Federal agencies include pulmonary embolism in heart disease death totals. Not tackling the condition keeps heart disease rates high.

Q: What do the following patients have in common? A 25 year old new mother with a blood clot (PE) postpartum. A 30 year old with a blood clot (PE) after COVID infection. A 40 year old with a blood clot (PE) after returning from a long-distance airlines flight. A 65 year old with a…

To my insurer, the NC State Health Plan, about their and CVS Caremark’s dangerous decision to limit anticoagulant choice.

The following was emailed to Dale Folwell, State Treasurer of North Carolina and the Board of Trustees of the State Health Plan on December 12, 2021. Dear Treasurer Folwell and Members of the Board, I am a former State Employee and the spouse of a current State Employee.  I have the NC State Health Plan…

Why are medical care guidelines kept behind journal paywalls?

Think you and your doctor can access the latest expert knowledge about your medical condition?  Think again. Imagine you have cancer and receive chemotherapy. You develop a complication--a life-threatening blood clot, the second leading cause of death in cancer patients after the cancer itself. You’re frightened. What should your doctor do to save your life?…

EXCLUSIVE: Historic cemeteries became Wall Street traded commodities, now financial trouble looms

How do you turn a profit off a cemetery? That is the question now facing a financially troubled international firm owning what were once community-run cemeteries across the country.  The answer has far reaching implications for grieving families seeking comfort in the new 'death care industry' where there are few regulations. StoneMor Partners L.P.,  a…