Is the FDA Real or A Bunch of Suits Having A Laugh at the Taxpayers’ Expense?
Susan Harrison has joined thousands of women over surgical mesh surgery that has been causing her pain and ultimately has been allegedly linked to a faulty pelvic mesh product. Her case is among more...
View ArticleA New Cure for Obesity?
According to a report on CNN.com, a new drug for originally developed to treat canker sores may have a unique side effect, weight loss. A University of Michigan study has proven interesting, if nothing...
View ArticleJumpstart Your Metabolism in Five Easy Steps
Have you given up already on your New year’s resolution yet to lose weight? Most people last a few weeks and then it’s back to old habits. CNN.com just posted an article about jump starting your...
View Article‘Mush’ Talk from D.C. to Skirt the ACA Contraceptive Coverage Rules
The Obama administration is trying to find middle ground on the contraception debate. In another attempt to make sure women receive free contraception as part of a package of preventive health services...
View ArticleFebruary 15 | Week in Review
Headlines Obama Addresses Raising Minimum Wage, Indirect Impact for Home Care Workers Aetna, Univita Partnering to Help Reduce Preventable Rehospitalizations HRT could delay dementia HIV positive...
View ArticleSci Fi Eyes are Here!
Sometimes advancements in medicine take me back to when I was a kid watching sci-fi scientific experimentation on some B movie station. Today may be one of those days! The New York Times is reporting...
View ArticlePill Popping, A Popular Parenting Tool?
Does anyone think that there needs to be an urgent stop to over-medicated every day Joe’s and Jane’s who are parents, cops, nurses or even watching your kid? It’s not illegal but it certainly has...
View ArticleChoosing to Live
Meet Molly Pearce, the biggest ‘life’ fighter and one of only many who wait desperately for organs. In Pearce’s case however, she needs four organs to survive and she is only 24 years old. CNN...
View ArticleObama Exposes Medicare & Medicaid Fraud
There are finally some ‘good’ numbers to report coming from Washington in terms of Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs. Well ‘good’ is a relative term so maybe it is best to qualify that by...
View ArticleFrom The Editor: Media Responsibility
Greetings from the East Coast. Every time I visit this side of the country, I remark on the historical significance of the architecture, landmarks, and overall culture. I also seem to come here when...
View ArticleFebruary 22 | Week in Review
Headlines Common acne drug not associated with increased risk of IBD Hospitals tap drugstores to curb readmissions Better hospital care linked to happy staff Physician groups are primary ACO sponsors...
View ArticleBig Changes on Horizon for Routinely Practiced Medical Testing
Most of us at one point or another have been in the enviable position of having fantastic health insurance. If so you may have noticed that when you go to the physician with an undiagnosed issue, your...
View ArticleGreek Salad for Dinner?
A report released recently by CNN (originally published in Time) attributes a Mediterranean diet to lowering your risk of heart attack. Now before you quit your job and move the family to Greece, look...
View ArticleVirtual Health Care?
Behind every great man is a great woman – or a woman rolling her eyes, depending on who you ask – but behind every great doctor are several great assistants. From the time a physician opens a patient...
View ArticleFrom The Editor: A lot can happen in a year
Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to thank you for making Care411′s first year of virtual life a successful one. Moving forward, we will be playing with different formats and content creation. We are...
View ArticleThank You for Smoking…
Pennsylvania Orders Embattled Governor to Pay for Low-Income Health Care with Tobacco Settlement Money It’s been a rough year for Republican Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, and it’s only getting...
View ArticlePaul Ryan’s Next Trick: Magic Beans?
Staying apolitical these days is tough, but debating – even discussing – budget matters without leaning one way or the other (because, apparently, there are only two sides to any issue in 2013 America)...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Act Now, Say Sorry Later
For most of us who grew up with parents who actually embraced the responsibilities of parenting, we were taught the basics: Say “please, thank you, you’re welcome, and I’m sorry.” Maybe not all at...
View Article3-D Printing: How It’s Changing the Medical Field
Depending on who you ask and on what day, 3-D printing is either “revolutionizing product development,” “the home appliance of the future” or “overrated.” One thing it is inarguably doing is changing...
View ArticleDo Hospitals Profit from Your Misfortune?
Most Americans have certainly become accustomed by this point, to hearing about hospital error. We listen curiously and thank our lucky stars that it didn’t occur during our own unfortunate hospital...
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