The prevalence of the disease has roughly tripled since the late 1970s, according to recent surveys, with about 8 million Americans now suffering gout. And an increasing percentage of these patients are women, which also goes against the stereotype.
With their pinkish, translucent and wrinkly skin, double-saber buck teeth and black-bead eyes, naked mole rats look like characters in a nightmare from hell. In fact, they do live underground in pitch-dark burrows where their air, from a human point of view, can contain chokingly little oxygen, t...
In a shift from the current model, some medical practices are sidelining health insurers entirely, instead charging patients a membership fee each month.