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Insurance Profits Over Patients’ Lives: Doctors Battle For Proper Care 33 Times A Week

“I can’t afford higher,” Bobby’s (identifying information changed) mom explains when asked about his low dose. As Bobby’s dermatologist, I prescribed Accutane, curing 80 percent of acne with a six-month course...

Primary Care Providers Say Field Is ‘Crumbling’

Three years after the onset of COVID-19, primary care providers remain overwhelmed, burned out and pessimistic about the future, according to a new report.

Some People Never Get Covid Symptoms. We May Finally Know Why.

About 1 in 5 people who contract the coronavirus exhibit no symptoms. Now, researchers at UCSF have uncovered a genetic mutation potentially responsible for the phenomenon of coronavirus super dodgers.

How Legal Liabilities And Skewed Decision-Making Plague Clinical Encounters

The opioid crisis continues to ravage communities, and everyone, including politicians and federal agents, has a plan. However, no one has an actual solution.

Plastic Surgeon Faces Death Penalty

Florida prosecutors seeking the death penalty for a plastic surgeon accused of killing a lawyer and dumping his body in the Everglades have laid out their case in new court filings.

Physicians Linked To Covid-19 Misinformation Rarely Disciplined

Physicians who provided medical misinformation that affected patient's care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have seen few consequences.

Medical Debt Is Making Americans Angry. Doctors And Hospitals Ignore This At Their Peril.

For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple case of pink eye that took four years to pay off. For Mary Curley, it was the threatening collection letters from a lab that arrived more than 2½ years later, just as her husband lost his job and the family was fighting to save their home.