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Electronic medical records or EMRs
In the third article of a multipart series on health literacy and innovation in health care...
Turning 65? Make sure you’re not involuntary enrolled in a...
An increasing number of people first going on Medicare are being involuntarily enrolled in Medicare...
Exercise may help memory and attention
There has been considerable research to show that exercise can reduce the likelihood of disability...
Pharma’s role in our opioid crisis
By some accounts, 2.6 millions Americans are addicted to painkiller...
How can we rely on paid caregivers?
Many older adults who want to age in their communities must rely on paid caregivers to provide...
Paying less for hospital care through reference pricing
Only an an all-payer system with uniform health care rates, will keep us from wildly varying and...
Mobile health or mHealth
In the second article of a multipart series on health literacy and innovation in health care...
Social Security benefits barely rising in 2017
Social Security just announced the cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, for Social Security, and the...
A medical device may make heart surgery even riskier
Every year, more than half a million Americans have heart bypass surgery to get blood flowing to...