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• Aduhelm: Will Medicare Cover the Controversial Alzheimer's Drug?
• After an ICU Stay, Social Support Crucial for Seniors' Survival
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• Almost 1 in 3 U.S. Seniors Now Sees at Least 5 Doctors Per Year
• Almost 13 Million Americans Per Year Skip Meds Due to Cost
• An Aggressive Leukemia Is Much More Lethal for Black Patients Than Whites - Why?
• As Medicaid Access Expands, So Does Cancer Survival
• Average COVID Hospital Bill for U.S. Seniors Nearly $22,000
• Biden Administration Calls for Crackdown on Misleading Medicare Ads
• Biden Pledges to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Americans
• Biggest Hurdle for Young Burn Survivors Is Acceptance
• Blood Pressure Meds Could Improve Survival in COVID-19 Patients
• Breaks in Health Insurance Hurt Cancer Care, Survival
• Breast Cancer Over 70: How Much Treatment Is Enough?
• Breast Cancer Survivors Age Faster Biologically Than Cancer-Free Women: Study
• Can Women With Early Breast Cancer Skip Post-Op Radiation?
• Cancer Costs U.S. Patients $21 Billion a Year
• Cancer in Youth Means Heightened Odds for Another Cancer Later
• Cancer Survivors May Face Higher Odds for Heart Trouble
• Choice of Brand-Name Drug Over Generics Costs Medicare Nearly $2 Billion Annually
• Colon Cancer Death Rates Are Falling Among the Young — But Only for Whites
• Cost of Epilepsy Meds Continues to Soar
• 'Couch Potato' Lifestyles Cause Up to 8% of Global Deaths: Study
• Could Long Naps Shorten Your Life?
• COVID Caused Biggest Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy Since World War II
• COVID Drove Biggest Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy Since World War II
• COVID Vaccine Saves Lives Regardless of Body Weight
• COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant
• COVID-19 Caused U.S. Life Expectancy to Drop by 1 Full Year
• COVID-19 Patients Rarely Survive Cardiac Arrest: Study
• Daily Half-Hour Walk Can Greatly Boost Survival After Stroke
• Delayed Surgery for Early Breast Cancer Won't Harm Survival: Study
• Dexamethasone Can Help the Sickest COVID Patients Survive. So Why Are Too Few Getting It?
• Disability a Growing Concern for U.S. Cancer Survivors
• Do Immune-Based Cancer Drugs Work Better in Men?
• Don't Delay Lung Cancer Surgery, Study Suggests
• Drinking, Often Heavy, Is Common Among Cancer Survivors
• Drug Can Keep Leukemia in Remission for Years in Younger Patients
• Drug Combo Boosts Outcomes for Advanced Melanoma
• Drug Combo May Boost Survival for Tough-to-Treat Liver Cancers
• Drug Combo Shows Promise Against Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
• Drug Could Boost Survival From Lung Cancer Affecting Non-Smokers
• Even Before COVID, Many More People Died Early in U.S. Versus Europe
• Even Mild Obesity Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
• Exercise Rehab Should Include Stroke Survivors, Study Suggests
• Exercise Ups Life Span for Type 2 Diabetics
• Fewer American Adults Are Getting Malignant Brain Tumors
• Fighting Liver Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll: Study
• First 10 Days After Hospital Discharge Especially Risky for COVID Survivors
• Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Save Lives of Heart Failure Patients: Study
• For COVID-19 Survivors, Virus Test 1 Month Out May Be Needed
• For 'Near Poor' Seniors, Medicaid 'Cliff' Could Keep Health Care Out of Reach
• Frailty Greatly Lowers Survival in a Surgical Crisis
• From Sourdough to Sacrifice, How COVID Is Changing Americans' Values
• Global Warming Could Make Survival in Tropics Impossible: Study
• Heart Defibs in Schools Are Saving Staff Lives: Study
• Here's How New Federal Legislation Might Cut Your Drug Costs
• Here's How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower the Cost of Health Care
• Here's How to Get Your Free Home COVID Test Kits
• Hormone Replacement Therapy Won't Raise Recurrence Rate for Breast Cancer Survivors
• Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion
• How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients
• How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped
• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills
• Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival for Lung Cancer Patients
• Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival With Bladder Cancer
• In Breast Cancer Survivors, Obesity Raises Odds for Cancer's Return
• Insurance Often Covers Ivermectin for COVID, Even Though Drug Doesn't Work
• Is an Early Form of Breast Cancer More Dangerous Than Thought?
• Is Medicare Overspending? Costco Prices Much Less for Generic Drugs
• Job Losses Hit Americans Hard in Pandemic, Report Confirms
• Keytruda Extends Survival for Women With an Aggressive Breast Cancer
• Last-Ditch Life Support System Is Saving Lives of COVID Patients
• Life Expectancy Could Decline Worldwide Due to COVID-19
• Little Change in Number of Uninsured in  Pandemic's First Year
• Loneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study
• Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
• Longer, Worse COVID Leaves Stronger Antibodies: Study
• Long-Term Outlook for Most With Serious Brain Injury Is Better Than Thought
• Loss of a Twin Linked to Risk for Mental Illness
• Lower Incomes May Mean Lower Survival After Heart Attack
• Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
• Maker Cuts Price of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug in Half
• Many Seniors on Medicare Falling Into Medical Debt
• Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival
• Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
• Medicare May Rethink Premium Hike for Pricey Alzheimer’s Drug
• Medicare Monthly Premiums to Drop for Seniors
• Medicare Mulls Coverage for Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
• Medicare Will Save U.S. Billions Negotiating Drug Prices
• Medicare's Free Wellness Visit Can Prevent Diabetes Amputation
• Medicare's Penalties for Poor-Quality Dialysis Centers Aren't Helping: Study
• Minorities Bore the Brunt of U.S. COVID Deaths: Study
• More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
• More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life: Study
• More Than 10 Million People Died of Cancer Worldwide in 2019
• Most Alzheimer's Patients Wouldn't Have Qualified for Controversial Drug's Trial: Study
• Most Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Report Symptoms Many Weeks After 'Recovery'
• Motherhood Doesn't Lower Survival for Women Who've Had Breast Cancer
• Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
• New Drug Could Extend Life for People With ALS
• New Hope Against a Rare but Incurable Eye Cancer
• Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes
• No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19
• Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer
• Obese Men May Have Better Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
• Obesity Raises Odds for Recurrence in Breast Cancer Survivors
• Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
• Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
• Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
• Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
• People With MS Have Worse Survival If Colon Cancer Strikes
• Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
• PrEP HIV Prevention Pills to Be Free for Insured Americans
• Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
• Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
• Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
• Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
• Race Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
• Reversing a Trend, Sicker Americans Are Staying With Medicare Managed Care Plans
• Seniors' Dental Care Declines After Medicare Kicks In
• Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
• Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
• Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
• Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?
• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
• There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
• There's a Push to Expand Medicare's Coverage of Dental Issues
• Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
• Tougher Federal Penalties to Come for Failing Nursing Homes
• Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
• Type of Medicare Could Influence Cancer Patients' Outcomes
• U.S. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million
• U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
• U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Challenge to Affordable Care Act
• Vaccinating Oldest First for COVID Saves the Most Lives: Study
• Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers
• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
• When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
• When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
• Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
• Why a COVID Diagnosis Could Cost You Way More Money in 2021
• Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
• Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
• Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
• Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
• Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
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