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Julie Lopez, 21, has been tested regularly for sexually transmitted diseases since she was a teenager. But when Lopez first asked her primary care doctor ...
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Millennials Often Spurn The ‘Family Doctor’ Model For Convenience, Fast Service Options
Calvin Brown doesn’t have a primary care doctor — and the peripatetic 23-year-old doesn’t want one. Since his graduation last year from the University of ...
Read More »‘Contraception Deserts’ Likely To Widen Under New Trump Policy
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — When Nikia Jackson needed to be screened for a sexually transmitted disease, she wanted a clinic that was reputable, quick and inexpensive. ...
Read More »‘Physicians Of The Mouth’? Dentists Absorb The Medical Billing Drill
DUBLIN, Calif. — On a recent Friday morning, more than 30 dentists and dental staffers gathered in a conference room to learn an arcane new ...
Read More »Trump Competes With Obamacare: Loosens Restrictions On Short-Term Health Plans
Insurers will again be able to sell short-term health insurance good for up to 12 months under final rules released Wednesday by the Trump administration. ...
Read More »How Soon Is Soon Enough To Learn You Have Alzheimer’s?
Jose Belardo of Lansing, Kan., spent most of his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. He worked on the front lines of disasters in ...
Read More »Time For A Colonoscopy? First Probe Your Doc On How The Scopes Are Cleaned
After a colonoscopy two years ago, Patti Damare felt so delirious and weak that she couldn’t stand on her own. That was on a Friday, ...
Read More »States Attacking Obamacare Would Suffer Most If Preexisting Conditions Shield Gets Axed
If the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with preexisting medical conditions are struck down in court, residents of the Republican-led states that are challenging ...
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