LocalHealthGuide - Part 182

Are brain games mostly BS?

Can clicking away at animations of swimming fish or flashed streets signs on your phone really help you improve the way your brain function?

As health costs grow, straining company budgets and slowing wage growth, some CEOs are taking a second look at ‘Medicare for All.’

Despite all the hype, the evidence that mindfulness works is not strong.

Washington state will employ a new 0.58% payroll tax to fund a $36,500 benefit for individuals to pay for home health care and other services.

Advocates for patients say insurance companies still interpret mental health claims more stringently than those for physical illness.

In Washington state, the goal is to keep premiums for the public option at least 10% lower than what commercial carriers charged the previous year.

Irregular sleep habits linked to increased risk of obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, high blood sugar and other metabolic disorders.

Tens of thousands of Americans each year are dropped by their health insurers over payment issues, sometimes with little or no prior warning.

My doctor’s nurse is far better equipped to answer a question about my ongoing health problem than someone at a call center reading from a script.

As summer and dry weather approaches, Washington state health officials are urging everyone to prepare for smoky days with unhealthy air quality.

Pancreatic cancer remains a major cancer killer, but advances are happening, writes cancer specialist.

The 911 call takers failed to recognize that Fleury was having a cardiac arrest. And they failed to provide CPR instructions over the phone.

RIP Medical Debt buys debt portfolios on a secondary market for pennies on the dollar. But instead of collecting the debt, RIP forgives it.

A new Washington law reduces the maximum interest rate on medical debt prior to a court judgment from 12% to 9%.

Approximately 25% of women in the U.S. will undergo an abortion before the age of 45.