All the doctor’s tricks were failing him. He’d tried neck massage, pressure to the eyes, ice on the face. But an hour in, Ashish Jha still couldn’t ...
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Conservatives Urge Speed Up Of Health Law Repeal, Dismiss Calls For Caution
Leading conservative Republicans from the House and Senate say Congress is moving too slowly on efforts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. But ...
Read More »Republicans Stymied Over How To Repeal And Replace Obamacare
“Repeal and replace.” That phrase was as prevalent during the campaign as “build the wall.” Republicans have been talking for years about dismantling the Affordable ...
Read More »Study: 1 in 4 Teen E-Cigarette Smokers Use Dangerous “Dripping” Technique
By Alan Lyndon One in four high school teens who use electronic cigarettes have tried “dripping” e-liquids directly into the heating coils of the device ...
Read More »Examining The Link Between Diabetes, Autoimmunity and Heart Disease for American Heart Month
By Dr. Chad Larson As medical science advances, we are learning more about the links between different individual diseases. In recognition of American Heart Month ...
Read More »Laughter is the Best Medicine for End-of-Life Patients
By Bruce Horovitz, Kaiser Health News Just weeks before Christmas some years ago, Shirley Rapp and her family faced the devastating news that she had what ...
Read More »Aid-in-Dying Laws Don’t Guarantee That Patients Can Choose To Die
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News In the seven months since California’s aid-in-dying law took effect, Dr. Lonny Shavelson has helped nearly two dozen terminally ill ...
Read More »Doctors hail reintroduction of Medicare-for-all bill
A national physicians group today hailed the reintroduction of a federal bill that would upgrade the Medicare program and swiftly expand it to cover the ...
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