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As of January, hospitals owned 26% of physician practices nationwide, up from 14% a decade ago. An additional 27% of practices were owned by a corporation, such as a health insurer or a private equity firm, leaving fewer than half of physician practices under independent ownership.
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The state is taking another step toward launching a certification program for doulas, a process that would allow those workers to seek Medicaid reimbursement for their services and reach more people.
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Medication abortion, or abortion by pill, is currently the most common method of abortion in the United States.
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A team at Stanford University has reversed memory loss in old mice by flooding their brains with spinal fluid taken from young animals. The finding may hold promise for Alzheimer's research.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: Occam’s razor — where the principle came from, how it impacts science, its role in medicine, and how it shapes our daily lives.
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The legislation is partly a reaction to the wave of new measures in conservative states restricting abortions and in some cases levying civil and criminal penalties on people who perform them.
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A bill that would allow terminally ill patients to access life-ending medication won’t advance beyond the legislature’s Judiciary Committee this year.
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Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is suing Hartford HealthCare and its subsidiaries, including Hartford Hospital, claiming that it is trying to create a monopoly on hospital services by acquiring physician networks.
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This hour of The Colin McEnroe Show is all about Occam’s razor: where the principle came from, how it impacts science, its role in medicine, and how it shapes our daily lives.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we talk with experts about the benefits, risks, and oftentimes misguided fears of radiation.