(Natural News) The American Cancer Society estimates that over 1.7 million new cancer cases will have been diagnosed in 2019, and that it will kill over 600,000 Americans this year. Many of us have been touched by this terrifying disease, either through a personal diagnosis or through the loss of a loved one. But, despite […]

(Natural News) It’s the stuff of horror movies: A patient enters the hospital for a routine surgery – perhaps the removal of his appendix – and wakes up after the surgery to discover that an entirely different body part has been removed – perhaps his kidney. With the reams and reams of forms that patients […]

(Natural News) In case you needed another reason to avoid going to the hospital, a new study has shown that it’s the human contact in hospitals that is behind the spread of some deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The observational study was carried out in a French hospital, where researchers gave hundreds of patients and health care […]

(Natural News) The Trump administration is currently in the process of finalizing a new price transparency rule that, once it comes into effect in January 2021, will force all hospitals to publish their service prices publicly for the benefit of consumers. Currently, hospitals are allowed to charge whatever prices they want to for services, typically […]

(Natural News) United States District Judge Paul Engelmayer from the Southern District of New York has shot down a rule put into effect by the Trump administration that would have exempted health care workers from having to perform or assist in abortions against their will. Citing it as “unconstitutional,” Judge Engelmayer decided that rule, which […]

(Natural News) The Affordable Care Act continues to be anything but affordable. (Article by Dagny Taggart republished from TheOrganicPrepper.com) In fact, the healthcare system in the US is in terrible financial shape. A new study has revealed that waste and needless spending in America’s healthcare system could amount to almost $1 trillion each year. This exceeds the total US military […]

(Natural News) In case we needed another reminder of how terribly things can go wrong when we place too much trust in technology, an attack on the computers of a healthcare system in Wyoming forced a hospital to transfer patients and cancel surgeries. The problem was caused by a ransomware attack that took control of […]

(Natural News) Antibiotic-resistant infections remain a serious problem in hospitals throughout the world, and they’re widely considered to be one of the biggest health threats we are facing today. Unfortunately, the very places people go for treating such infections also happen to be major breeding grounds for superbug infections, and it’s impacting patients and doctors […]

(Natural News) Hospitals may want to consider changing the lights they use in their rooms, especially for patients who suffered a cardiac arrest. A study published in the journal Experimental Neurology found a link between exposure to white light at night – the kind that typically illuminates hospital rooms – and inflammation, brain cell death, […]

(Natural News) Researchers found a way to help people get out of the hospital as soon as possible. A new meta-analysis published in the journal Nutrients suggests that the administration of vitamin C can shorten the length of stay of a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) on average by about eight percent. For […]