‘Con Man’ Gets Another Top Hospital Job, This Time at Penn Medicine
A convicted felon who hopscotched his way into high-paying health executive positions all over the country despite a federal prison term has once again landed in a top position — albeit briefly — this time at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, according to news reports. In an investigative story last spring, MedPage Today detailed the long […]
Abortion One of Several Key Healthcare Ballot Issues
Across the country, voters have the opportunity on Tuesday to cast their ballot on a range of weighty healthcare issues, from abortion access to Medicaid expansion to the sale of flavored tobacco. MedPage Today provides an overview of some the measures and touches on the implications for clinicians and the patients they treat. Abortion Access […]
Air Force Mom Faces Advanced Breast Cancer
Defending their country using the most innovative tools and methods available is what the warriors in Melinda’s family have always done. In the 1980s, Melinda was working as an Air Force procurement officer in North Dakota when she met her husband who, like her father, flew B-52 bombers. Spending three years in Germany and relocating […]
Pharmacist-Led Hypertension Clinics Able to Lower BP Within Weeks
SAN DIEGO — Across the country, nurse- and pharmacist-led hypertension clinics consistently found it feasible to get blood pressures (BPs) at or close to goal quickly — within a matter of weeks, even — according to single-center reports. In posters presented here at the annual Hypertension Scientific Sessions hosted by the American Heart Association, researchers […]
Shania Twain’s Lyme Disease
Netflix’s new documentary, Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl, follows the country singer from Nashville newcomer to international icon. Twain is the best-selling female country artist of all time, with three diamond-certified albums. One of the more poignant moments of the documentary comes when Twain talks about a health issue she had back in 2003. […]
5 Monkeypox Myths We Need To Stop Believing
As monkeypox cases increase across the country, so do various misconceptions about how the disease spreads, who it infects and how deadly it is. Myths about infectious diseases can have a major impact on public health efforts. In the past, such misunderstandings have caused people to underestimate their risk, avoid taking precautions that help prevent […]
Here’s How Abortion Laws Could Impact IVF
For fertility specialists across the country who are trying to help those who want to start families, abortion bans in many states after Roe v. Wade was overturned have raised new questions and concerns around the practice of in vitro fertilization. Perhaps the most significant concern, according to experts, is the potential for state laws […]
Chronic Conditions Require States Do More Than Expand Medicaid, Study Finds
Just expanding Medicaid was not enough to improve cardiovascular health for people across the country who have low incomes, according to a study highlighting the importance of implementing other policy strategies. Based on an analysis of 2019 survey data, adults in one of the 12 states that did not expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care […]
Republicans Set To Block Bill Codifying Roe v. Wade Once Again
WASHINGTON — Legislation aimed at safeguarding abortion rights across the country is set to fail in the Senate for the second time this year as a conservative majority on the Supreme Court prepares to strike down its landmark 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade. The Women’s Health Protection Act would create federal protections for providing and […]
Opinion | Why Can’t We Say ‘Suicide’?
Iconic singer Naomi Judd died at age 76, one day before she was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley Judd, shared a statement confirming her death: “Today [April 30, 2022] we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness.” […]