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Virtual or In Person: Which Kind of Doctor’s Visit Is Better, And When It Matters
When the covid-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors’ offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone…
Journalists Discuss Insulin Prices, Gun Violence, Distracted Driving, and More
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Alto riesgo y máximas ganancias: reguladores se preocupan por el auge del levantamiento de glúteos…
MIAMI, FL – En retrospectiva, debería haber reconocido las señales de alarma, dijo Nikki Ruston.
El consultorio de Miami donde programó lo que se conoce como levantamiento (lifting) de glúteos brasileño había cerrado y…
Guns Are the Biggest Public Health Threat Kids Face. Why Aren’t They Getting the Message?
I still remember the raspy voice of the wizened cancer patient with the hole in her throat. So addicted to the poison that was killing her — cigarettes — she interspersed her words of warning about the dangers of smoking with…
Shaved Costs, High Risk, Maximum Profits: Regulators Worry About Florida’s Butt Lift Boom
MIAMI — In hindsight, Nikki Ruston said, she should have recognized the red flags.
The office in Miami where she scheduled what’s known as a Brazilian butt lift had closed and transferred her records to a different facility,…
Schools Struggle With Lead in Water While Awaiting Federal Relief
PHILIPSBURG, Mont. — On a recent day in this 19th-century mining town turned tourist hot spot, students made their way into the Granite High School lobby and past a new filtered water bottle fill station.
Water samples taken…
Eli Lilly Slashed Insulin Prices. This Starts a Race to the Bottom.Kaiser Health News
Bram Sable-Smith and Samantha Young
When drugmaker Eli Lilly announced Wednesday it will slash the list price for some of its insulin products following years of criticism from lawmakers and activists that the price of the lifesaving…
Watch: Dental Device at Center of Lawsuits Was Used on Patients Without FDA Review
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An unproven and unregulated dental device at the center of patient lawsuits has not been evaluated by the FDA, according to a months-long joint investigation by KHN and CBS News. …
Information Blackout Shrouds New Reports of Deaths, Injuries, and Abuse at Montana State Hospital
BUTTE, Mont. — Jennifer Mitchell remembered getting a call nearly two years ago that her 69-year-old husband, Bill, had crashed his car and had been committed to the Montana State Hospital, the state-run psychiatric hospital for…
Judge to Fine California Each Day It Fails to Complete Prisoner Suicide Prevention Measures
Don Thompson
A federal judge said this week that she will begin fining California potentially tens of thousands of dollars daily after more than 200 prison inmates killed themselves during eight years in which state corrections officials…