Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Medical Board proposed a broad definition for what constitutes an emergency medical exception under the state’s otherwise strict abortion ban at its meeting Friday, disappointing some abortion rights advocates who were seeking a specific list of conditions that would qualify.
Experts say 3 million people in the U.S. have more than $10,000 in medical debt each. We examine some potential solutions.
We look at why Berlin has become popular for medical treatments due to the advanced technologies and procedures available.
By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It is an important day for medical students across the nation and here at home. It is match day for medical students, they learn where they will continue their education and residency. In our area, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton fourth-year students received some life-changing news. Hundreds of []
New doctors' interest in emergency medicine is rebounding after the field
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — For decades, women and other underrepresented individuals were rarely, if ever, included in clinical research studies. Health professionals argue that the absence of medical research has caused serious negative consequences. Doctor Fatimah Bello is the Program Director for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Knapp Medical Center Internal Medicine program. []
Last year, foreign tourists who came for medical treatment in Romania left more than 125 million lei in the country, according to National Institute of Statistics (INS). Almost 20,000 foreigners visited Romania for medical purposes, the statistical authority also says, which makes the average expenditure per tourist slightly over 1,000 euros. Of the total money […]
Almost a third of all working adults in the United States are carrying some kind of medical debt — that’s about 15% of all U.S. households.
The bill seeking to legalize medical marijuana in the Philippines has reached the Senate plenary, the first time in the history of the upper chamber, according to a cannabis lawyer.
Students enrolled in the PURCH Program at UMass Chan Medical School Baystate, traveled to the State House to advocate for legislation related to health outcomes.