May 08 Watch Seeking Method Behind the Madness of Hospital Billing Disparities Seeking Method Behind the Madness of Hospital Billing Disparities… Continue watching
May 08 New Report Shows Staggering Differences in the Cost of Medical Treatments A new report released by the federal government raises questions about how exactly hospitals determine the cost of treatment, after it revealed that facilities across the country are charging wildly different amounts for the same medical procedures. The Center… Continue reading
May 08 Preventing Drug Shortages With Cell Phones in Malawi Eighty percent of the 13 million Malawians live in rural areas, making delivering health services challenging, especially in remote parts with no roads. Photo courtesy of JSI/cStock. BALAKA, Malawi -- Saidi Masemba's clinic is a small, two-room mud hut… Continue reading
May 07 Best and Worst Countries for Babies on Their First Day of Life One million babies die each year on the day they are born, according to a new study released by the international nonprofit Save the Children. In their annual "State of the World's Mothers" report, the organization… Continue reading
May 06 U.S. Health Costs Rising More Slowly, But Will It Last? By Jason Kane Americans still pay more than twice the price for health care than most other developed countries, but the sticker shock has come with a bit of good news in recent years: Costs are rising more slowly. "Exceptionally slowly," as… Continue reading
May 06 Best and Worst Countries for Babies on Their First Day of Life By Jason Kane More than one million babies a year die on the day they are born according to a new report released by the international nonprofit Save the Children. The report ranks 186 countries based on the chances a baby will survive… Continue reading
May 03 Watch New CDC Report Finds Stunning Suicide Increases Among Middle-Aged Americans New CDC Report Finds Stunning Suicide Increases Among Middle-Aged Americans… Continue watching
May 03 Chart: America's Rising Suicide Problem Suicides now kill more Americans each year than car crashes, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010 alone, 38,364 killed themselves in the United States -- 4,600 more than were killed… Continue reading
May 03 Are You a Work Potato? Two-thirds of American office workers experience pain on the job and a quarter expect it. Not from physical exertion but the opposite -- too much hunching, sitting, clicking and staring at screens. According to a recent study from the… Continue reading
May 02 Watch Justice Department Plans Fight Over Federal Ruling on Morning-After Pill Justice Department Plans Fight Over Federal Ruling on Morning-After Pill… Continue watching