Category: Opinions

May 16, 2019

For the first time, the federal government is shining a spotlight on the quality of rehabilitation care at nursing homes — services used by nearly 2 million older adults each year. Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare website now includes a “star […]

May 15, 2019

The World Health Organization has reported that one in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. Around 450 million people currently have such conditions. Considering that mental disorders […]

May 15, 2019

Back in 2010 Doug Hirsch, a techie who has worked at Facebook and Yahoo, had a frustrating experience trying to pick up a prescription. He went to a big chain pharmacy in Los Angeles and was told — to his […]

May 14, 2019

With 50 to 100 job offers to choose from, the nation’s future doctors are headed for hospital employment and other locations where they will work for somebody else rather than start their careers as independent physicians. New research by physician […]

May 2, 2019

It’s one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make in your life: do I vaccinate my child, and do I do it according to the CDC’s recommended timetable? There’s a lot of information out there from groups that both […]

May 2, 2019

A new study by American Cancer Society researchers finds medical financial hardship is very common among people in the United States, with more than half reporting problems with affordability, stress, or delaying care because of cost. The study, appearing early […]

April 30, 2019

Shares of pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Merck both rose by about 1% Tuesday after reporting first-quarter financial results that beat Wall Street’s expectations. However, shares of drug giant Eli Lilly dropped more than 3% after releasing first-quarter earnings that topped […]

April 29, 2019

A science advisory from the American Heart Association describes system-wide innovations to the U.S. food system that are sustainable and have the potential to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy foods. The advisory is published in the American […]

April 29, 2019

Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest problems facing medicine today. A major threat comes from over-use of antibiotics in healthcare. A team of researchers from the University of Leicester has provided a set of recommendations about how to address […]

April 25, 2019

The nationwide opioid epidemic has led to a sharp increase of teens and young adults dying from drug overdoses, according to new research published Thursday. Death rates from drug overdoses for people between the ages of 15 and 24 rose […]

April 23, 2019

Today, a new report by the British Medical Association (BMA), the trade union that represents all doctors in the UK, has highlighted a serious mental health crisis within the medical profession. Of the 4300 UK doctors and medical students that […]

April 22, 2019

U.S. health officials confirmed 71 new cases of measles last week, putting this year just a few dozen cases shy of becoming the worst year on record since the disease was said to be eradicated from the U.S. in 2000. […]

April 19, 2019

Scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences (IFS) in Texas have uncovered some of the key factors related to premature deaths among adults. They have now published their […]

April 16, 2019

Before a medical device is sold, it has to go through a whole series of approvals and regulations. Does it resemble a pre-existing device? Is this the first of its kind? What kind of risk does its misuse/misapplication put its […]

April 15, 2019

Allergy sufferers are having a rough time of it this spring. If you’re among them, and if you think it’s getting worse, you’re right–and climate change is at least partly to blame. Admittedly, warming climate has far more severe consequences, […]