Trade officials have left the pharmaceutical industry and other pockets within the health-care sector out of the trade conflict, but dozens of medical supplies—tongue depressors, exam gloves, surgical gowns and the like—used in everyday patient encounters are among the $300 billion in Chinese imports facing 25% tariffs under the Trump administration's latest proposal.
A recent study by eligibility.com found 89 percent of patients nationwide Google their health symptoms before going to their doctor. Kim Martin, a physician’s assistant at Masonboro Family Medicine, finds that number to be believable.
Mariah Martinez was just 9 years old in 2003, when she went to Oakwood Healthcare in Dearborn for headaches. She was diagnosed with epilepsy, and for the next four years would take anti-convulsant medication. However, she never had epilepsy.
America’s measles outbreak continues to grow. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday reported 1,077 measles cases in 28 states this year through June 20, up 33 from the last update.
A Jefferson County woman is accusing a Houston area pain management physician of malpractice. In the 13-page suit filed June 13 in Jefferson County District Court, Dolores Young blames Dr. Jerry Keepers and Advanced Invasive Pain Management of Houston PA for health problems, allegedly caused by an intrathecal pump and catheter.
The California Medical Board is looking into a case where a San Diego doctor is accused of using dirty needles on pediatric patients. Newly released documents by the California Medical board states Dr. Bret Robert Gerber used dirty syringes on a 2-year-old and a 10-year-old in July 2016. At the time, Dr. Gerber worked at Scripps Coastal Medical Center in Hillcrest.