A new teaching mission at Summerville Medical Center and an expanded program at Trident Medical Center are aiming to produce more doctors for South Carolina. Dr. Manasi Patwardhan, program director for OB/GYN residency at Summerville Medical Center, speaks at a welcoming ceremony for new residents to both Summerville Medical Center […]
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Some medical tests, such as MRIs done early for uncomplicated low back pain and routine vitamin D tests “just to be thorough,” are considered “low-value care” and can lead to further testing that can cost patients thousands of dollars. ER Productions Limited/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ER Productions Limited/Getty […]
While Kamal Patel was probing through the reams of user data on examine.com – a website that calls itself “the internet’s largest database of nutrition and supplement research” – before a planned revamp later this year, he discovered that the most searched-for supplement on the website was curcumin, a distinctive […]
The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020. That’s when Jesús Fierro Sr. was admitted to the hospital with a serious covid-19 infection. He spent 18 days at Yuma Regional Medical Center, where he lost 60 pounds. He came home […]
Suzanne and Jim Rybak, inside the craft room where their son, Jameson, would encourage Suzanne to make colorful beach bags, received a $4,928 medical bill months after it was supposedly resolved. By Gavin McIntyre/Kaiser Health News hide caption toggle caption By Gavin McIntyre/Kaiser Health News Suzanne and Jim Rybak, inside […]
Divya Goel, a 35-calendar year-previous deaf-blind lady in Orlando, Florida, has had two telemedicine doctors’ appointments during the pandemic. Every time, she was denied an interpreter. Her health professionals advised her she would have to get insurance policies to fork out for an interpreter, which is incorrect: Underneath federal law, […]