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  Kidney Transplants

  Medicare needs to cover the anti-rejection drugs transplant patients need to survive, and new...

  • Posted August 5, 2019
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  A New Cause of Dementia?

  Mature people are highly susceptible to anti-cholinergics, a group of medicines that cause confusion,...

  • Posted August 5, 2019
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  Hospital Robocalls

  For hospitals, robocalls can amount to a life-or-death challenge. See page 3 of the...

  • Posted June 30, 2019
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  Healthcare Costs

  As large hospital systems gobble up doctor practices, the costs of healthcare increase. Page...

  • Posted June 30, 2019
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  New Treatments

  Some hospitals and clinics are offering stem cell treatments that are unproven and dangerous....

  • Posted May 30, 2019
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  Who Really Writes Those Laws?

  We elected legislators to write laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead. Page 12,...

  • Posted May 30, 2019
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  Questionable Medical Devices

  There are more problems with cardiac stents and other devices than the public knows...

  • Posted May 2, 2019
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  Patients Can’t Get Medical Records

  Important parts of some electronic medical records are kept secret from patients. See page...

  • Posted May 2, 2019
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  Cheaper Drugs from Canada

  Many employers and local governments have been buying drugs from Canada for years, though it’s...

  • Posted March 29, 2019
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  Big Changes at the IRS

  Cuts in the Internal Revenue Service’s budget have left it understaffed. That’s good news...

  • Posted March 29, 2019