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Potentially fatal genetic heart condition subject of recent forum
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer The dangers and treatment of an often overlooked, and often fatal, genetic heart condition that afflicts people of color were
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Tulane School of Medicine placed on probation by accreditor amid allegations of racism, lack of diversity
By Philip Kiefer The Lens Graduate medical education programs at the Tulane University School of Medicine were placed on probation by a national accreditor, the
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By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — The coronavirus pandemic — and the economic fallout that has come with it — boosted health insurance enrollment counselor Mark Van Arnam’s workload. ... When a doctor no longer accepts Medicare, patients left holding the bag
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Pneumonia. Heart problems. High cholesterol. Betsy Carrier, 71, and her husband, Don Resnikoff, 79, relied on their primary care doctor in Montgomery ... A reality check on artificial intelligence: Are health care claims overblown?
By Liz Szaho Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Health products powered by artificial intelligence, or AI, are streaming into our lives, from virtual doctor apps to wearable sensors and drugstore chatbots. ... The long and winding road traveled for legalized medical marijuana in La.
By Lara Nicholson Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — Katie Corkern is a mother of three sons in Amite. One of her sons is Connor, 13, who has a birth ... Some doctors are still billing Medicare for the most complicated, expensive office visits
By Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski ProPublica Thousands of times a year, Medicare patients file into Dr. Mark Roberts’ family practice clinic in rural Evergreen, Alabama, for standard office visits. And almost every ... Blacks more prone to colon cancers that arise between colonoscopies
By Robert Preidt Contributing Writer (Special from HealthDay News and NorthStarNews Today) — Colon cancer guidelines now recommend a colonoscopy every 10 years, beginning at age 50 for people at average risk ... Louisiana fights an HIV epidemic
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer While HIV infections do not garner the media attention they did during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, the disease is still at epidemic proportions ... Medical errors are the cause 250,000 U.S. deaths a year
By Vanessa McMains Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – Medical errors cause more than 250,000 deaths every year in the United States, enough to make them the nation’s third-leading cause of ...
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