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FTC Settles With Private Equity Firm Over Anesthesia Investments

"We consider this a definite victory," physician says

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Opinion
A WHO Exit Is a Huge Mistake

Beyond global health, this is a threat to national security

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Opinion
What Patients Hear From Us: 'Blah, Blah, Tumor, Blah, Blah, Cancer'

Sometimes doctors communicate in 'medicalease' and help less than we think we do

Jan 20, 2025
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Opinion
Independent Surgeons Are Disappearing. Here's Why That Matters.

Private practices offer personalized care, expanded access, and physician autonomy

Jan 18, 2025
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One Racial Group Is Less Likely to Go Through With Bariatric Surgery

No disparity emerges, though, in discussing weight-loss surgery with a healthcare provider

Jan 16, 2025
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Opinion
There's No Place for Politics at the Bedside

When bias or prejudice intersect with power, terrible harms can ensue

Jan 16, 2025
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Over 2 Million Americans Projected to Get Cancer Diagnosis This Year

Greater burden of disease in younger folks and women, American Cancer Society projects

Jan 16, 2025
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Major PBMs Inflated Drug Prices, Pocketing $7.3 Billion Along the Way, FTC Says

Three largest PBMs reimbursed own pharmacies at higher rates than independent ones, report finds

Jan 14, 2025
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Dementia Cases to Double in the U.S.

1 million adults projected to develop dementia each year by 2060

Jan 13, 2025
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Opinion
Mpox Clade I in the U.S. Should Be a Wake-Up Call

Sustained global health investment is the need of the hour

Jan 12, 2025
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Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity

To people in the amputee community, the coverage disparity amounts to discrimination

Jan 11, 2025
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Blood Pressure Ticks Up With Microaggressions During Pregnancy

Study suggests subtle, unintentional interpersonal slights are not so benign

Jan 09, 2025
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Opinion
What Will it Take to Achieve Better Health in a Divided America?

Bridging the political and ideological divide is key to productive healthcare policy

Jan 09, 2025
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Study Pinpoints Factors Driving COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Women

Government mistrust persists, certain promotion tactics also seen as exploitive, coercive

Jan 09, 2025
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