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At Least 170 US Hospitals Face Major Flood Risk. Experts Say Trump Is Making It Worse.

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As a warming climate intensifies storms, 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News has identified more than 170 U.S. hospitals at risk of significant and potentially dangerous flooding. Climate experts warn that the Trump administration鈥檚 cuts leave the nation less prepared.

Ballad Health鈥檚 Hospital Monopoly Underperformed. Then Tennessee Lowered the Bar.

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Ballad Health, a state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in Tennessee and Virginia, can now be deemed a 鈥渃lear and convincing鈥 benefit to the public with performance that would earn a 鈥淒鈥 on most grading scales, according to Tennessee state documents.

Pain Clinic CEO Faced 20 Years for Making Patients ‘Human Pin Cushions.’ He Got 18 Months.

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Michael Kestner, CEO of Pain MD, was convicted of 13 fraud felonies after his company gave patients hundreds of thousands of questionable injections at clinics in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina.

Con el fin de las becas de diversidad, j贸venes cient铆ficos temen por el futuro de sus carreras

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Adelaide Tovar, cient铆fica de la Universidad de Michigan que investiga genes relacionados con la diabetes, sol铆a sentirse como una impostora en el laboratorio. Tovar, de 32 a帽os, creci贸 en la pobreza y fue la primera de su familia en graduarse de la secundaria. Durante su primer a帽o en la universidad, se dio cuenta de que […]

Firings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records

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The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 mass firings included people who fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and FDA, which result in the release of records about government handling of infectious diseases, medical products, and safety problems in health facilities.

Trump Says He鈥檒l Stop Health Care Fraudsters. Last Time, He Let Them Walk.

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In his first term, President Donald Trump granted pardons or clemency to more than 60 convicted fraudsters, including health care executives who defrauded Medicare out of hundreds of millions of dollars, courts and juries found. Now, Trump says cracking down on fraud is a priority.

Pain Clinics Made Millions From 鈥楿nnecessary鈥 Injections Into 鈥楬uman Pin Cushions鈥

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Pain MD, which once ran as many as 20 clinics across three states, gave chronic-pain patients about 700,000 total injections near their spines, according to court documents. Last year, federal prosecutors proved at trial that the shots were medically unnecessary and part of an extensive fraud scheme.

Six Years Into an Appalachia Hospital Monopoly, Patients Are Fearful and Furious

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Ballad Health, with the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the nation, has failed for years to meet many quality-of-care goals, leaving some patients afraid of their local hospitals but with no other nearby options.

Dentists Are Pulling 鈥楬ealthy鈥 and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn

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Americans are getting dental implants more than ever 鈥 and at costs reaching tens of thousands of dollars. Experts worry some dentists have lost sight of the soul of dentistry: preserving and fixing teeth.

Tennessee Agrees To Remove Sex Workers With HIV From Sex Offender Registry

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For years, Tennessee has required anyone convicted of prostitution while HIV-positive to register as a sex offender for life. In response to DOJ and ACLU discrimination suits, the state has agreed to reverse course.

鈥楢 Bottomless Pit鈥: How Out-of-Pocket TMJ Costs Drive Patients Into Debt

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Millions of Americans suffer from temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, disorders. The high cost and poor insurance coverage of TMJ care can bury patients in debt even as the treatments do more harm than good.