rights advocates, but abortion opponents are not daunted. Stay tuned for how it will affect presidential politics and the next generation of women voters.
The case alleges that insured consumers were overcharged because of a contract agreement.
The lawsuits allege that the practice costs the hospitals money because the patients often spend the funds.
The changes announced Tuesday seek to eliminate the backlog by 2021.
A small group of advocates and entrepreneurs is using mobile phones and digital scales to make a difference in the health of poor people, too.
Proposed legislation would require drugmakers to disclose and justify price hikes. The industry has taken to Facebook and Twitter, warning that the proposal could lead to medication shortages in some regions of the state.
Though the CDC鈥檚 new prescribing guidelines follow a theme of less is more, another federal agency鈥檚 patient satisfaction surveys include questions about pain management that some say encourage doctors to prescribe the highly addictive medicines.
Amid growing concern about rising drug costs, the practices of prescription benefit management firms are drawing a new level of attention.
Commissioner says $37 billion deal would stifle market competition, raise health insurance rates and reduce access to care.
Hospitals share patient records of 鈥渟uper-users鈥 to save money and avoid duplicating medical treatment.
Employers and insurers are installing sophisticated kiosks in more workplaces so that workers can quickly consult a doctor offsite when they take ill at work.
Fertility specialists say that egg donation is safe and involves the same process as in vitro fertilization, but there are sporadic reports of cancers, some fatal, and subsequent fertility problems among egg donors. Because of a lack of research, it isn't known whether these problems are linked to the process or are the result of chance.
Aetna to spend nearly $50 million on health initiatives, agrees to more rate review.
Commissioner Dave Jones says the deal would further reduce competition in the state鈥檚 health insurance market and harm consumers.
Electronic health records increasingly include automated alert systems pegged to patients鈥 health information. In some cases, though, the sheer volume of these messages has become unmanageable.
Although there is widespread agreement on the need to let people know if they haven鈥檛 been admitted, the language proposed by federal officials hasn鈥檛 satisfied everyone.
The average patient stay costs $4,000 more at Sutter and Dignity hospitals than at other California medical centers, study shows.
Investigators from the GAO call for HHS to improve oversight of the Medicare appeals process and streamline it to make sure repetitive claims are handled more efficiently.
Medical residents at George Washington University spend three weeks examining and diagnosing the nation鈥檚 health care system.
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