Split Views On Health Overhaul In Ohio
A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that people in the politically important state of Ohio are divided over Obamacare.
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Guideline Group, Eye Doctors Disagree On Vision Tests For Seniors
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says there isn't enough evidence to know whether vision screening given by primary care doctors benefits patients.
California To Permit Medically Assisted Suicide As Of June 9
Terminally ill Californians will legally be able to get medicine from doctors to end their own lives. The end of the state's special legislative session Thursday made it official.
Hospitals Adapt ERs To Meet Patient Demand For Routine Care
Many Floridians and other Americans turn to the ER for problems that aren't emergencies, a poll suggests, even though the experience can be unpleasant. Some ERs are striving to change their image.
Medicare Looks To Cut Drug Costs By Changing How It Pays Doctors
The agency plans to reduce the incentive for doctors to use the most expensive drugs and link prices to patient outcomes, perhaps paying less when patients have to be admitted to a hospital.
Medical Bills Still Take A Big Toll, Even With Insurance
The Affordable Care Act has increased access to doctors and helped reduce medical costs. But poll data show 26 percent of U.S. families are still struggling to pay their health care bills.
'Dentist Of Horror' Allegedly Mutilated Scores Of Patients In France
Jacobus Van Nierop arrived in the French town of Chateau-Chinon in 2008. Now he faces charges of aggravated assault and fraud amid gruesome stories from people who said they had been under his care.
Health Care For Seniors Often Goes Beyond Their Desires
Research from the Dartmouth Atlas Project identifies care that older people receive that doesn't match clinical guidelines or, often, patients' own preferences.
Medicaid Rules Can Thwart Immigrants Who Need Dialysis
About 5,500 immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally need dialysis. The publicly funded insurance they're eligible to receive only covers the treatment when it's urgently required.
Doctors Often Fail To Treat Depression Like A Chronic Illness
A single visit probably won't do the job if depression is the diagnosis. But primary care physicians often fall short on follow-up and education, a study finds. Time constraints are one big issue.