Every day, 10,000 Americans turn 65, which means they qualify for health coverage from Medicare. The size of that number should get the attention of business reporters, but there’s more:
Although cancer in men has declined slightly and the overall rate remains steady in women, cancer is still a serious public health concern. One in four deaths are cancer-related, according
All business reporters learn to follow corporate financials and stock performance. But all that is just money, not the boundaries of a company’s interaction with its employees and the world.
There’s still time for those 65 and older to change their health coverage for 2019 before December 7—and even after January 1, 2019—if they signed up for a Medicare Advantage
Being informed counts, especially when it comes to saving money on health care costs, which continue to rise relentlessly above the cost of inflation every year. In 2018, health care
Last time you walked through the supermarket, you may have noticed that the pharmacy expanded with some sort of clinic. There are more doc-in-the-boxes in your neighborhoods too as urgent
When Charles Piller, an investigative correspondent at Science magazine and contributing writer at Stat, started investigating Proove Biosciences, it was before the company sold off its assets as the CEO
While there is plenty of information out there, some people — especially young people — don’t understand the health risks involved with e-cigarettes, including nicotine addiction. That’s the story to
The overall rate of inflation for all goods and services in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is projected at 2.6% in 2018, an increase that economists describe as “modest.” But your
It’s not too late for taxpayers to contribute to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or company-sponsored 401(k) plan before the 2017 tax filing deadline on April 17. But this year,
As health care costs increase in 2018, and consumers assume more of the cost of their care, medical debt is a story to watch. Covering this volatile issue, with estimates
Reporters at MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spent nine months looking into the issue known as medicalization. Medicalization is how drug companies and the doctors on their payrolls
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