Taking aspirin and raspberries together leads to internal bleeding. Certain foods should not be included in the diet of the patient taking certain medications. A member of the Russian Scientific Medical Society of Physicians, a clinical pharmacologist of the Federal Center for Cerebrovascular Pathology ...
South Florida continues to be # 1 for healthcare fraud. Theft costs Medicare billions a year, Yahoo reported. Billions of dollars of scams are infiltrating new healthcare areas such as telemedicine, drug addiction centers, and COVID-19 programs, but the U.S. government is also ...
When you're not feeling well, it may seem like any test is a good idea. But this doesn't always happen. In fact, hospitals routinely perform low-value tests and procedures on older patients, risking harm, according to the Lown Institute, a health care think tank. About…
Six thousand residents now have access to free telemedicine at their place of residence, rather than at work, writes Fast Company. For most Americans, health insurance is dependent on their employment. This means that millions of people are not insured or insufficiently insured, especially ...
Robert Pearl, CEO of the nonprofit medical organization Kaiser Permanente, has published a book on the problems of the US health care system called “Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Health Care - and Why We're Usually Wrong.” ...
Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with British virologist Michael Houghton. For which discovery they received the award, the BBC said. The Nobel Committee said in a statement that the award was for the discovery of the virus ...
Speaking to reporters at the White House, US President Donald Trump announced the need to reform the country's health insurance system. Why now is not the right time for this initiative, says CNN. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has become one of the leading causes of death ...
Most Americans who have been diagnosed with coronavirus are on home treatment. But 15% of patients need hospitalization, and this will require a lot of money. And although many insurance companies do pay for these costs, it is important to know all the nuances in order to avoid unpleasant surprises, writes ...
Patients with COVID-19 die “of” or “with” the coronavirus. The pathologists who performed autopsies on these victims disagreed. DW writes about this. Every evening, as in regular reports from the front, TV viewers are told how many people are currently infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in their country, how many have recovered...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief infectious disease expert on a White House working group, said an experimental antiviral drug from Gilead Sciences will become the standard treatment for COVID-19, Voice of America reported. According to the results of a key clinical study, doctors concluded ...