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Senators agree surprise medical bills must go. But how?

Two years, 16 hearings and one massive bipartisan package of legislation later, a key Senate committee says it is ready to start marking up a bill next week designed to contain health care costs. But it might not be easy since lawmakers and stakeholders at a final hearing Tuesday showed they are still far apart on one simple aspect of the proposal.

18 Jun 2019

Texas is latest state to attack surprise medical bills

Texas is now among more than a dozen states that have cracked down on the practice of surprise medical billing.

18 Jun 2019

Blood pressure drug appears to be helpful for people with Alzheimer's disease

Seeking new treatments to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, researchers found the blood pressure drug nilvadipine increased blood flow to the brain's memory and learning center among people with Alzheimer's disease without affecting other parts of the brain, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

17 Jun 2019

Higher coronary artery calcium levels in middle-age linked to increased risk for future heart problems

Higher coronary artery calcium levels in middle-age were associated with structural heart abnormalities linked to future heart failure, particularly among blacks, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart Association journal.

16 Jun 2019

Air ambulance costs fly around fixes for surprise medical bills

In April 2018, 9-year-old Christian Bolling was hiking with his parents and sister in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, near their home in Roanoke. While climbing some boulders, he lost his footing and fell down a rocky 20-foot drop, fracturing both bones in his lower left leg, his wrist, both sides of his nose and his skull.

14 Jun 2019

Study finds lower risk of Type 1 diabetes in children vaccinated against 'stomach flu' virus

Vaccinating babies against a virus that causes childhood "stomach flu" greatly reduces their chance of getting so sick that they need hospital care, a new study shows.

13 Jun 2019

Study: Biologic therapy did not reduce IBD-related hospitalizations and surgeries

The introduction of infliximab, the first biologic therapy approved for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, did not result in lower rates of hospitalizations or intestinal surgeries among patients living with IBD in Ontario, according to a study published by authors from several Canadian hospitals and ICES in the journal Gut.

13 Jun 2019

Erectile dysfunction can affect a man's quality of life, but treatable

By age 50, nearly half of men experience some degree of erectile dysfunction. Advertisements for medications treating the condition have been all over mainstream media for years.

12 Jun 2019

Trump administration rule would undo health care protections for LGBTQ patients

A new Trump administration proposal would change the civil rights rules dictating whether providers must care for patients who are transgender or have had an abortion. Supporters of the approach say it protects the freedom of conscience, but opponents say it encourages discrimination.

12 Jun 2019

Researchers find lower opioid prescriptions rates in states that implemented medical cannabis laws

Using data from privately-insured adults, new findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston revealed that there is a lower level of opioids prescribed in states that have allowed the use of medical marijuana.

11 Jun 2019

Polygenic risk scores based on entire genome sequence may reliably predict heart disease

Specialized risk scores derived from testing that calculates the cumulative effect of an individual's entire DNA sequence, the genome, may reliably predict heart disease in people who have not yet had a heart attack, according to new research in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, an American Heart Association journal.

11 Jun 2019

Patients receiving drug therapy before LVAD implantation have high risk of right-sided heart failure

Patients with left-sided heart failure who get implanted devices to improve the pumping of their hearts may be more likely to develop heart failure on the opposite side of their hearts if they are pre-treated with off-label selective vasodilator drugs, according to new research published in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.

11 Jun 2019

CGM evaluations in long-term islet transplant recipients show near-normal glycemic profiles

Continuous glucose monitoring evaluations in islet transplant recipients who have been insulin independent for an average of 10 years show near-normal glycemic profiles and time-in-range metrics, according to data presented by the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

10 Jun 2019

Legal promise of equal mental health treatment often falls short

Amanda Bacon's eating disorder was growing worse. She had lost 60% of her body weight and was consuming about 100 calories a day.

7 Jun 2019

Social Security error jeopardizes Medicare coverage for 250,000 seniors

At least a quarter of a million Medicare beneficiaries may receive bills for as many as five months of premiums they thought they already paid.

6 Jun 2019

People living with HIV have increased risk for heart diseases and face health challenges

Effective antiretroviral therapy has changed the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from a progressive, fatal disease to a chronic, manageable condition that is associated with higher rates of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, sudden cardiac deaths, and other diseases compared to people without HIV, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in the Association journal Circulation.

3 Jun 2019

Mired in medical debt? Federal plan would update overdue-bill collection methods

Elham Mirshafiei was at the library cramming for final exams during her senior year at California State University-Long Beach when she grew nauseated and started vomiting. After the 10th episode in an hour, a friend took her to the nearest emergency room.

31 May 2019

Health Insurance News and Research

Senators agree surprise medical bills must go. But how?

Texas is latest state to attack surprise medical bills

Blood pressure drug appears to be helpful for people with Alzheimer's disease

Higher coronary artery calcium levels in middle-age linked to increased risk for future heart problems

Air ambulance costs fly around fixes for surprise medical bills

Study finds lower risk of Type 1 diabetes in children vaccinated against 'stomach flu' virus

Study: Biologic therapy did not reduce IBD-related hospitalizations and surgeries

Erectile dysfunction can affect a man's quality of life, but treatable

Trump administration rule would undo health care protections for LGBTQ patients

Researchers find lower opioid prescriptions rates in states that implemented medical cannabis laws

Polygenic risk scores based on entire genome sequence may reliably predict heart disease

Patients receiving drug therapy before LVAD implantation have high risk of right-sided heart failure

CGM evaluations in long-term islet transplant recipients show near-normal glycemic profiles

Legal promise of equal mental health treatment often falls short

Social Security error jeopardizes Medicare coverage for 250,000 seniors

People living with HIV have increased risk for heart diseases and face health challenges

Mired in medical debt? Federal plan would update overdue-bill collection methods

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Lawmakers push to stop surprise ER billing

New insights into diagnosis and treatment of heart muscle disease in children

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