CDC: Slowing of Decline in Number of Uninsured Adults
Uninsured rate was 9 percent in 2016, compared with 9.1 percent in 2015
States Given Until 2022 to Meet Medicaid Standards of Care
Standards set in a 2014 rule aim to improve quality of care that disabled receive outside of institutions
AIDS Epidemic Could End in U.S. by 2025
Infection rate could be as low as 12,000 people a year by 2025, researchers report
FDA Warns of Amputation Risk Associated With Canagliflozin
Canagliflozin tied to a doubling of amputations of legs, feet, agency says
Few Eligible U.S. Travelers Getting Pre-Trip Measles Vaccine
Though the disease was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, foreign travel can still bring it home today
Findings Support More Targeted Approach to Cholesterol Screens
Among normotensive nonsmokers without diabetes, very few at heightened risk of ASCVD
Pharmacist Program Can Improve IFN-β Adherence in MS
Increase in patient knowledge scores from baseline to end of third visit at three months
Plan Suggested for Reducing Health Care Costs
Nine-point plan includes streamlining in billing, reduction in high facility fees, reducing drug costs
Too Few U.S. Hospitals Have C-Section Rates Below HHS Target
Consumer Reports finds rates for low-risk births vary from 7 to 64.6 percent across the United States
Iron Rx Doesn’t Improve Exercise Capacity in Iron-Deficient HFrEF
Findings for high-dose iron supplementation in heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction
