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US and European patients at risk without medical device registry
The BBC reports on findings of the Royal College of Surgeons that the rules for approving medical...
Four tips for reducing your chances of getting pneumonia
Pneumonia is an infection in one or both of a person’s lungs caused by bacteria, viruses and...
Sanders introduces market-based plan to rein in drug prices
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) have announced legislation, the...
Avoid memory supplements
Today, there are about 80,000 dietary supplement products on the market, up from 4,000 25 years...
Why aren’t hospitals designed with older patients in mind?
Last Saturday, I was with my mother-in-law at the rehab facility to which she had been sent for...
The side effects of gout medication
Gout is one of the most painful types of arthritis. While medications can help, lifestyle and...
With the midterms behind us, there’s good reason to get...
With 70 percent of the public supporting Medicare for all, including a majority of Republicans...
2019 Medicare Handbook is misleading
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Amarin makes unsupported claims about its heart disease medicine
As we all know, some pharmaceutical companies will go very far to sell their products. Shefali...