With U.S. temperatures dropping again, federal health officials warn frostbite can permanently damage the body, and severe cases can lead to amputation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said frostbite causes a loss of ...
Tags: frostbite, medical care, hypothermia
Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, announced today an agreement to provide hospitalist services for ...
Douglas J. Mathisen, MD was awarded a Distinguished Service Award by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons on Monday evening at the Society's 50th Annual Meeting. The Distinguished Service Award, established in 1969, recognizes those who have ...
Tags: cardiothoracic disease, health
Gut bacteria in premature infants don't come from their mothers, but from microbes in the neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU), a new study finds. Babies typically get their gut bacteria from their mothers during childbirth. Premature ...
Tags: Gut bacteria, isolated, prevent infections
As the Northeast and mid-Atlantic joined the Midwest in dealing with yet another deep freeze on Tuesday, doctors are offering advice on dealing with frigid temperatures. "It's best to limit your outdoor activity as much as possible, since ...
Tags: frigid temperatures, affect the brain, physician treat
A selection of health policy stories from New York, Washington state, California, Virginia, Idaho, Connecticut and Georgia. The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal: Feds Urge More Talks On N.Y. Medicaid Application New York has ...
The Washington Post: Obamacare Breeds Distrust Of Liberalism For President Obama, the state of the political union ... could be better. It is not only that the president's political support is diminished; it is diminished, in large part, ...
Tags: SOTU, medicaid myth, tax reform, Obamacare
In the meantime, Medicare is trying to crack down on habitual overcharging by some doctors. The Washington Post: Doctors Cut From Medicare Advantage Networks Struggle With What To Tell Patients Thousands of primary-care doctors and ...
Tags: Medicare Advantage, Medicare patients, Marilyn B, habitual overcharging
The Washington Post: Making Progress On Inequality Intense as it is, the current debate over rising income inequality is hardly new. ... The good news is that there's more good news than one might expect. ... In addition to avoiding ...
Tags: ACA, Obamacare, medical care, health overhaul
A lot of evidence shows that a patients' race or ethnicity is associated with differences in how health care providers communicate with them, the health care they receive, and their health outcomes. In HIV care, a key to those outcomes is ...
Tags: HIV care, drug, AIDS, M.Barton Laws
Reaching underserved populations who are newly qualified for coverage remains a major concern and challenge to advocacy groups like Families USA. For insurers and government officials, the target is healthy people who will help balance new ...
Tags: Obamacare, GoHealth, enrollment, Medicaid expansion
Carestream plans to showcase a raft of innovation designed to help radiology professionals improve patient care, workflow and costs at The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria. The work-in-progress updates include new ...
Tags: ECR 2014, Medical Imaging
The Dura 5 & Dura 7 deliver stable sub-litre per hour flows at either 5 or 8 Bar in a rugged hose pump format. Care Free Pumping of Off Gassing Liquids: Municipalities regularly use Sodium ...
Only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care - that is medical care to relieve the pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness - is currently receiving it. This unmet need is mapped for the first time in the "Global atlas of palliative ...
Tags: WPCA, HIV, drug-resistant tuberculosis, health-care systems
A so-called implantable insulin delivery device could one day free people with type 1 diabetes from the need for multiple daily injections, scientists say. "Diabetes is a difficult-to-treat condition, and yet keeping in very good balance ...