Sep 22 Study: Most people will receive a wrong or delayed diagnosis at least once By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Most people will experience at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis over their lifetime, a report predicts, calling diagnostic errors a blind spot in modern medicine that sometimes causes devastating consequences. Continue reading
Sep 22 Celebrating the life of Alice Hamilton, founding mother of occupational medicine By Dr. Howard Markel No individual was more instrumental in warning people about the health risks and potential dangers of the industrial workplace than Alice Hamilton. Continue reading
Sep 21 Surge in statin use among very elderly without heart trouble raises doubts By Lisa Gillespie, Kaiser Health News Inexpensive statin drugs are given to millions of people to reduce cholesterol, even many who do not show signs of heart disease. But a recent study has found that seniors with no history of heart trouble are now nearly four… Continue reading
Sep 18 What you need to know about this year's flu shot By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Give flu vaccine another chance: This year's version got a recipe change that should make it more effective after last winter's misery from a nasty surprise strain of virus. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 7:41 How this Indian medical chain makes heart surgery affordable By PBS News Hour Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, one of the world's most prolific heart surgeons, is the founder of a for-profit medical chain in India that offers top-notch surgery at very low prices. It serves wealthy patients and some medical tourists, but their… Continue watching
Sep 16 Doctor slashes the cost of surgeries for India's poor By Fred de Sam Lazaro To keep costs of heart surgeries low for poor populations in India, Narayana Health took a partnership approach. Continue reading
Sep 16 Nearly 9 million people gained health insurance after exchange's first year By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News The percentage of Americans without health insurance dropped by nearly three percentage points between 2013 and 2014, according the U.S. Census Bureau, from 13.3 to 10.4 percent. Put another way, 8.8 million more people were insured in 2014 than the… Continue reading
Sep 16 CBO report: Planned Parenthood cut would limit healthcare access, save $235M By Alan Fram, Associated Press Congress' official authority on the budget says a Republican bill halting federal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year could leave about 390,000 people with reduced health care access and save taxpayers about $235 million. Continue reading
Sep 16 My dad's death was nothing like I imagined By Jack Ohman, The Sacramento Bee Editor's note: This is the fifth and final installment of cartoonist Jack Ohman's series "The Care Package," for PBS NewsHour. For years, Ohman imagined the moments leading up to his father's death a thousand times, but when he… Continue reading
Sep 16 Hospitals push physicians to improve their bedside manners By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News A doctor’s training hasn’t historically focused on sensitivity. And too often while juggling heavy workloads and high stress, they can be viewed as brusque, condescending or inconsiderate. Continue reading