Comments to antitrust regulators lay bare Americans’ anger and disillusionment over consolidation’s effects on all sectors of the economy, but especially health care.
A 24-year-old wrote that after his hometown hospital in Indiana merged with a bigger group, his mom, who worked there, found it harder to provide good care amid staff cuts and reduced support.
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An internal medicine doctor in Wisconsin said after his hospital merged, colleagues were fired, drug shortages got worse, and prices skyrocketed.
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Researchers have identified an endogenous insulin antagonist, INS-7, in Caenorhabditis elegans that modulates fat loss by inhibiting a gut-to-brain signaling pathway involving the neuropeptide FLP-7.
Patients, doctors press FTC to beef up hospital merger scrutiny
Comments to antitrust regulators lay bare Americans’ anger and disillusionment over consolidation’s effects on all sectors of the economy, but especially health care.
A 24-year-old wrote that after his hometown hospital in Indiana merged with a bigger group, his mom, who worked there, found it harder to provide good care amid staff cuts and reduced support.
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An internal medicine doctor in Wisconsin said after his hospital merged, colleagues were fired, drug shortages got worse, and prices skyrocketed.
‘AGGA’ inventor testifies his dental device was not meant for TMJ or sleep apnea
A Tennessee dentist who has been sued by multiple TMJ and sleep apnea patients over an unproven dental device he invented has said under oath
Bipolar disorder cuts lives short more than smoking
Having bipolar disorder – a serious mental illness that can cause both manic and depressed moods – can make life more challenging.
Scientists discover how a gut insulin antagonist controls fat loss in C. elegans by modulating brain signals
Researchers have identified an endogenous insulin antagonist, INS-7, in Caenorhabditis elegans that modulates fat loss by inhibiting a gut-to-brain signaling pathway involving the neuropeptide FLP-7.