There's not much positive about being handed a cancer diagnosis, but surviving the disease is no picnic, either. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report published Thursday, 25 percent of cancer survivors in the United States reportedly have trouble paying their medical bills.
In the 1970s, an American psychologist named Herbert Freudenberger was working overtime at both a thriving private practice on New York’s Upper East Side and an addiction clinic in the Bowery. After months of increasing stress and exhaustion, he woke up one morning unable to move from his bed.
The number of measles cases in the United States surpassed 1,000 Wednesday, a milestone Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called "troubling." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 1,001 people have been sickened by the contagious disease in 2019. The agency made the announcement two days after its regular weekly outbreak update.
Authorities plan to give an update on the criminal investigation of an intensive care doctor accused of ordering possibly fatal painkillers for dozens of Ohio hospital patients. The Franklin County prosecutor and Columbus police scheduled a news conference Wednesday to discuss the investigation of Dr. William Husel.
NBC Montana recently obtained surveillance video from a 2016 lawsuit involving the Montana State Hospital for allegations of violating patients’ rights. Disability Rights Montana is a federally-mandated organization that oversees the Montana State Hospital and represents the disabled in court cases.
The Food and Drug Administration plans to provide “concierge service” to doctors seeking access to unapproved drugs for cancer patients who have no other treatment options, the agency announced Monday. The goal is to remove any “perceived hurdles” for physicians who want to use the agency’s “expanded access” program, said Richard Pazdur, director of the agency’s Oncology Center for Excellence.