Medicare Fines Over Hospitals' Readmitted Patients ABC News If you or an elderly relative have been hospitalized recently and noticed extra attention when the time came to be discharged, there's more to it than good customer service. Starting Monday, Medicare will fine hospitals that have too many patients ...
FDA warning public of risks of online pharmacies Businessweek By Linda A. Johnson on September 28, 2012 The Food and Drug Administration is warning US consumers that the vast majority of Internet pharmacies are fraudulent and likely are selling counterfeit drugs that could harm them. The agency on Friday launched ...
2 Drugs Beat 1 for Metastatic Melanoma MedPage Today By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today A two-drug combination (dabrafenib and trametinib) bested monotherapy for metastatic melanoma, resulting in a 60% reduction in the odds of progression. Note that the study involved patients with ...
Legal obstacles remain before abortion clinic could open in Wichita Kansas.com By Hurst Laviana Wichita police officers attempt to remove an abortion protester from under a car at the entrance to Dr. George Tiller's clinic during the Summer of Mercy protest in 1991. A Wichita police officer stands by the gated entrance of Women's ...
Study finds birth defects down among IVF babies Reuters By Kerry Grens | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though assisted-reproduction techniques (ART) are known to come with a higher risk for birth defects, a new review of defect rates in Western Australia shows major birth defects becoming less common over the ...