Tag: health

Patients at risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) who underwent liver fibrosis screening subsequently improved their lifestyle, especially those who screened positive, a prospective ...

A Senate deal to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for individuals with private insurance and Medicare poses a new test of whether Democrats can make good ...

Two key senators on Wednesday released a widely anticipated bill aimed at lowering insulin prices and capping monthly copays under commercial and Medicare insurance plans. The move is the next ...

Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg ...

Maybe you know a smoker who never exercises and is living happily into old age. Or perhaps you read about a veggie-loving marathon runner who had a heart attack in ...

The Biden administration rewarded private insurers with an 8.5% hike in Medicare Advantage payments in April, despite new evidence that these companies profiteered at Medicare's expense during the first year ...

Monkeypox First Case Detected In U.S. This Year. Monkeypox is surging around the globe and now the rare virus has found its way inside our borders. The first case of ...

“Food or Poison? … Strange Pranks of a Medical Mystery” (Frederic Damrau, M.D., November 1936)

More than 50% of obese adolescents met criteria for depression, which also was associated with several components of metabolic syndrome, based on data from 160 individuals. Previous research shows that ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' cybersecurity arm released a warning this week about the ransomware group Hive.   Described as an "exceptionally aggressive, financially motivated ransomware group," ...