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22 votes
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Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek hopes his latest brainchild, the Neko Body Scan, will revolutionise healthcare
20 votes -
Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare
13 votes -
NHS cannot embrace AI until its basic IT systems are up to scratch. Prof Sir Martin Landray: clinical IT functions are slow and ‘devastatingly user unfriendly’
20 votes -
CEO of bankrupt hospital system faces contempt charges after US Senate no-show
24 votes -
The rise of DIY, pirated medicine: Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses
81 votes -
How a leading chain of US psychiatric hospitals traps patients (gifted link)
35 votes -
US judge rules $400 million algorithmic system illegally denied thousands of people’s Medicaid benefits
27 votes -
Death threats, legal risk and backlogs weigh on US clinicians treating trans minors
13 votes -
US athletes are taking full advantage of free healthcare in Olympic village
17 votes -
How medical research is failing women. For years, the process for developing and testing new drugs has focused disproportionately on male bodies — to the detriment of female patients.
25 votes -
Private equity firms should prepare for increased US government scrutiny over healthcare investment
9 votes -
A judge ruled a Louisiana prison’s health care system has failed inmates for decades. A federal law could block reforms.
15 votes -
Blood culture bottle shortage challenges US hospitals, labs
13 votes -
I was an MIT educated neurosurgeon. Now I'm unemployed and alone in the mountains. How did I get here?
34 votes -
A critique of the Cass Review
16 votes -
Algorithms are deciding who gets organ transplants [in the UK's NHS]. Are their decisions fair?
21 votes -
Texas abortion ban linked to 13% increase in infant and newborn deaths
54 votes -
The opaque industry secretly inflating prices for prescription drugs
18 votes -
America: a healthy or healthcare economy? The sickness at the heart of US GDP.
9 votes -
Generic preventitive healthcare advice wanted
Thanks to an emergency that resulted in an unexpected surgery, I have reached my health insurance maximum out-of-pocket expense. For those with sane healthcare systems, it basically means that I...
Thanks to an emergency that resulted in an unexpected surgery, I have reached my health insurance maximum out-of-pocket expense. For those with sane healthcare systems, it basically means that I will not be charged for any additional healthcare I receive for the rest of the year as long as it's covered (i.e. no cosmetics or "just for funsies"). I'm expecting a $6,000 bill in the mail, so I'm looking to take as much advantage of this as I possibly can, starting with some minor issues that I've been sitting on for a while.
I'll have to ask my doctor for their referral for anything, but I was wondering if there were any preventative healthcare services I should specifically ask for? I'm already going to be making an appointment for a regular physical - something I'm ashamed to say that I don't regularly do. I'm going to ask the doctor this same question but I figured I'd come up with a checklist just to make sure I don't miss out on anything.
17 votes -
UK NHS computer problems put patients at risk of harm
5 votes -
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is weaponizing consumer protection laws against nonprofit organizations
23 votes -
US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu
9 votes -
The Controversialist: Marty Peretz and the travails of American liberalism
3 votes -
Cyberattack forces major US health care network to divert ambulances from hospitals
17 votes