About 1 in 4 people in the U.S. have fatty liver disease. But among Latinos, especially of Mexican and Central American descent, the rate is significantly higher.
Compared with urban hubs, rural populations tend to have less access to public health resources, less experience with syphilis and less willingness to address it because of socially conservative views.
Workers in the wellness programs self-reported healthier behavior, but saw no differences in health measures, such as improved blood sugar, how much they spent on healthcare, or how often they missed work.
This novel approach recognizes that superbugs don't remain isolated in one hospital or nursing home but move quickly through a community, said Dr. John Jernigan, who directs the CDC's office on 'healthcare-acquired infection research.
Many presidential hopefuls, even official co-sponsors of Sanders' Medicare-for-All proposal, are at the same time edging toward a more incremental approach, called 'Medicare for America.'
The CVS Caremark plan wasn't popular with customers, and CVS Health, which owns CVS Caremark, was quick to point this out as evidence that consumers prefer the current rebate system.
parents have found end runs around the new law requiring vaccinations. And they have done so, often, with the cooperation of doctors — some not even pediatricians.
As California hospitals contend with the dramatic growth in homeless patients, a new state law requires them to provide homeless patients a meal, clothes and vaccine screenings before discharge.
Hospitals say they're providing options to patients who have exhausted standard treatments. But critics suggest the hospitals are exploiting desperate patients and profiting from trendy but unproven treatments.
