Concierge medicine potentially leads to disproportionately richer people being able to pay for the scarce resource of physician time and crowding out people who have lower incomes and are sicker

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Four times as many active duty service members and veterans died by suicide as died in battle since 9/11.

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For the second year in a row, students graduating from U.S. medical schools were less likely to apply for residency positions in states with abortion bans and other significant abortion restrictions.

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President Joe Biden or his officials were quick to reverse many of the health policies Donald Trump implemented.

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While the decision clearly imperiled the future of IVF in Alabama, it was not clear to us whether we would be allowed to continue the process we had begun.

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New rules intended to create a more level playing field for those awaiting kidney transplants in the United States go into effect Thursday. The changes are designed to lengthen the time younger patients will have working transplants, increase kidney availability and improve the odds for patients with hard-to-match donors, said Dr. Richard Formica, who chairs […]

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By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter Dutch researchers have developed a device that may reduce the discomfort many women feel during a mammogram while preserving the quality of the image. Breast compression is necessary in mammography for imaging purposes, but it can be painful. The new device displays the average pressure during compression, so the pressure can […]

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MONDAY, Nov. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans bought health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act in the past year. Now, several shortcomings in the system have been discovered. In some markets, doctors are reluctant to take on patients who bought health insurance plans through the state and federal exchanges that were […]

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(HealthDay News) — Close friends have more influence on teens’ alcohol use than their general peer group does, a new study says. “We’ve known for a long time that friends and peers have an influence on individual alcohol use, but there are no common studies that distinguished between the broader peer group and the friend […]

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(HealthDay News) — Running more than 15 miles a week may reduce the risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. Walking can help, too, if the amount of energy expended is equivalent to running more than 15 miles weekly, the study found. “Exercise seems to prevent the shrinkage [in the brain] that occurs […]

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