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Podcast: KHN's ‘What the Health?' Drug prices and unicorns
A trio of court actions provide news for this week's “What the Health?'” panel. A federal appeals court this week handed hospitals a setback in their effort to stop the Trump...
34 minutes ago - News Medical
This New Bill Could Make Your Fitness Habits Way More Affordable
If health and fitness are a priority in your life, you know it's not exactly a cheap habit. Even if you're not splurging on the latest superfoods, green juices, high-tech...
4 hours ago - Health
U.S. Health Care Companies Exploring Blockchain Technologies
A law professor describes the merits of blockchain-a technology popularized by bitcoin- for use in healthcare.
4 hours ago - CommonHealth Wbur
New York City Agrees to Pay $20.8 Mln in Nurses Case -Justice Dept
New York City has agreed to pay $20.8 million to settle federal discrimination charges made by registered nurses and midwives who said their work was not recognized as...
5 hours ago - Medscape
VIDEO: Best practice, instructional videos for functional outcome measures
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - At the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting, research on best practices and instructional videos for...
5 hours ago - Healio - 3 articles
AOPA and SLACK Incorporated announce AOPA's purchase of O&P News
WASHINGTON - The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association has signed a purchase agreement with SLACK Incorporated to purchase O&P News, a longtime media presence in the...
5 hours ago - Healio
A Conversation With Michael P. Smith, CPO
In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Michael P. Smith, CPO. Smith is a 1984 graduate of the University of Washington prosthetic and orthotic program. He is a...
5 hours ago - Healio
During the 'War on Drugs' He Was a Reagan Lawyer; Now He Owns a Marijuana Farm
Edward Weidenfeld is a successful Washington lawyer with ties to the political elite. He has worked as a senior adviser to six U.S. Presidents, including serving as general...
6 hours ago - Medscape
Federal ‘Grandparents Raising Grandchildren' Bill Signed into Law
U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Bob Casey applauded the signing of the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act , legislation...
6 hours ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
Three MA Projects Awarded AARP Community Challenge Grants
Three projects in Massachusetts - Old Colony YMCA, Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell - were awarded grants from the national AARP...
6 hours ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
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Bitter ‘super-tasters' have a nearly 60% higher risk of cancer
Researchers from Penn State University studied 5,500 British women for 20 years and found those who cannot taste the bitter chemical PTC are less likely to get cancer than...
People over the age of 50 who break a bone increase their risk of dying
Hip fractures are known to increase the mortality risk among older people, but the Garvan Institute of Medical Research study is the first to identify how long the risk lasts...
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Turkey Sickens 90
Ninety people have gotten sick from raw turkey tainted with salmonella bacteria in 26 states, the CDC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned on Thursday. Forty people...
Parents say their children develop extreme behavioral changes after a strep...
Sabrina Smith, 11, from Danbury, Connecticut, was seven years old when she was diagnosed with PANDAS, an autoimmune disorder that creates neurological symptoms after a strep...
Cancer patients who use complementary medicine have higher risk
Complemetary medicine is different to 'alternative'. It is the use of non-traditional treatment with traditional methods, rather than instead of. But still, Yale found these...
Good cholesterol may increase risk of heart disease in older women
Hormonal changes during menopause can cause the 'healthy' HDL blood fat to become harmful - by enlarging the particles, say scientists at the University of Pittsburgh.
An end to paralysis from spinal cord injury?
A new study from Boston Children's Hospital has been able to help mice walk again by injecting a compound which helps reactive nerve pathways that send signals to our leg muscles.
Making This 1 Change to My Diet Helped Me Quickly Lose Belly Fat
Last year, I saw a pretty incredible transformation in my body. There was a particularly stressful period of my life where I gained 40 pounds, so when I was ready to get my...
Bless You, Nordstrom! These Millennial Pink Adidas Sneakers Are on a MAJOR Sale
What's better than pink sneakers? Pink sneakers that are discounted, duh. The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is in full swing and everyone gets public access to it on July 20. One...
CT Scans may Heighten the Risk of Brain Cancer
CT scans may increase the risk of brain cancer, research at the Oxford University Press finds. This pattern of excess cancer risk may be partly due to confounding by...