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(MedPage Today) -- A study in Gut found that red wine may be associated with a lower risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). But drinking roughly two alcoholic beverages a day was linked with a 10% to 30% higher risk of pancreatic cancer, a...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Michigan nurse Ashley Meyers was kicked out of a panel discussion featuring HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for interrupting him by shouting questions about healthcare affordability. (MLive.com) One doctor is accused of...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The Trump administration is moving forward with a State Department plan to strip the CDC of its oversight on global health programs. (New York Times) Meanwhile...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- With a recent $2 million settlement, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has now pulled in tens of millions of dollars related to the decade-plus-old Boston Heart Diagnostics case, which centered around alleged kickbacks to...
Read full article →The drug middlemen lobby has had a busy week. It’s the second major lawsuit the PCMA has filed against a state law reforming the PBM industry since Monday.
Read full article →Employers are considering raising premiums and increasing other forms of cost sharing as they grapple with stubbornly rising health costs, according to a new survey from Mercer.
Read full article →Lantern and Marathon Health are joining forces to launch an integrated model that brings together primary and specialty care, a key concern for employers as costs rise.
Read full article →WASHINGTON (AP) — Twannetta Weaver felt like she made the responsible choice when she enrolled in a high-deductible health insurance plan through her employer, an option that avoided high premiums and allowed her to save for retirement. Then, in 2025, she slipped a disk in her back, requiring medication and physical therapy. Suddenly, the medical...
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Read full article →Squeezed between their young children and aging parents, the sandwich generation is juggling a lot. KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discusses embracing her identity as a caregiver and which resources are available to Washington, D.C., residents caring for family members.
Read full article →An estimated hundreds of thousands of children, many of them U.S. citizens, have been separated from a parent in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Their distress manifests in physical and mental health symptoms including developmental regression, stomachaches, sleep problems, and falling grades. Research points to long-term health consequences.
Read full article →AI hasn’t solved all the problems plaguing healthcare’s revenue cycle — but R1’s Lee Kupferman says that it is getting closer, one gray area at a time. The post What Is AI Getting Right — and Wrong — in Healthcare’s Revenue Cycle? appeared first on MedCity News .
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