Oregon man died waiting for an ambulance, highlighting lack of emergency responders
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man died while waiting over a half-hour for an ambulance after being struck by a…
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Have a Lifeguard Shortage at Your Pool? Here’s a Big, Underreported Reason Why
Memorial Day ushers in the unofficial start of summer. We’re still three weeks off from the summer solstice, but for…
Take the mystery out of healthcare pricing with MyChart’s cost-of-care estimates
Children bring some of life’s most delightful surprises—but unexpected healthcare costs are not counted among those joys. At Akron Children’s,…
Study: High blood pressure in your 30s may mean poorer brain health in your 70s
Photo by Thirdman via Pexels Are hypertension and blood pressure changes in early adulthood associated with late-life brain health? According…
New York City outlaws discrimination on the basis of weight, height
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation Friday that will ban discrimination based on body…
Judge temporarily blocks new South Carolina abortion ban
A South Carolina judge Friday temporarily blocked the state’s new law that would ban most abortions after fetal cardiac activity…
Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder
Millions of Americans in the past few years have run into this experience: filing a health care insurance claim that…
What are poppers and why is the FDA warning about them?
(NEXSTAR) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans to make sure the tiny bottles they’re drinking aren’t…
This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky.
Catherine Reitzel’s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting disorder…
The Biomedical Testing Revolution Promises a Theranos That Actually Works
“Cancer signal not detected.” That was the happy finding of my Galleri multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood test from the…