UnityPoint Health and Sanford Health in the Midwest have signed a letter of intent to merge for a combined company of 76 hospitals worth more than $ 11 million in operating revenue. The new company would rank among the top 15 largest nonprofit health systems in the country, the providers said. The deal is expected… Read More: Midwest systems, Sanford and UnityPoint Health, announce merger »
A few times a week, Katie Macomber, medical home care coordinator at Amherst Pediatrics, writes a “prescription” for patients and their families. Macomber is not a doctor, and the prescription is not for medicine. Rather, it is a form from the Amherst Survival Center, designed to look like a prescription, that sends families to the… Read More: Health care systems turn to a ‘new’ old medicine: healthy… »
How to make your brain younger We’ve heard advice through the years for ways to keep our brains young by doing crossword puzzles, eating fish and avoiding alcohol. But Dr. Richard Carmona, author of “30 Days to a Better Brain” says some of that brain buzz isn’t true at all More than a quarter of… Read More: Are supplements for brain health just a waste of money? »
Researchers have found no link between exposure to emissions from municipal waste incinerators (MWIs) and infant deaths or reduced foetal growth. However, they show living closer to the incinerators themselves is associated with a very small increase in the risk of some birth defects, compared to the general population. But whether this is directly related… Read More: Major study finds no conclusive links to health effects from… »