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Sarah Schroeder wrote about medicine and science for The Texas Tribune in 2016 while completing a master's in public health UT-Austin, where she studied health promotion, health communication, and health disparities.
Forest Park Medical Center’s luxury hospitals operated a $40 million kickback scheme involving more than half a billion dollars in fraudulent claims, according to a grand jury that indicted 21 people, including several physicians. Full Story
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In this week’s Q&A, we interview Michael Heffernan, the director of GuidaBot LLC R&D and Fannin Innovation Studio Principal, about the GuidaBot robotic-arm project and its healthcare implications. Full Story
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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, which operates health plans in Texas, Arizona, Michigan, California and Illinois that insure about 139,000 people, plans to scale back in 2017. Full Story
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A recent study found nearly 40 percent of Americans had at least one chronic medical condition. Full Story
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UroLift was found effective in treating symptoms of enlarged prostate without causing sexual side effects. Full Story
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In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Pharmageddon: A Nation Betrayed. Full Story
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MD Anderson teams with the Cancer Therapy and Research Center, part of the UT Health Science Center, to offer more cancer services in San Antonio. Full Story
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Sleepy mutants sleep too much, whilst dreamless mutants lack deep sleep. Full Story
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New efforts aim to reduce and track the opioid market, but the availability of illegal alternatives, insufficient treatment centers and poor prescribing habits threaten to perpetuate the crisis of opioid abuse. Full Story
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Researchers say polio drugs could potentially be effective against a mysterious condition called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) attacking children. Full Story
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