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Medicare paid at least $1.5 billion over a decade to replace seven types of defective heart devices, a government watchdog says. The devices apparently failed ...
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By Alan Lyndon Many of the nation’s medical associations were glad to see the end of the Graham-Cassidy health care legislation, which sought to repeal and ...
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By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez When Crawford Clay discovered blood on his shorts at the end a routine run in the spring of 2014, he did ...
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As part of its program aimed at educating physicians and other health care professionals on the benefits and limitations of genomics and precision medicine, the ...
Read More »This Plan Allows Doctors to Save More for Retirement
By Laurie E. Ingwersen When planning for retirement, you are likely familiar with IRAs, 401(k)s and pension plans as the traditional path to retirement savings. But ...
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