Nearly ten years ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began a breakthrough device program with a goal of speedily approving innovative medical devices in order to help patients in...
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Trump’s tax bill keeps Social Security taxes
Just before President Trump signed his tax bill into law, the Social Security Administration sent an email to millions of Americans misrepresenting its effect on Social Security taxes. In fact, the...
Trump signs his tax bill, leaving 17 million Americans uninsured
Senate and House Republicans cut the deals needed to pass Trump’s tax bill, which President Trump is signing into law today. This bill cuts Medicaid by $930 billion and leaves 17 million Americans...
How to slow down the aging of your brain
In a piece for the Wall Street Journal, Alex Janin reports on how changes in your lifestyle can slow down the aging of your brain. Stunningly, a healthy diet, exercising and destressing, can all keep...
An ancient trick to help your recall
If you’re like me, you sometimes struggle to remember what it is you need to do five seconds after deciding you need to do it or you forget the key item you need to buy at the grocery store. Of...
Medicare agency to test prior authorization in traditional...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new pilot project that will test the use of prior authorization in Traditional Medicare on 17 services, Alan Condon reports for...
Democrats successfully contest some provisions in the...
The only way that Republicans can pass their “families lose, billionaires win” reconciliation bill is if their proposals are not subject to a special rule that would require them to pass their...
Republican bill would increase medical debt significantly
Medical debt is already a challenge for tens of millions of Americans. The Republicans’ reconciliation bills in the House and Senate would only exacerbate that challenge. We could know before...
Want to lose weight? Try intermittent fasting
A little more than a year ago, I wrote a post about research revealing that monkeys fasting intermittently were likely to live longer. Whether what’s true for monkeys is true for people is...
Why exercise in the water?
Exercising in the water is good for sore muscles, joints and bodies. It’s especially good for your mental and physical health post-surgery, when you are least likely to have any desire to...