Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe.

JoEllen Zembruski-Ruple, while in the care of New York City’s renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,…

Trump’s Team Cited Safety in Limiting Covid Shots. Patients, Health Advocates See More Risk.

Larry Saltzman has blood cancer. He’s also a retired doctor, so he knows getting covid-19 could…

Rural Patients Face Tough Choices When Their Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies

Arielle Zionts WINNER, S.D. — Sophie Hofeldt planned to receive prenatal care and give birth at…

Black patients with both diabetes and hypertension face higher dementia risk

Study finds the risk increases later in life By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs May 15, 2025…

Pain Clinic CEO Faced 20 Years for Making Patients ‘Human Pin Cushions.’ He Got 18 Months.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal prosecutors sought a maximum prison sentence of nearly 20 years for the…

Alabama Can’t Prosecute Groups Helping Patients Get Abortions Elsewhere, Judge Rules

Reproductive rights groups in Alabama wasted no time resuming their work after a federal judge ruled…

Here’s how cancer patients on Medicare can save money on treatments

A new Medicare program caps the cost of expensive drugs By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs April…

California Halts Medical Parole, Sends Several Critically Ill Patients Back to Prison

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has halted a court-ordered medical parole program, opting instead to send its…

In Rural Massachusetts, Patients and Physicians Weigh Trade-Offs of Concierge Medicine

Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west…