COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: By Joseph Burns It's well past time to dispense with the idea that hospital mergers reduce costs. Hospital administrators and their public relations' teams promote this idea every time they announce plans to buy or merge with another hospital or health system. But that idea is untrue, according to a recent report from health economists who show that from 2002 to 2020, U.S. hospitals we  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Aug. 2 -- The American Kidney Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * AKF highlighted the growth and ongoing success of its National Virtual Camp program for children and teens with kidney disease. * * * The American Kidney Fund (AKF) today highlighted the growth and ongoing success of its National Virtual Camp program for children and teens with kidney disease - the only virtual program of its kind for pediatric kidney patients. The camp program   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest School of Medicine issued the following news release: Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have received a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to study the effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatments for migraine. "More than 45 million Americans have migraine, which can be severely debilitating," said  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 1 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Sixteen-year-old Madelyne Tucker arrives early to set up her display for the WF LEAP symposium in the lobby of Wake Downtown. There's a microscope, computer and mosquitoes. As visitors stop by her booth, she asks them to look under the microscope and pick which type of mosquito it is by looking at three photos. "We set traps and gathered mosquitos in Winston-Salem," said Tucker. "Getting mosquitos full  more