HARRISBURG, Pa. - A five-year, $1 billion taxpayer subsidy to help Pennsylvania doctors buy medical malpractice insurance lapsed Monday, forcing physicians to pay higher premiums unless Democrats and Republicans break an impasse over expanding a state health insurance program.
Gov. Ed Rendell supports a bill that passed the Democratic-led House on March 17 that would tie [...]
TRENTON, N.J. - Wealthy people are enrolled in a state-run health care program for working poor families and criminal investigators are examining another state health program for the poor, according to new state audits that found shocking displays of wasted money.
The reviews by the state auditor found people earning as much as $295,000 enrolled in [...]
In our endless discussions about health care in this country, the same questions are posed over and over again: How much money is being spent? How many doctors are available in specific areas? How many surgical procedures are being done? How long is the wait?
These are all questions of quantity.
We don’t [...]
Few Canadians are taking a controversial new cholesterol-lowering drug compared with millions in the United States, where the medication has been heavily promoted, according to a new study that suggests advertising may have a greater influence on the use of a medication than scientific evidence.
More than 33 million prescriptions for [...]
People who succeed and lose weight and keep it off eat very, very differently, Dr Carolyn Clancy, director of the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, Maryland, said Health. Essentially, youve got to eat a whole lot less.
Clancy has written about the realities of operations to promote weight loss, known as [...]
Welcome to Generation Z, the forgotten generation. Generation Z encompasses children aged 17 and younger, one in five of whom will have some form of mental illness.
One in four will be bullied, most likely over the internet. Also known as the New Silent Generation, it will be the most educated, financially well-off and technologically literate [...]
It�s neither a popular subject nor that well-received. At the mere mention of it, you�re quite likely to move quickly onto the next page. Yet, there is a reason I�m writing about it, and if you�re 50 or older or have a loved one who is, then this is especially for you. The subject is [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. - More than 30,000 patients who were hospitalized in Pennsylvania in 2006 contracted infections during their hospital stays, according to a state report being released Thursday.
The numbers rose sharply from the previous year, but officials attributed much of the increase to a change in how the data is collected and improved reporting by [...]
NEW ORLEANS - If you think the prescription drug you took for headaches caused your heart attack, the Food and Drug Administration says you can’t sue the maker for injury if it met agency standards.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says you can’t sue a mattress maker if your mattress bursts into flame despite meeting CPSC [...]
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series focusing on the different stages of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia through one family’s eyes. This week’s focus: caregiving in the moderate stage.
The first time Marjorie Jackson answered a collection agency call about her mom’s overdue credit card bill, she thought it was [...]
