KevinMD

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The third year of medical school is when a student experiences the frustrations of medicine firsthand. Once, my team admitted a transfer patient from another hospital to treat a condition that was ravaging the patient’s lungs. But before we could act, we needed to rule out a dormant infection; if our patient was unknowingly infected with tuberculosis (TB), giving our first-line therapies could lead to a disseminated infection — even.

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Insulin Nation

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Another parent has been charged with homicide after a child died from complications related to Type 1 diabetes. In Wasseau, Wisconsin, Robert Glazner is being held in jail on a $500,000 cash bond. His son, Bryden, died on August 4, 2017, while in his care, but Glazner was not arrested until Tuesday of this week. This is because it took authorities six months to understand Bryden’s medical needs and to determine what his father should have done and did not do with regard to his son’s care. sponso

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Most for-profit hospitals stand to gain from the changes to the U.S. tax laws, according to a new Moody’s Investors Service report. But HCA Healthcare and Universal Health Service will be the biggest beneficiaries and could see their operating cash flows go up by 10% or more.

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Insulin Nation

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

There is no denying that insulin costs are severely inflated. As a result, many individuals with Type 1 diabetes have had to rely on their own ingenuity to obtain the drug and make it last. We recently asked some readers to share their hacks—good or bad, legal or illegal, safe or unsafe. Note: We are not endorsing these practices, but sharing to increase awareness of the enormous financial, physical, and psychological resources that T1D requires. sponsor. 1.

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Morning eHealth

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Interoperability at a high level — Shulkin gets a pass on travel scandal

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