Since the death of her mother, Betty Jane, five years ago, Angela Bassett has become an outspoken advocate for diabetes education. (Bassett’s mom died of heart failure as a result of her type 2 diabetes.) Now, the actress is continuing to raise awareness about how diabetes can affect heart health through the “Know Diabetes by… Read More »
The joint provider and payer venture, Sutter Health | Aetna, is partnering with Heal and 98point6 to offer members both in-person house calls and virtual care. Heal’s board-certified physicians can make visits to the home or office seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., including holidays. A doctor can arrive in two… Read More »
A study assessing the opinions of people living with HIV and their healthcare providers about analytic treatment interruptions (ATIs) has found that patients had limited understanding of how ATIs are usually conducted in HIV cure studies. These findings are reported by Dr Jillian Lau and colleagues in AIDS Research and Retroviruses. Treatment interruptions pose potential… Read More »
Over the past 40 years, the number of U.S. hospitals declined by 12 percent, from more than 7,100 in 1975 to 6,200 in 2017, according to the latest American Hospital Association survey. And, yet, despite shuttering nearly 1,000 facilities, hospitals remain the nation’s largest source of health care spending, accounting for $ 1.1 trillion annually (or 33% of all national… Read More »