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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

KFF HEALTH NEWS, BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the...

Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe.

Fluorouracil, an IV drug used for chemotherapy, along with its pill counterpart, capecitabine, can be deadly for those deficient in the enzyme that metabolizes them.

Michael Bolton’s ‘super weird’ symptom that led to brain cancer diagnosis revealed

Michael Bolton with his daughters and grandkids. Michael Bolton/Facebook

Germiest Things in Restaurants

WEBMD – Every restaurant has to have regular health inspections to stay in business. But even if one gets a passing grade, chances are you're...

States Facing Doctor Shortages Ease Licensing Rules for Foreign-Trained Physicians

Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin have been caught lowering their licensing standards for foreign-born doctors.

Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans

"At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death."

While mourning death of Jimmy Carter, a look back at the breakthrough treatment that extended the former president’s life

UCLA HEALTH – Former President Jimmy Carter lived for nearly a decade after being treated with a breakthrough cancer drug developed at UCLA Health. The treatment...

‘Would he have lived?’ When insurance companies deny cancer care to patients

NBC News – Angela Pike’s husband, Tracy, had just celebrated his 45th birthday when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer. A father of...

Journal retracts study that promoted hydroxychloroquine as Covid treatment

“This highly controversial study was the cornerstone of a global scandal. The promotion of its results led to the overprescription of hydroxychloroquine to millions of patients, resulting in unnecessary risk-taking for millions of people and potentially thousands of avoidable deaths."

Kelly Ann Powers, Fox News Commentator Who Shared Her Health Crises With Viewers, Dies at 45

She was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in 2020, and used her platform to talk about cancer research.

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