The Food and Drug Administration will step up oversight of three medical techniques in an effort to reduce patients' exposure to unnecessary radiation, including CT scans.
(Daily Report) Feb 10, 2010
Hospitals with doctors and executives who committed Medicare fraud are dealing with paying back the millions their employees took from the system.
(Daily Report) Feb 10, 2010
"Lawsuits, state inspections and federal statistics paint a troubling picture of the care offered at some hospitals," writes The New York Times in an investigation of long-term care hospitals.
(Daily Report) Feb 10, 2010
Larger, for-profit hospitals may be using feeding tubes on patients with advanced dementia without improving the quality of their care, a study finds.
(Daily Report) Feb 10, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports on a bipartisan meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders -- health reform was among the items discussed.
(Daily Report) Feb 10, 2010
UnitedHealthcare, one of the nations biggest insurance companies, has decided to take a more active role in the care of its policy holders who are being treated for several types of cancer.
(Daily Report) Feb 09, 2010
The idea of aging-in-place elder villages: If neighbors could help one another with basic services such as transportation and simple home maintenance and with friendly visits, people could stay in their homes longer as they aged.
(Daily Report) Feb 09, 2010
Dr. Atul Gawande's new book, "The Checklist Manifesto," expands "the use of a remarkably low-tech idea: require all doctors, nurses and other operating room staff to run through a 2-minute surgical safety checklist before, during and after each surgery," according to PBS' Newshour.
(Daily Report) Feb 09, 2010
Kansas is going to need more doctors to meet the growing needs of an aging population, officials here say.
(Story) Feb 09, 2010
While Democrats once seemed to favor a tax on sodas and other sugary beverages, steady lobbying by the soft drink industry appears to have turned the tide.
(Daily Report) Feb 08, 2010