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Andy Pasternak, a family doctor in Reno, Nev., has seen more than 100 new Medicaid patients this year after the state expanded the insurance program ...
Read More »As Docs Face Big Cuts In Medicaid Pay, Patients May Pay The Price
Breast Cancer Chemo Tied to Small But Significant Leukemia Risk
(HealthDay News) — Among early stage breast cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment, less than half of one percent will eventually develop leukemia ...
Read More »FDA Approves New Weight-Loss Drug
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A new, injectable weight-loss drug has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency on ...
Read More »When Heart Docs Are Away, Their High-Risk Patients May Fare Better
(HealthDay News) — If you are a high-risk heart patient, you might be better off if you are not treated by a cardiologist, new research ...
Read More »Concussion Laws Requiring Medical Care Help Youth Athletes
Sports related concussions are the only injury in all of medicine with a legislative mandate requiring medical attention. That mandate, which includes laws in all 50 ...
Read More »Bone Drugs May Protect Against Endometrial Cancer
MONDAY, Dec. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Bisphosphonates, which are drugs that treat bone loss, may lower the risk of endometrial cancer, new research suggests. ...
Read More »Mother’s Depression Tied to Later Delinquency in Kids
MONDAY, Dec. 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Teens are more likely to smoke, drink and use marijuana — and to do so at an earlier ...
Read More »Medical Marijuana Helpful for Cancer-Linked Symptoms
THURSDAY, Dec. 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Cannabis and cannabinoid pharmaceuticals can be helpful for nausea and vomiting, pain, and weight loss associated with cancer, ...
Read More »How to Relieve the Growing Shortage of Stroke Specialists
Although stroke is the No. 4 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States, there’s an increasing shortage of neurologists ...
Read More »Fatal Case of Legionnaires’ in Infant Following Water Birth
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A Texas infant has died from Legionnaires’ disease after being born in a whirlpool tub. The report of ...
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