Aerial view of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Some hospitals in Texas and around the U.S. are seeing high profits, even as their bills force patients into debt. Of the nation’s 20 most populous counties, none has a higher concentration of medical debt than Tarrant County, home to Fort Worth. Jupiterimages/Getty […]
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Bristol, PA — (SBWIRE) — 12/01/2020 — With most dental practices in Philadelphia, including Center City Emergency Dentist, limiting their services due to the COVID pandemic, people must be vigilant about their oral care routine now more than ever. The highly sought after and experienced dental team at CCED is […]
SAN JOSE — In the Emergency Department at East San Jose’s Regional Medical Center, beds spill into the corridors. The waiting room is nearly full and, as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic surges, so is the COVID ward on the second floor. In the Intensive Care Unit during […]
© Inquam Photos/tvmneant.ro/Flavius Corfu/Reuters Firefighters at the hospital in Piatra Neamt, Romania, on November 14, 2020. Inquam Photos/tvmneant.ro/Flavius Corfu/Reuters A fire killed 10 COVID-19 patients in a Romanian hospital, and badly hurt a doctor who tried to rescue them, according to multiple reports. The doctor who stayed to try and […]
Video report by ITV News Health Editor Emily Morgan A hospital in Blackburn already has more Covid patients now than at the peak of the pandemic in April, as one doctor says he is more concerned about running out of oxygen than space. Currently, the Royal Blackburn Hospital is at […]
Over the past three and a half decades, money raised through Fantasy of Trees has helped the hospital purchase several life-saving items for its patients KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Inside the neonatal intensive care unit at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Taylar Collins places the oxygen tube in her son’s nose before […]
People in need of dental treatment should not be put in the “invidious position” of being forced to pay for private treatment because of a backlog of NHS appointments due to the coronavirus shutdown, Scotland’s chief dental officer has said. © A dentist treating a patient while in PPE. Tom […]
When Darius Settles died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of July, his family and the city of Nashville, Tennessee, were shocked. Even the mayor noted the passing of a 30-year-old without any underlying conditions — one of the city’s youngest fatalities at that point. Settles was also uninsured and had […]
A prospective study examining links between diet quality and survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) found no link between diet at the initiation of first-line treatment and overall survival. For the study, Erin Van Blarigan, ScD, of the University of California San Francisco, and colleagues assessed “validated food […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday requested to use a medical center at Fort Bliss for non-COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases surge in the El Paso area. The request comes as COVID-19 cases have been increasing throughout Texas and the country. Abbott said Saturday that he had spoken to Dr. […]
By PETER DEJONG and MIKE CORDER, Associated Press ALMERE, Netherlands (AP) — A bright yellow helicopter rose into a blue sky Friday carrying a COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands to a German intensive care unit, the first such international airlift since the pandemic first threatened to swamp Dutch hospitals in […]
When Angela Settles’ husband, Darius, got sick with COVID-19, he was worried about medical bills. He worked two jobs but had no health insurance. Blake Farmer/WPLN News hide caption toggle caption Blake Farmer/WPLN News When Angela Settles’ husband, Darius, got sick with COVID-19, he was worried about medical bills. He […]
A bright-yellow helicopter rose into a blue sky Friday carrying a COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands to a German intensive care unit, the first such international airlift since the pandemic first threatened to swamp Dutch hospitals in the spring. The clatter of the helicopter’s rotors as it lifted off from […]
An Alaska dentist was also filmed riding a hoverboard during a procedure on a patient who was under anesthesia was convicted on 46 counts of defrauding the federal Medicaid program has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton found Seth Lookhart, 35, guilty Jan. […]
Seth Lookhart, 35, was convicted on 46 felony and misdemeanor counts in January, including medical assistance fraud, scheme to defraud, illegal practice of dentistry and reckless endangerment. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton sentenced Lookhart on Monday to serve 20 years in jail with eight years suspended, the statement said. […]
Seth Lookhart, 35, was convicted on 46 felony and misdemeanor counts in January, including medical assistance fraud, scheme to defraud, illegal practice of dentistry and reckless endangerment. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton sentenced Lookhart on Monday to serve 20 years in jail with eight years suspended, the statement said. […]
JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) ─ A Johnston dentist believes dentistry is an essential business, but argues that it hasn’t been treated as such throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Rupesh Udeshi, dentist and co-owner of Dental Associates of Rhode Island, said the months his practice was closed had a big impact on the […]
Slowly, but surely, dentist’s offices are reopening for routine cleanings and nonemergency procedures. Since March many dentists — though considered essential in the state — had remained open only for emergency procedures while postponing nonemergency care under recommendations from the American Dental Association to help “flatten the curve.” Gavin Uchida, […]
Facility opening on the campus of the former St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles Video of Los Angeles Surge Hospital SACRAMENTO – A new COVID-19 treatment center in the former St. Vincent Medical Center will begin accepting COVID-19 transfer patients from other hospitals in the region on April 13. The […]
Eniyident is an Istanbul-based dental spa that specializes in cosmetic dentistry like veneers, teeth whitening and braces. The company has amassed a following of 124,000 on Instagram thanks to its smile transformations. A recent video shows a patient in the process of receiving zirconia crowns. Zirconia crowns have a multitude […]