Fined by the Nevada medical board and ordered to stop performing abortions, Dr. Algis Martell had a decision to make.
As so many doctors do when they make a mess of their primary specialty, Martell decided to get a makeover.
It’s doubtful that so many health journalists would have covered the case of the late Dr. Mel Levine if he had not appeared on Oprah.
This story is Part 3 of a 15-part series that examines health care needs in Gary, Ind.
Health journalists and patient advocates should be on high alert for the changes that are sure to come with the announcement last week that the FDA has approved the Lap-Band device for nearly every person with a few pounds to lose.
Consumers Union is offering a great opportunity for people focused on health care and health journalism to make their voices heard.
From now until next Friday, Feb. 25, Consumer Union’s Safe Patient Project will be gathering opinions from people about Medicare’s new Physician Compare site to submit as part of Medicare’s open comment period on the site.
Prescription drug costs continue to climb for West Virginia, despite efforts to rein them in.
West Virginia's two Republican U.S. representatives voted with GOP colleagues Wednesday to overturn federal health care reform.
This story is Part 8 of a 15-part series that examines health care needs in Gary, Ind.
Gary resident Teresa Johnson said she recognizes the woman in the “before” pictures and remembers her pain.
Johnson, 50, who worked with developmentally disabled adults in Lake and Porter counties before becoming disabled, said she has been overweight all her life.
“I had very little success losing weight on my own,” she said. “I’d lose weight and then gain it right back. But last year I needed a knee replacement surgery and didn’t want to have it while I was still morbidly obese.”
Prescription drug abuse is growing nationwide, but West Virginia was one of the first places hit by the problem. When I picked this topic, I didn't realize how complex it was. The drugs are widely available. Doctors are struggling to treat pain with effective medications without supplying drug abusers. And prescription drug crimes have proven difficult to prosecute.
This is the third in a four-part series examining prescription drug abuse in West Virginia.
