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New Study On Preemie Care Shows Why I’m Lucky To Be Alive – And The Importance Of Evidence
This study of the impact of “kangaroo mother care” on premature babies could save countless children’s lives.
Alzheimer’s Drug Market To Hit $13 Billion As FDA Approvals And Insurance Coverage Escalate
Alzheimer’s disease drug Leqembi will be covered by Medicare once the Food and Drug Administration grants traditional approval, which could come as soon as early July.
Puccini Was Dying Of Cancer—Hiding His Diagnosis Was A Grave Mistake
Puccini’s life, and his death, teach us a lesson about the importance of communicating honestly with people who are terminally ill.
UnitedHealth’s Optum Bids $3 Billion For Company In Hot Home Health Space
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health services business Monday made an unsolicited cash offer of more than $3 billion to the board of home health provider Amedisys.
TikTokkers Call Berberine ‘Nature’s Ozempic,’ Here Are Problems With Such Claims
Is berberine, which is being sold as a dietary supplement, really like Ozempic, the Novo Nordisk brand name for the medication semiglutide?
Pandemic Burnout Turns More Health Professionals Into ‘Traveling’ Workers
Three in four allied health professionals are becoming traveling workers at the beginning of their careers thanks to burnout, a new analysis shows.
What Kaiser’s Acquisition Of Geisinger Means For Us All
Kaiser Permanente has a long and ongoing reputation for nation-leading care. But what does its acquisition Geisinger mean for patients and health systems nationwide?
Ukraine Needs Ambulances, Other Transport, Here’s What Scott Kelly, UNITED24 Have Been Doing
The combined efforts of UNITED24 have already helped raise funds to purchase 176 ambulances and hundreds of units of medical equipment, as well as rebuild 11 bridges.
Human Metapneumovirus, HMPV, Has Surged Around 36% Higher In 2023
Here’s what data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed and the problems that this respiratory virus can cause.
