The Hospital Treated These Patients. Then It Sued Them.
Most hospitals do not frequently take patients to court over medical debt. But since 2015, Carlsbad Medical Center, in N...
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Top Kidney Charity Directed Aid to Patients at DaVita and Fresenius Clinics, Lawsuit Claims
A whistle-blower said the leading charity favored patients from the major dialysis chains because the companies were its...
10 Things Doctors Say Patients Should Tell Them, But They Never Do
If there’s one person you really . After all, medical professionals are there to help, not to judge you, and withholding...
Express Scripts Offers Diabetes Patients a $25 Cap for Monthly Insulin
Drug makers, insurers and pharmacy benefit managers face mounting pressure from Congress and the public to reduce the hi...
Tens of Thousands of Heart Patients May Not Need Open-Heart Surgery
Replacement of the aortic valve with a minimally invasive procedure called TAVR proved effective in younger, healthier p...
Cancer Patients Are Getting Robotic Surgery. There’s No Evidence It’s Better.
High-tech surgical robots aren’t an improvement over traditional operations, the F.D.A. warns. For some patients, the ro...
Good News: Opioid Prescribing Fell. The Bad? Pain Patients Suffer, Doctors Say.
Doctors and insurers are using federal guidelines as cover to turn away patients, experts tell the C.D.C. and Congress.
As Word of a Second H.I.V. Cure Spreads, Patients Wonder: What Now?
Translating the latest success against the AIDS virus into a practical treatment will take years — if it happens at all....
Dialysis Is a Way of Life for Many Older Patients. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.
So-called conservative management can ease symptoms without dialysis in some people with kidney disease. But many of the...
After Doctors Cut Their Opioids, Patients Turn to a Risky Treatment for Back Pain
The drive to reduce opioid use has led patients to clinics offering off-label painkiller injections. Pfizer asked the F....
