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Hospital-owned physician practices linked to higher prices
Outpatient care may cost more when hospitals own the medical practices or employ the physicians, a U.S. study suggests. Hospital…
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Medical journal essay exposes doctors’ inappropriate behavior
Two shocking accounts of doctors behaving inappropriately while their patients were under anesthesia came to light in an essay published…
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7 ways to prevent deadly and costly hospital errors
Spending time in the hospital is scary enough without having to think about your doctor making a mistake or an…
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Hospitals are starting to abandon the time-honored drill for surgery patients— including fasting, heavy IV fluids, powerful post-op narcotics and…
Read MoreRand Paul’s health care hypocrisy: A disturbing vote on ObamaCare fraud
Senator Rand Paul wants to be president, vowing to “defeat the Washington machine.” But Paul’s recent vote at the Senate…
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