Health-Law Insurance Sign-Ups Decline

For many years now, I’ve published an end-of-year list of my most-read articles, based on digital metrics. If you missed them when they were originally published, you can get caught up on the big health stories of the year by clicking on links below. The vast majority were the result of deep-dive reporting or …

To evaluate just how serious the participants’ addictions were, the researchers used standardized tests focusing on the extent to which smartphone and Internet use impacted the performance of daily activities, harming productivity and social life, as well as sleep and mental health. “The higher the score [on …

Researchers suggest that eating a small amount of cheese every day may benefit heart health. These new findings come from an analysis of 15 observational studies that looked at the effects of cheese intake on the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Study co-author Li-Qiang Qin — who works in the …

Like hundreds of thousands of Medicare patients who can’t afford the copays on astronomically priced drugs, Adkins has turned to help from a fast-growing corner of the convoluted U.S. health system: patient assistance charities, which are funded almost entirely by drugmaker contributions and help …

The number of consumers signing up for Affordable Care Act plans through the federal HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace declined compared with last year’s open-enrollment period, affected by challenges including a shorter sign-up window and some steep premium increases. But the 4% falloff, …

FILE PHOTO: Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a news conference at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo Reuters. BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s …

But federal funding for basic preparedness has been slashed by more than half since 2002, according to a report from Trust for America’s Health, a health policy nonprofit based in the nation’s capital. The report measured each state on 10 measures of emergency health preparedness for disasters, diseases …

Singapore will also rely on efforts such as tele-health, for example where rehabilitation patients can conduct exercises at home under the supervision of a remote physician, he said. Technology will allow nurses to monitor the vital signs of a whole ward of patients from one desk, and allow prescriptions to …

Whether one is a net addict or not, staying without internet connectivity for too long sure gets us nervous. It’s a modern nightmare. So every cafe, library and club in town lures you in with promises of free Wi-Fi, so you never have to stay away from the internet for too long. This very moment, as you read, you …