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2020 open enrollment: HealthCare.gov heats up in week 6
Over 1 million plans were selected on the insurance exchanges during Dec. 1-7, but history suggests this week will be much busier.
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Asthma exacerbation in pregnancy impacts mothers, infants
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Do women with diabetes need more CVD risk reduction than men?
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA – Two experts came to different conclusions on this question during a heated, but jovial, debate last week at the International...
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Patients need physicians who see – and feel – beyond the EMR
CHICAGO – “The very great privilege of our profession ... is that we are privileged to examine [patients’] bodies, and to touch,” said Dr....
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Reduced kidney function linked to fractures in older women
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Docs push back on surprise billing compromise
A bipartisan bill would protect patients from surprise medical bills related to emergency care. But the proposed solution is not a good one,...
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Contacts with health care professionals increased among adults
Americans aged 18-64 years were more likely to see or talk with a provider in 2017-2018 than they were in 2012-2013.
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Women have fewer cardiovascular events after non–ST-segment elevation ACS
While women were found to be at lower risk of major cardiovascular events than men after non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (...
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More states pushing plans to pay for telehealth care
More states are enacting laws that require private plans to cover telehealth services, but fair payment remains a challenge for providers, a new...
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Women with epilepsy less likely than controls to breastfeed
BALTIMORE – Education by the treating neurologist and postpartum lactation support are positively associated with...
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Bilateral mastectomy reduces second breast cancer risk, but not deaths
The risk of second contralateral breast cancer is low regardless of primary breast cancer therapy, results of a retrospective study show.