In January 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Kalydeco, the first drug to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, after just three months of review. It was
Patients could in future be treated at home by hospital doctors under plans for a revolution in the way healthcare is delivered which are being published on Thursday. Hospitals will
Critical care doctors at a major teaching hospital believe they provided futile treatment to about one in five intensive care unit patients, needlessly prolonging their lives. ICU doctors in the
During a three-year period in seven metropolitan areas in the western United States, the emergency medical services system sent more than 85,000 injured patients to major trauma hospitals who didn’t
A recent New York Times article focuses on the humble I.V. saline bag used more than a million times a day in hospitals and emergency departments around the country. This
On TV it always seems clear and simple. A patient in the hospital goes into cardiac arrest and the medical team springs into action. After a few tense moments of
In the U.S. there are more drugstores than McDonald’s, Burger Kings, Pizza Huts, Wendy’s, Taco Bells, Kentucky Fried Chickens, Domino’s Pizzas, and Dunkin’ Donuts combined. By increasing drugstore competition, pharmacy
Here’s a situation that may sound familiar: A man visits his doctor’s office with his wife, who laments how stubborn he is about seeking medical care. Frank Wharam, a doctor
Maksim Tsvetovat and Tatyana Kanzaveli say they doubt they could have started their data-collection company, Open Cancer Network, without Obamacare. Tsvetovat, 37 and the father of a four-year-old boy, said
In your 50s and beyond, health care costs loom more ominously than ever before — and with good reason: According to the folks at Fidelity, a 65-year-old couple…
