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The Journey from Analog Patient to Virtual Health Consumer

Provider behavior must follow patient-consumer behavior. Health systems and physicians that are slow to adopt could find themselves quickly falling behind in the healthcare marketplace in the years to come.

What is the Safe Amount to Consume Alcohol?

Consuming alcoholic beverages in excess can be harmful to the health of the body. Here’s an expert recommendation.

‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

A Pig Heart Was Transplanted Into a Human a Few Days Ago Is This The Future of Organ Transplantation?

It is still a very experimental procedure, but it likely will be improved rapidly in the coming years and may become the standard approach...