More than 150 million Americans take dietary supplements and herbal remedies. Most of them fail to realize that herbal remedies and supplements, can cause serious harm, even death. Kaiser Health News...
Diane Archer
Amazon Care is shutting down
Surprise, surprise. HealthcareDive reports that Amazon is shutting down Amazon Care, its primary care business. By 2023, Amazon Care will be no more. Amazon Care started just three years ago. It...
How much fatty fish should you eat?
On a recent visit to my new primary care physician, I learned that the mercury level in my blood was too high. Though, I eat less than two servings of fish a week, I had been eating too much tuna...
FDA finalizes rule for over-the-counter hearing aids
The Food and Drug Administration has at last finalized a rule that allows the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids. This is a big f+#$king deal. Until now, Americans with hearing loss have had to...
Will Rx provisions in the IRA disappoint?
Michael Hiltzik writes for the Los Angeles Times about the prescription drug provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”). He makes the case that they could disappoint Americans...
Senate Finance Chair looks into deceptive Medicare Advantage...
Senate Finance Committee Chair, Ron Wyden, has written the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Oregon Department of Human Services along with several other state insurance...
Vigorous exercise found to ward off dementia
Vigorous exercise can help keep your brain healthy and ward off dementia. Rachel Fairbank reports for the New York Times on three recent studies confirming the value of vigorous exercise for your...
Requiring primary care coordination could cause patients...
There is a government move afoot to have primary care doctors “manage” care for everyone with Medicare. The benefits of primary care coordination can be tremendous but must be balanced...
Hospitals speak out against corporate health insurance
Americans have a new ally in the fight for health care reform. The American Hospital Association is speaking out against corporate health insurance. Hospitals are feeling the squeeze from corporate...
One in seven diabetics struggle to pay for insulin
About nine percent of Americans–30 million people in the US–have diabetes. A new Yale study finds that 14 percent of insulin users—-almost one in seven of them–struggle to pay...