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    Big corporate American hospitals now want you to pay up front for surgery

    UnitedHealth, a giant health insurance company, has been buying up hospitals and surgery centers. Now it's...

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    Americans ditch suffocating healthcare costs and divisive politics to retire in Italy: 'It's the way they approach life'

    The rising cost of healthcare and housing is driving some Americans to retire in Italy, where...

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    Botox injections are at an all-time high. Blame remote work.

    There's an alarming surge in facial injections driven by young people. In a remote, online world,...

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    Study finds First Nations patients are more likely to leave ER without care - National | Globalnews.ca

    Although the research was conducted in Alberta, researchers say the findings likely apply to emergency department...

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    Hospital wait times will still be bad this year, even with labor gains

    The US may be recovering from a physician shortage, but don't expect to spend less time...

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    Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found

    Doctors found that giving financial support to low-income families could lower rates of child neglect and...

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    Gen Zers and millennials are skipping the doctor's office because they can't afford the bills

    About two-thirds of Gen Zers and millennials avoided medical appointments last year because of high costs.

  • Jill Biden’s dystopian vision for women’s health

    Women’s health advocates should join in an urgent call to refocus this presidential initiative on a...

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    Businessman helping B.C. woman who declined surgery because of post-care costs | Globalnews.ca

    Christina Derksen-Unrau of Princeton, who needs a double lung transplant, said she doesn’t have the money...

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    Healix Presale: Revolutionizing Healthcare with HLX Tokens

    Healix stands at the forefront of healthcare innovation, harnessing the power of cutting-edge technologies to address...

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    Lessons Learned From the Change Healthcare Cyberattack

    The Change Healthcare cyberattack has continued to make waves for physicians and patients. The ramifications of...

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    Winnipeg residents living with disabilities left struggling amid health-care support worker strike - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

    On Wednesday, 160 healthcare support workers walked off the job at Ten Ten Sinclair, a housing...

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    Colonoscopy strategies

    "Before I get into the whys of it, let me say that having my first four...

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    UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage

    Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems...

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    Emergency medical bills worry Americans — and it could affect the presidential election

    Most Americans worry they won't be able to pay expensive medical bills if they experience an...

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    Nurses in Denmark shift to cosmetic care amid hospital staffing crisis

    Link URL: https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/02/16/nurses-in-denmark-shift-to-cosmetic-care-despite-hospital-staffing-crisis Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~health/1eb2/nurses_in_denmark_shift_to_cosmetic_care_despite_hospital_staffing_crisis_dsr_believes_shift_is_due Votes: 21 Comments: 4

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    Giving birth in Sweden: outcomes are worse for foreign-born mothers

    Link URL: https://theconversation.com/giving-birth-in-sweden-outcomes-are-worse-for-foreign-born-mothers-222781 Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~life.women/1eak/sweden_has_consistently_reported_some_of_the_lowest_rates_of_maternal_and_child_mortality_in_the Votes: 14 Comments: 0

  • Doulas improve health outcomes for pregnant women with Medicaid: Report

    Story at a glance Doula care improves health outcomes for pregnant women with Medicaid, according to...

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    I've been tortured by shame since I was 8. Then along came Ozempic.

    I knew weight-loss drugs would change my body. I wasn't prepared for what they would do...

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    Over a million boomers on Medicare could save big on prescription drugs next year

    Boomers will benefit from President Joe Biden's $2,000 cap on prescription drugs for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis,...