A numbing procedure usually used to treat pain and post-traumatic stress disorder is being tested as a way to restore smell and taste in people with long Covid. It’s called a stellate ganglion block. In the procedure, a doctor uses a temporary, local anesthetic — like what a dentist would […]
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Dozens Of Irish Patients Complaining Of Botched Lip Jobs
Dozens of Irish patients suffering from botched lip jobs are making complaints to a British national register as the number of illicit cosmetic practices thrive. A total of 87 Irish nationals reported their experiences to Save Face UK, a register of cosmetic treatment practitioners. The majority of the 2,824 complaints […]
A bacterial infection killed 3 patients at Brigham and Women’s. Here’s how it got in.
The Boston Globe Brigham and Women’s Hospital. David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe By Jessica Bartlett, The Boston Globe updated on March 7, 2023 | 5:33 PM The infectious disease clinician working closely with the cardiac surgery department had an inkling something was off. It was 2018, and she […]
Investigation: Many U.S. hospitals sue patients for debts or threaten their credit | WFAE 90.7
Despite growing evidence of the harm caused by medical debt, hundreds of U.S. hospitals maintain policies to aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills, using tactics such as lawsuits, selling patient accounts to debt buyers, and reporting patients to credit rating agencies, a KHN investigation shows. The collection practices are commonplace […]
Miami Dolphins practice site turns into hospital with no patients
NSU Health is planning to open Interprofessional Simulation Complex, or SimCom in spring 2024. It will be a hospital without patients and will utilize the latest technology. Andrew Riviera/NSU The Miami Dolphins moved to a new practice complex this year at their home football stadium in Miami Gardens. They left […]
Potential New Treatment for “Brain Fog” in Long COVID Patients < Yale School of Medicine
Individuals with long COVID, sometimes referred to as “long-haulers,” experience symptoms that may persist for weeks, months, or even years after their acute viral infection. While symptoms vary widely, a common complaint among patients is “brain fog”—a colloquial term for significant, persistent cognitive deficits, with consistent impairment of executive functioning […]
Paxlovid, a drug to treat COVID-19, has been free so far. Next year, patients will have to pay the cost.
Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with COVID-19 from being hospitalized or dying, and it may even reduce the risk of developing long COVID. But the government plans to stop footing the bill within […]
Long Covid costs patients an average $9,000 a year in medical expenses
The Covid-19 unit at United Memorial Medical Center in north Houston. Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Long Covid has affected as many as 23 million Americans to date — and it’s poised to have a financial impact rivaling or exceeding that of the Great Recession. By […]
What does it mean for patients?
Private equity takes over health care: What does it mean for patients? For You News Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel Opinion Private equity firms have shelled out almost $1 trillion to acquire health care businesses in deals almost always hidden from regulators. The result: higher prices, lawsuits and complaints […]
For some COVID patients, ‘Paxlovid rebound’ has nothing to do with Paxlovid
This is a story about a COVID-19 medication, a nasty trick the coronavirus sometimes plays on its victims, and how the two became a pandemic couple called “Paxlovid rebound.” It’s also a story about how looks can be deceiving. Americans have been quick to embrace the idea that the antiviral […]
HCA Healthcare fends off accusations of quickly admitting patients
Jennifer Smithfield felt weak and still had trouble breathing in February after nearly two weeks with COVID-19. It was a Sunday, and her doctor’s office was closed. So her primary care physician suggested going to an emergency room to be safe. Smithfield went to HCA Healthcare’s flagship hospital, near its […]
East Texas mobile health care clinic helps underserved patients
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. KIRBYVILLE — When Shelly Huffman stepped onto a 40-foot bus on Monday afternoon, she wasn’t looking for public transportation. She needed a checkup. The 52-year-old had recently been diagnosed with […]
Burnaby Hospital Emergency Department re-opens to walk-in patients following fire
Burnaby Hospital Emergency Department has reopened to walk-in patients as of Monday night, following a fire that caused extensive smoke damage that forced evacuation of patients and staff Sunday night. In a statement released Monday evening, Fraser Health says: “Thanks to hard work of staff and medical staff, Burnaby Hospital […]
Treating Opioid Addiction in Primary Care Benefits Both Patients and Cash-Strapped Medical Practices
Annals of Family Medicine: Treating Opioid Addiction in Primary Care Benefits Both Patients and Cash-Strapped Medical Practices PR Newswire ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 11, 2020 ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Buprenorphine-based treatment for opioid addiction is in short supply in many areas of the United States. And […]
Hospital bills for uninsured COVID patients are covered, but no one tells them
When Darius Settles died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of July, his family and the city of Nashville, Tennessee, were shocked. Even the mayor noted the passing of a 30-year-old without any underlying conditions — one of the city’s youngest fatalities at that point. Settles was also uninsured and had […]
The truckers who keep India’s coronavirus patients breathing
SELAQUI, India (Reuters) – Subhas Kumar Yadav has fought fear, deadlines and hunger to truck liquid oxygen from a factory in India’s Himalayan foothills to hospitals in the northern plains during the coronavirus epidemic. Subhas Kumar Yadav, a truck driver who ferries liquid oxygen from a Linde India factory to […]
Study in Nature Medicine Shows Superior Outcomes for Patients in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Paradigm-Shifting Beat AML Clinical Trial
RYE BROOK, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Patients participating in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) groundbreaking precision medicine Beat AML Master Clinical Trial had superior outcomes compared to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients who opted for standard chemotherapy treatment, according to findings published today in the prestigious Nature […]
Lilly Stops Antibody Trial in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Eli Lilly announced it will halt its ACTIV-3 trial evaluating the antibody bamlanivimab in combination with remdesivir for people hospitalized with COVID-19, after new evidence regarding efficacy emerged. The new data from the National Institutes of […]
Dentist who extracted a patient’s tooth while riding a hoverboard sentenced to 12 years
An Alaska dentist was also filmed riding a hoverboard during a procedure on a patient who was under anesthesia was convicted on 46 counts of defrauding the federal Medicaid program has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton found Seth Lookhart, 35, guilty Jan. […]
Alaska dentist, Seth Lookhart, who extracted a patient’s tooth on a hoverboard sentenced to 12 years in jail
Seth Lookhart, 35, was convicted on 46 felony and misdemeanor counts in January, including medical assistance fraud, scheme to defraud, illegal practice of dentistry and reckless endangerment. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton sentenced Lookhart on Monday to serve 20 years in jail with eight years suspended, the statement said. […]