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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
  • A New Cause of Dementia?

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

    • Posted August 5, 2019
  • Hospital Robocalls

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

    • Posted June 30, 2019
  • Healthcare Costs

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

    • Posted June 30, 2019
  • New Treatments

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

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

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

    • Posted May 30, 2019
  • Questionable Medical Devices

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

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

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

    • Posted May 2, 2019
  • Cheaper Drugs from Canada

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

    • Posted March 29, 2019
  • 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