FRIDAY, May 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Reading the notes your doctor makes during your visit appears to be good medicine. An online survey of 20,000 adults treated at three U.S. health systems that have made clinical notes available to patients for several years finds that those who actually read them may be more likely… Read More: Patients Who Read Docs’ Notes Take Meds Better »
Last year, Americans borrowed a whopping $ 88 billion to pay for their health care, according to a nationally representative survey. What’s more, 45 percent of respondents said they feared that a major health care crisis would lead to bankruptcy, and nearly 25 percent of respondents reported skipping medical treatments in order to cut costs.… Read More: Americans Skip Meds and Borrow Billions to Pay for Basic… »
Think your medications are really expensive? They are. Antiviral drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) remain the most expensive medications vis-a-vis Medicaid spending, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The study, which examined Medicaid outpatient prescription drug spending between 2014 and 2017 found that, overall, rebates are… Read More: Hep C and HIV Meds Still Rank No. 1 in… »
Getty ImagesHalfpoint Images Exercise just might be your next heart-healthy prescription: Sweaty workouts may be able to lower your high blood pressure just as much as prescription meds can, new research just published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests. Researchers collected data from 194 clinical trials that focused on medications designed to lower… Read More: Your Sweaty Workout Can Help Your Heart Just as Much… »