Cardiac mortality rates have increased in Massachusetts annually since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with exaggerated seasonal patterns and upticks in at-home deaths, according to new population-based data. The findings stand somewhat in contrast to reports showing a downward trend for cardiac hospitalizations over the same time period but bolster the notion that some patients who need care aren't being treated properly.
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
Allina Health doctors picketed in the rain outside four clinics at 6 a.m. Tuesday, hopeful that a show of unity would kickstart their languishing contract talks. Then the doctors hustled off to see patients. The one-hour protest of Allina's Coon Rapids clinic was barely observed by daylight, much less the public, but the recently unionized doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants said they had history on their side. The protest was believed to be the first in Minnesota involving doctors engaged in their own union contract dispute.
When cancer spreads from a primary tumor to new sites throughout the body, it undergoes changes that increase its genetic complexity. A new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center provides fresh insights about how cancers evolve when they metastasize — insights that could aid in developing strategies to improve the effectiveness of treatment.
America's healthcare system is experiencing a crisis. It’s a crisis of trust and compassion, driven by the corporatization of medicine prioritizing profits over patients. Despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other developed nation, our system is failing in fundamental ways— declining life expectancy, eroding trust in medical professionals, and burning out the very caregivers we depend upon. The question isn't whether we can afford to fix healthcare; it's whether we can afford not to.