Category: Health Newsfeed
August 13, 2018 – Toxic Isolation
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Anchor lead: Social isolation may have much to do will poor health in older people, Elizabeth Tracey reports Having few social interactions is increasingly associated with poor health outcomes, many studies are reporting, and the problem is especially acute for …
August 3, 2018 – Brain Cancer Viral Treatment
August 2, 2018 – Ovarian Cancer Marker
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Anchor lead: A new marker may help distinguish more dangerous ovarian cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports A newly identified marker for ovarian cancer may help stratify those cancers that have a worse prognosis, and perhaps indicate that greater vigilance with regard …
August 1, 2018 – Choosing Palliative Care
July 31, 2018 – Choosing a Doctor
July 30, 2018 – End of Life Care and Geography
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Anchor lead: Places where physicians are not comfortable talking about end of life rendered their patients more likely to receive more expensive care before death, Elizabeth Tracey reports What accounts for an almost two-fold difference in spending on end of …