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They are less expensive than hospitals. But when a facility isn’t equipped to handle an emergency, the consequences can be deadly. By Christina Jewett and Mark Alesia. From Kaiser Health News.  The surgery went fine. Her… Read More

By Erika Stalling, NPR Shots. In 2017, Susan learned that she carries a genetic mutation that may elevate her lifetime risk of developing breast cancer to 69 percent. Her doctor explained that individuals who have this mutation… Read More

By Ana Pena, MS News. Nearly 18% of new multiple sclerosis (MS) patients referred to two speciality clinics in Los Angeles, California, have been misdiagnosed with the disease, according to a recent study. Most of… Read More

Did Your Doctor ‘Ghost’ You? An Employment Contract May Be To Blame By Michelle Andrews, for KHN. When Don Cue developed a bladder infection last fall, he called his longtime urologist’s office for a urine… Read More

By CATHRYN JAKOBSON RAMIN,  for CONDITIONS. An excerpt from Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery. Near my office, there’s a breakfast-and-lunch joint where strangers sit down at shared tables. When Joseph,… Read More

Source: Charles B. Inlander  Publication: Bottom Line Health.  A controversial health insurance program is growing by leaps and bounds throughout the country. With “step therapy,” your insurer requires your doctor to prescribe the cheapest effective prescription… Read More

More primary-care doctors work directly for hospitals, and they are being pushed to keep lucrative referrals in-house. By Matt Stanley, Anna Wilde Mathews and Melanie Evans, For the Wall Street Journal.  Phoebe Putney Health System… Read More

By Leah Binder, Contributor Forbes. We learned Tuesday (Editor: the 2018 midterm election) that health care is a big concern for voters, with exit polling from CNN, NBC and other major outlets showing 40 percent of Americans picked… Read More

 By MEGHAN O’ROURKE – The New Yorker.  For someone in her 30s, I’ve spent a lot of time in doctors’ offices and hospitals, shivering on exam tables in my open-to-the-front gown, recording my medical history on multiple forms,… Read More