With about 115,000 Americans on the transplant list for a life-saving organ and 20 people dying everyday waiting for an organ donor, companies like Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Arigos Biomedical are developing methods to preserve organs for future transplants using technology…
Health insurers across the U.S. are pursuing a new strategy to lower healthcare costs and bolster their profits — investing in housing, medicine and even food programs for those who can't afford it, according to Forbes.
Data was frequently discussed as crucial in helping to better understand local opioid prescribing patterns, opioid overdose rates and potentially to predict who may be at increased risk for chronic opioid use.
Fatal drug overdoses killed more Americans than HIV, car crashes or guns in 2017, claiming 72,000 lives, according to a preliminary estimation from the CDC.
President Donald Trump signed the Right to Try Act into federal law May 30, giving patients with life-threatening conditions the opportunity to access investigational drugs without FDA authorization. To ensure this law provides the maximum benefits for patients, the FDA…
Katie Stubblefield became the youngest person to receive a face transplant in the U.S. when she underwent the procedure at Cleveland Clinic in 2017, according to CBS News.
Although physicians are often encouraged to address burnout by building resilience through meditation and vacation time, resilience alone puts the burden of wellness on the physician without addressing what promotes burnout, Lalita Abhyankar, MD, a New York City-based family physician,…
CMS' plan to change Medicare payments to a flat rate per visit regardless of a patient's sickness could have harmful consequences for severely ill patients, a professor of medicine argues in a STAT op-ed.
Although most medical residents said they look forward to their first job, many said they experience bullying and depression during residency and blamed work for failed relationships, according to Medscape's 2018 residents lifestyle and happiness report.
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