By Brad Broker Prostitution, starvation, forced labor, physical abuse — these are the symptoms and effects of human trafficking. And who are most likely to ...
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By Mary Agnes Carey On Capitol Hill, lawmakers resume work this week to resolve differences over legislation aimed at alleviating long wait times for medical care at the ...
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By Jay Hancock A few years ago it struck the D.C. region’s biggest medical insurer that the doctors who saw its members most often and knew ...
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By Michelle Andrews If you offer it, will they come? Insurers and some U.S. senators have proposed offering cheaper, skimpier “copper” plans on the health insurance ...
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By Jenny Gold The American College of Physicians announced a major change to their screening guidelines Monday evening: Healthy women should no longer receive pelvic exams during ...
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By Lisa Gillespie Climate change is happening, and with that will come more deaths from heat-related illness and disease, according to a report released Tuesday. The report, ...
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The American Medical Association (AMA) voted Tuesday to ask President Obama to provide timely access to entitled care for eligible veterans utilizing the health care ...
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Most physicians know that ICD-10 is coming soon. Implementation date for hospitals and medical practices is October 1, 2014. Why is this important? Well, the ...
Read More »Let’s Move: First Lady Michelle Obama talks healthcare on The Tonight Show (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hazIopgMSQw By Alan Lyndon First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday and, after doing some comedy sketches with Fallon ...
Read More »5 Tips To Help Patients Get Best Health Care (VIDEO)
By Alan Lyndon It’s not easy being a patient. Insurance companies and health care laws make it really difficult to know all of the rules ...
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