Fitness fanatic Barry Newman’s weak heart had him fearing for his life before fate stepped in with a revolutionary medical procedure – and an old girlfriend. He was a shell of his former self, his heart at just 13% of its normal capacity, and a transplant looked like the only viable solution. By chance, one… Read More »
Dive Brief: A new report in Health Affairs seeks to measure the financial impact surprise medical bills had on adult patients with private health insurance between 2001 and 2016. Researchers found that ER doctors retained a larger share of what they initially charged, or what is considered the sticker price, when patients were unexpectedly out-of-network… Read More »
Author Sabina Snow Published April 13, 2021 Word count 423 Antimicrobial resistance is a global health issue that poses a significant danger to the operative prevention and management of the growing variety of infections caused by bacteria. The modern medicine is under substantial threat since antimicrobial resistance has rendered most of the previously effective drugs… Read More »
For the sake of their future born’s safety, pregnant women try to give up on anything potentially harmful – cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine, fatty foods, too much sugar, the list goes on. To compensate for the lack of guilty pleasures, mothers-to-be usually turn to more acceptable options, one of the most popular these days being Matcha… Read More »