The pricing tool, embedded in physicians’ electronic health record, shows how much patients will pay out-of-pocket and allows the doctor to find a cheaper alternative.
Federal Appeals Court Takes Up Case That Could Upend U.S. Health System
If the lower court ruling is ultimately upheld, the case, Texas v. United States, has the potential to shake the nation’s health care system to its core.
Medicaid Enrollment Among Immigrant Kids California Falls; Fear To Blame?
The decline may be due in part to rising fear among their families in response to anti-immigrant rhetoric and federal crackdowns on unauthorized immigrants.
Confused about what to eat? Science can help
Clean eating or keto? Paleo or gluten-free? Whole 30 or vegan? Forget fad diets. Science has the answer.
Do vitamin drips really work?
Are the celebrities onto something with their IV vitamin cocktails? Let’s look at the evidence before rushing to the therapy lounge.
Dialysis patients overoptimistic about their life expectancy, UW study finds.
Only one in 10 dialysis patients survey were aware that their average life expectancy was less than five years.
Popularity of booze-free bars grows
Alcohol-free spaces offer social connection without peer pressure to drink.
Counterfeit alcohol a growing concern for tourists abroad
In many other parts of the world counterfeit or “illegal” alcohol is common and a growing public health concern.
How to think yourself into being a fit person
If you want to exercise more, start viewing yourself as an exerciser. Imagine yourself as fit. Fake it until you make it. Walk the walk
Can caffeine improve your exercise performance?
Those who respond most strongly see improvements of around 16%, that’s unusual. For the average person, improvements will likely be between about 2% and 6%.
Measles and cancer patients. What to do?
Measles is worrisome to cancer patients because those receiving chemotherapy or recovering from a transplant may have weakened immunity.
Can drinking coffee help you lose weight?
A study found coffee boosts calorie-burning “brown fat” in mouse cells. But for humans to the benefit, they’d need to drink at least 100 cups of coffee.
Seven ways restaurants can nudge people to eat better
Here are the seven most effective “nudges” that restaurants and grocery stores can use to help tackle the obesity crisis while remaining in business.
Fighting Fertility Fraud: New State Laws Go After Misuse of Sperm
For Liz White, learning that her fertility doctor had substituted his own sperm for what she thought was from an anonymous donor was a punch to her gut.
Drug and Alcohol Death rise in King County
Heroin and opioids continue to be the most common drugs associated with fatal overdoses, while deaths involving methamphetamine continued to rise sharply.