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Consume olive oil, stave off dementia
The latest research on the benefits of olive oil finds that women who consume as little as a half...
Want surgery? Some hospitals make you pay upfront
Melanie Evans reports for the Wall Street Journal on the rise of hospitals requiring patients to...
New guidelines on alcohol consumption is likely to expose its...
I’ve written about the risks of consuming alcohol several times now. Despite the fact that we...
Will Congress extend Medicare telehealth coverage?
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress opened up telehealth coverage in Medicare and millions of...
Senator Whitehouse proposes pre-approval of prior authorization...
Joyce Frieden reports for MedPageToday on Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s proposal to address...
Social Security’s future is on the ballot in 2024
Every year, Social Security’s Board of Trustees issues a report detailing Social Security’s...
Live longer, avoid ultraprocessed foods
A few weeks ago, I took a New York Times quiz on ultraprocessed foods, sure I could identify them...
FTC cleaning up junk patents on 20 brand-name drugs
Pharmaceutical companies don’t only get to set their prices on brand-name drugs, they can...
How other wealthy countries deliver superior health care...
Aaron Carroll, President and CEO AcademyHealth, writes about our broken health care system on the...