Medicare Loses an Estimated $60 Billion Each Year Due to Fraud

AUDIO: Rebecca Kinney, Director of the Administration for Community Living, Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling
(Washington, DC, Thursday, September 8, 2022) – With Medicare scams on the rise, it’s important to be aware of the types of fraud and scams that can occur – especially for seniors. Health care fraud...

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More Lab Pathologists Needed to Safeguard Our Health

AUDIO: Alexandra Brown, MD, FASCP, ASCP Chief Medical Officer
(Chicago, IL, Friday, September 2, 2022) – Pathologists and laboratory medicine are essential to outbreak response, including emerging threats like monkeypox and remerging diseases like polio. In the past two years, these experts have performed...

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Don’t Ignore Frequent Heartburn Symptoms This Summer

AUDIO: Dr. Leiana Oswald, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Roseman University of Health Sciences
(Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 24, 2022) – During the summertime months, we all want to make the most of the long-awaited vacations, cookouts and picnics in the park, and other fun with family and friends...

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Nationwide Initiative To Track Infectious Diseases Through Wastewater Is Key To Help Guide the Public Health Response

AUDIO: Alexandria Boehm, Stanford University and Marlene Wolfe, Emory University
(Wednesday, August 10, 2022) – Through a new national effort, a growing number of communities are monitoring their sewage to track levels of monkeypox, COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.  The effort called WastewaterSCAN tests for...

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More Than 25,000 People in the US Die of Heart Valve Disease Each Year

AUDIO: Dr. Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 19, 2022) – Heart valve disease is more common than you or your doctor may think. If left untreated, it can be deadly. According to the CDC, more than 25,000 people...

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La organización “Heart Valve Voice US” pide a los pacientes ser su propio defensor para el entendimiento de la enfermedad de las válvulas cardíacas y los beneficios de hacerse un Ecocardiograma

Martes 19 de julio de 2022 Estimado Director PSA, De acuerdo con la CDC, más de 25,000 personas en EUA mueren debido a la enfermedad de las válvulas cardiacas cada año y menos del 50%...

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