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Community health centers’ big profits raise questions about oversight
Just off the deserted town square, with its many boarded-up businesses, people lined up at the walk-up pharmacy window at Genesis Health Care, a federally funded clinic. Drug sales provide the bulk of the revenue for Genesis, a nonprofit community health center treating about 11,000 mostly low-income patients in seven clinics across South Carolina. Those […]
Treating the Growing Population of Centenarians
For about the past year, Priya Goel, MD, can be seen cruising around the island of Manhattan as she makes her way between visits to some of New York City’s most treasured residents: a small but essential group of patients born before the Empire State Building scraped the sky and the old Yankee Stadium had […]
Two million infant swings, rockers recalled due to strangulation danger
Millions of infant swings and rockers are being recalled because crawling babies can get entangled in straps that dangle beneath them. The recall applies to MamaRoo and RockaRoo swings and rockers manufactured by Thorley Industries of Pittsburgh. The company, which does business under the name 4moms, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced […]
Cancer: The purple berry shown to slash cancer cell growth by 60 percent within 24 hours
Colon cancer: Dr Zoe outlines the symptoms to look out for We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The causes of cancer […]
Patient survey reveals preference and economic cost of breathlessness services
A new study has examined patient preferences for breathlessness services and determined the cost savings of these provisions for the NHS. The paper is published today in Thorax by researchers from King’s College London and King’s College Hospital. Health conditions such as cancer, lung and heart disease can cause severe breathlessness, where breathing is consistently […]
Terminally ill cancer patient urges next PM to change law on assisted dying
We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Six months on, David today shares a heart-wrenching update on his condition – and his […]
Living unrelated donor organ transplants are not inferior to deceased donor organs
Do pediatric kidney transplant patients have better long-term outcomes when their kidney comes from living, biologically unrelated donors compared to deceased donors? A new UC Davis Health study finds that they do. The study reviewed data from the Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network database from Jan. 1, 2001 to Sept. 30, 2021. Researchers compared the […]
What is the least amount of exercise we can do to be healthy and fit?
How low can we go is a question that has fascinated exercise researchers in recent years. And that is because less than half of Australian adults manage the lowest recommended threshold of physical activity, which is 30 minutes, five days a week. Even fewer (about 40 per cent) do some form of strength training twice […]
Online testing tool identifies people likely to benefit from genetic testing for inherited risk for certain cancers
An online tool developed by researchers and physicians at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute can accurately and rapidly identify people who should undergo testing for inherited genetic changes that raise the risk of developing certain cancers, a new study shows. The tool, known as PREMMplus, assesses whether an individual is likely to carry an inherited (or germline) […]