Tag: health

Alcohol consumption increased substantially across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the impact was greatest among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations, where deaths from alcohol-associated liver ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week on whether major pharmacies illegally overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for prescription drugs, a case that could weaken a key law the federal ...

It’s spring here in the Northern Hemisphere. There are daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths in full bloom in parks and window boxes where I live in London. I even saw some ...

California's proposed minimum wage increase is a model for other states to follow

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who follow a Mediterranean diet may have a lower risk for problems with memory and thinking skills than those who do ...

Healthcare professionals should be on the lookout for an increase in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections

The so-called metaverse and virtual reality are up-and-coming technologies that could offer healthcare quite a bit. Medical practitioners can test out the effectiveness of new surgical methods in the metaverse ...

Aging ranks with sleep as one of the fundamental mysteries of human biology. What causes the body to slow down, its cells to stop dividing, and its organs to fall ...

GoodRx helps  millions of consumers find discounts for medical services like prescription drug deals and affordable telehealth since its debut in 2011. For years, the company’s official privacy policy stated ...

This past week in healthcare investigations