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Causes of Increase in US Pedestrian Accidents
Since 2010, pedestrian deaths are up 77% according to the Governors Highway Safety Association data. Why did over 7,500 people die while walking or jogging on a roadway last year? Every day, on average, 20 Americans walk along a roadway and are killed by a vehicle. In...
How Health Systems Leaders Use Strategic Planning And Marketing In Healthcare Systems
Operating a healthcare facility is complicated. Without careful planning, problems can arise that impact the quality of care offered. Health systems leaders use a variety of tools and tactics to ensure that operations are well-managed and streamlined. Good planning...
Staying Safe: Tips to Protect Yourself from Credit Card Fraud
Credit card fraud happens when someone uses your credit card or bank details to make unauthorized purchases or payments. Basically, your money is digitally stolen. If you are lucky, you get notification from your credit card company or bank that a purchase has been...
Ross Cameron’s New Book Shatters Day-Trading Myths: A Journey Into the Truth
Ross Cameron has emerged as a prominent figure in the day-trading world, challenging the misconceptions and myths surrounding this fast-paced industry. With the release of his latest book, How to Day Trade: The Plain Truth, Cameron aims to provide aspiring and...
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Nurse with cancer ‘horrified’ over five-month wait
Qays Najm/BBCBy Charlie JonesBBC NewsCancer patients are "being let down" and some are at risk of dying because they are not being treated on time, senior doctors have warned. Oncologist Professor Pat Price, head of the charity Radiotherapy UK, said cancer care in the...
Earlier lockdown could’ve saved more lives – inquiry hears
Gething is asked about local lockdowns – which began in Caerphilly in early September 2020, following local rises in infections.He says they led to an immediate impact “but didn’t mark a decisive turning back”. Most of country ended up in a local lockdown at some...
An Arm and a Leg: The Medicare Episode
Medicare may sound like an escape from the expensive world of U.S. health insurance, but it’s more complicated, and expensive, than many realize. And decisions seniors make when they sign up for the federal health insurance program can have huge consequences down the...
California Attorney General Boosts Bill Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that he is throwing his weight behind legislation to bar medical debt from showing up on consumer credit reports, a Democratic-led effort to offer protection to patients squeezed by health care bills. Bonta is a...
Why Covid Patients Who Could Most Benefit From Paxlovid Still Aren’t Getting It
Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency room near his home in Grapevine, Texas. A...
Over-40s urged to get free blood pressure checks
NHS EnglandThe NHS wants more people over 40 to get a blood pressure check, saying there are millions who do not realise they have dangerously high levels. Often, there are no warning symptoms and it is thought about a third of cases are undiagnosed - that is 4.2...
Cancer patients at risk, says NHS complaints chief
PHSOBy Smitha MundasadHealth reporter Cancer patients could be at risk due to overstretched and "exhausted" health staff in a "system at breaking point", England's NHS ombudsman has warned. Rob Behrens' office carried out 1,019 investigations related to cancer between...
Fertility clinic licence suspended over concerns
Getty ImagesBy Aurelia FosterHealth reporterA fertility clinic in London has had its licence to operate suspended due to "significant concerns" about the unit.The fertility regulator said it had ordered the Homerton Fertility Centre to halt any new procedures while...
Biden Said State of the Union Is Strong and Made Clear His Campaign Is Off and Running
President Joe Biden touted his administration’s accomplishments in health care in a wide-ranging State of the Union address on Thursday evening that touched on subjects such as immigration, the economy, crime, job growth, infrastructure, and the Israel-Hamas war. ...
Biden Team, UnitedHealth Struggle to Restore Paralyzed Billing Systems After Cyberattack
Margaret Parsons, one of three dermatologists at a 20-person practice in Sacramento, California, is in a bind. Since a Feb. 21 cyberattack on a previously obscure medical payment processing company, Change Healthcare, Parsons said, she and her colleagues haven’t been...
California May Face More Than $40M in Fines for Lapses in Prison Suicide Prevention
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California could face more than $40 million in fines after it failed to improve suicide prevention...
VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers
Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care program run by the military, potentially jeopardizing care for other patients including active-duty service members, according to Pentagon investigators....