If you’ve ever had a serious illness or cared for someone who has, you know how quickly the medical bills can pile up: from labs, radiology clinics, pharmacies, doctors, different departments within the same hospital — some of them in…
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Denied care, millions of Americans condemned to toothache
Swollen gums, rotten teeth, patients in excruciating pain, children afraid to smile. This is what Roslyn Kellum and her colleagues see when they crisscross the United States in a trailer van to provide much needed oral care to tens of…
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Belgium warns intensive care units buckling
Belgium’s health ministry warned Friday intensive care units are struggling to cope with a third wave of coronavirus infections—but authorities still stuck to plans to ease restrictions. Health official Marcel Van der Auwera said intensive care staff were “exhausted, pushed…
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Crazy Skin Care Treatments & Beauty Routines of These Celebrities Will Shock You
The A-list beauties of Hollywood always look perfect. The trendsetting celebs flaunt expensive designer clothing, accessories, and to top it all off, perfect skin. However, the celebs on our list go through some weird skin care treatments to look glamorous…
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Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrative costs of health care
A new analysis by Stanford researchers suggests the health care industry can reap many of the economic benefits of a “Medicare for All” program through incremental changes to the private health care market. Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine…
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For better or worse, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the health care delivery landscape
Pregnancy complications affect up to one in three pregnancies and are increasingly linked to future chronic disease. For example, preeclampsia is associated with a doubled risk of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S., and gestational diabetes…
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A practical guide to critical parameters in acute care testing
The acute care testing handbook is a practical guide to critical parameters in acute care testing such as pO2, lactate and troponin. This practical handbook provides you with each parameter’s physiological role and pathophysiology, reference intervals and the most likely…
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Older caregivers struggling with extra burdens of home care during COVID-19
Ninety-three percent of older Canadians (age 65+) live in the community, and one in four provides care for family or friends with long-term health conditions or disabilities. Challenging circumstances are not a new phenomenon for these caregivers, but COVID-19 has…
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Screening asymptomatic health care personnel for COVID-19 not recommended by experts
Routine screening of asymptomatic health care personnel (HCP) in the absence of confirmed exposures to COVID-19 is not a recommended strategy for preventing transmission of the coronavirus causing the current global pandemic, according to a new review co-authored by an…
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Pain patients who take opioids can’t get in the door at over half of primary care clinics
People who take opioid medications for chronic pain may have a hard time finding a new primary care clinic that will take them on as a patient if they need one, according to a new “secret shopper” study of hundreds…
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