Jeanne Pinder
“David Putrino, a rehabilitation and long Covid researcher at the Mount Sinai medical school in New York City, has watched mounting evidence that suggests between 4 and 36 percent of Americans infected with Covid have symptoms lasting at least six months,” Keren Landman wrote about Long Covid experts over at Vox. “It makes him nervous, […]
Jeanne Pinder
How much does a mammogram cost? As with everything in health care, that depends. The cost can be $0 or it can be as high as $2,786.95. Why the differences? Let us help you sort it out. First, is it a screening mammogram or a diagnostic one? First, screening (preventive) mammograms for women over 40 […]
Jeanne Pinder
Blood test costs can vary widely. Whether it’s a complete blood count (CBC) or comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP), it can cost a little or a lot. We’ve heard as low as $5 and as high as $401 for simple tests. The sticker price may be shockingly high — and the cash price can be surprisingly […]
Jeanne Pinder
“A woman who expected to pay $1,337 for surgery at a Westminster hospital but was billed $303,709 may be off the hook for the massive bill after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in her favor Monday,” The Denver Post writes. “The justices unanimously found that the contracts patient Lisa French signed before a pair of […]
Jacqueline Neber
I tested positive for Covid-19 on May 4, 2022, after getting the virus from my roommate. She tested positive on April 28, four days after she began experiencing sinus infection-like symptoms, and after a previously negative at-home test. It took me six days, seven tests (a couple rapids, two PCRs, and three at-homes) to finally […]
Jeanne Pinder
“In the chaos of the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, oncologist and geneticist Ami Bhatt was intrigued by widespread reports of vomiting and diarrhoea in people infected with SARS-CoV-2,” Heidi Ledford writes over at Nature magazine. “’At that time, this was thought to be a respiratory virus,’ she says. Bhatt and her colleagues, curious […]
Jeanne Pinder
“While many investors have seen a decline in the value of their stock portfolio over the past year, Cigna shareholders became significantly richer today after the company announced that it made far more in profits during the first three months of this year than Wall Street financial analysts had expected,” Wendell Potter writes over at […]
Mary Steffenhagen
At least 70% of Americans use online reviews on sites like Yelp, Google, RateMDs and HealthGrades to help find healthcare providers, according to a 2020 survey from Software Advice, a consulting firm. But there’s a huge problem with that: an untold number of online reviews on these sites are fraudulent. One recent analysis of four […]
Virginia Jeffries
One survivor is using his experience dealing with long Covid to help others struggling with the condition and the painful emotions that can torment them by running a pop-up virtual support group for long-Covid patients that runs 24 hours at a time so people in any time zone can find help when they need it. Dave, […]
Jeanne Pinder
“Unvaccinated people accounted for the overwhelming majority of deaths in the United States throughout much of the coronavirus pandemic,” Fenit Nirappil and Dan Keating write over at The Washington Post. “But that has changed in recent months, according to a Washington Post analysis of state and federal data. The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost […]
