You’ve heard the expression, “watch your back.” When it comes to older adults, you might say “watch your feet.” Caring for an older adult means checking vision, gait...
Diane Archer
Majority of cancer drugs that FDA has recently approved...
According to a new study in JAMA, there is no evidence that the majority of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved cancer drugs over the last five years work. The FDA used substitute...
Budget deal would significantly reduce Medicare premium increase...
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have reached agreement on a budget deal, which fixes a glitch in federal law that would have required more than 15 million people with Medicare to pay 52 percent...
To promote patient safety, hospitals and doctors should disclose...
Transparency in health care can be a powerful tool for ensuring patient safety. But, it is too often not taken into account when considering patient safety measures. As a result, serious mistakes...
Beware of Medicare and Medicaid fraud and, if you see it, report...
Medicare fraud is prevalent. It wastes billions of dollars and drives up health care costs. It comes in all varieties but generally involves bills to Medicare for services that were never provided...
New JAMA study reveals exercise can reduce likelihood of...
There is all kinds of advice to help ensure we can live independently in later life. A new JAMA study shows that exercise increases the likelihood that older adults can move freely and easily over...
The benefits of shared doctor appointments
Many years ago, I heard a primary care doctor explain his solution to the minimal time he had to spend with each of his patients: He offered to see those with similar conditions collectively...
Obama’s chief economic advisor is minimizing impact of...
There appears to be little or no chance that the Obama administration will use its final year in office to rein in drug prices. Indeed, at a time when the drug industry is demonstrating a love of...
John Oliver explains the risks of too many spoonfuls of sugar
Check out John Oliver’s great piece on the $5 billion sugar industry and our overconsumption of sugar. There’s no sugar-coating it. Americans eat way too much sugar, 52 teaspoons (204...
Top drugs in U.S. now three times more expensive than in U.K.
You’re not imagining it. Drug prices in the United States continue to escalate at lightning speed. A new Reuters-commissioned analysis reveals that we are now paying three times more than...