Health officials from the U.K. to Trinidad refuted rapper Nicki Minaj’s “false claim” that her cousin’s friend’s testicles swelled after he received the Covid-19 vaccine in her home country of Trinidad. Dr. Terrence Deyalsingh, the health minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, said Minaj’s tweet late Monday to her more than 22 million… Read More »
If you need a Social Security Disability lawyer for Diabetes call us we are here to help at 1 – there are two major types of DM: type 1 and type 2. Discrimination stemming from diabetes is often because of ignorance of the condition and employers should be mindful as to the impact on the… Read More »
Once again the lure of a “simple” test has made headlines. This time the catalyst was a news release issued by the UK’s National Cancer Research Institute. Its title: “Simple blood test for early detection of breast cancer.” In fact, no such test exists. As the body of the PR news release acknowledged, it’s an… Read More »
New DNA-editing method could fix 89% of genetic diseases including sickle cell anemia, scientists claim CRISPR gene-editing was hailed as a revelation with the potential to correct DNA mutations that cause thousands of diseases But the necessary ‘cuts’ the tool makes to strands of DNA can disrupt the surrounding genetic code Some 10,000 disease are… Read More »
Transforming healthcare revenue cycle performance takes more than a focus on days in accounts receivable, a metric that reflects the speed with which reimbursement is collected from health plans. To truly overhaul revenue cycle management, hospitals must start with a primary predictor of performance: their clean claim rate. A hospital’s clean claim rate reflects the… Read More »