All posts tagged with healthcare

(Natural News) A report from NewsWise reveals that while the obesity epidemic in America remains a problem, there is little to no data concerning its economic impact on each state. However, recent research spearheaded by John Cawley, a professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University, offers a closer look at how the different states are influenced by the healthcare costs […]

(Natural News) Based on data from a Cleveland Clinic survey, “[w]hen it comes to heart health emergencies, many Americans don’t have the knowledge to aid others.” Most troubling of all is, they don’t even know how to help themselves. Cleveland Clinic’s online survey of the general population took a look at America’s awareness of “heart […]

(Natural News) Dr. Theodore Gerstle, M.D. of Lexington, KY was held in the Fayette County jail on January 15, on public intoxication charges. Dr. Gerstle allegedly attended his only surgery that day intoxicated. The hospital staff at Baptist Health Lexington called the police after they became suspicious that Dr. Gerstle was drunk. After being confronted […]

(Natural News) When will you die? It’s a morbid question that no one is able to answer with certainty; but a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can. Developed by researchers from Stanford University, the AI is said to be capable of predicting the time of a patient’s death with terrifying accuracy. Tests have shown it […]

(Natural News) A record number of pharmaceutical drugs were prescribed this past year in England. The United Kingdom’s National Health System (NHS) uncovered an alarming 1.1 million prescriptions for “conditions” that can mostly be avoided with better lifestyle choices. Prescription drug use has become a new societal norm, with mental health declining for numerous people […]

(Natural News) They say it’s better to give than to receive. But just how true is it? Researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand have shown that as far as giving out money to people in low to middle-class countries is concerned: it has a distinctly positive effect. Their study also shows that governments can […]

(Natural News) Health freedom? What health freedom? According to BMJ.com, a total of 69 staff members at Essentia Health have been fired for refusing to get the flu vaccination. As for hundreds of other Essentia workers, getting the flu shot was the only real option that they had, considering the fact that they were warned […]

(Natural News) We’ve all heard the famous line from healthcare professionals at least once or twice in our lives: Stay home when you’re sick. But as it turns out, these individuals should start to heed their own advice, especially following a recently released survey that found that 4 in 10 healthcare professionals work while feeling […]

(Natural News) One of the largest, most complicated government programs in America today is Medicaid, which in the last few decades has spun out of control and is now on track to potentially bankrupt every state in the country. The state of California has it’s own Medicare-related problems, and they come in the form of […]

(Natural News) In 2014, global annual pharmaceutical revenues exceeded $1 trillion for the first time in history, with most of these revenues being generated in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with protecting public health by scrutinizing the drugs these pharmaceutical companies produce to ensure that they are safe […]