Enlarge this image The GOP health bills would eliminate the 10 percent tax on the use of tanning beds. It was one…
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Enlarge this image Philby Illustration/Ikon Images/Getty Images Philby Illustration/Ikon Images/Getty Images No corner of the health care system would be harder hit…
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Enlarge this image In a new report, the CDC says U.S. doctors are prescribing fewer opioids than they were in 2010, but…
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‘Architecture Of An Asylum’ Tracks History Of U.S. Treatment Of Mental Illness
by NPR July 6, 2017The Center Building at St. Elizabeths, pictured circa 1900, housed administrative offices and patient wards. Established in 1855 as the Government Hospital…
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Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Built Reputation Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana
by NPR July 5, 2017Enlarge this image Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams is President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Surgeon General. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption…
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I have only been in practice for 14 years, but I remember the exact reason for my first experience of burnout.…
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Patient Access to Medical Services Varies by Individual Physician’s Will to Fight Insurance Companies
by Dr. Val Jones July 3, 2017American healthcare reform debates are focused on strategies to provide “access” to medical services for all. Lack of insurance (or under-insurance) seems to be…
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Tumor Test Helps Identify Which Breast Cancers Don’t Require Extra Treatment
by NPR June 29, 2017Enlarge this image Mammography has helped increase the early detection of breast tumors. Now, researchers say, the goal is to discern which…