Medical alert systems can be life-saving devices. With the push of a button, you can get help during a medical emergency, such as by having a dispatcher send an ambulance or notify loved ones. Some ...

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Last month, nearly 40,000 medical students were accepted into residency programs on “Match Day.” Surrounded by family and friends, these soon-to-be-physicians opened envelopes revealing where they ...

Most of Johns Hopkins University’s medical school students will have free tuition starting this fall, thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies, a longtime donor of the university, ...

Making medical school free for students has been hailed as a way to encourage more graduates to pursue specialties that are less lucrative and practice in underserved areas. Yet evidence suggests that ...

A local council member is stepping up to support a free medical clinic that serves uninsured and underinsured residents ...

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Regular Medicare (Parts A and B) won't pay for medical alert systems. Expensive medical alert systems like Life Alert aren't usually covered by Medicare Advantage plans. Under federal law, Medicare ...

Almost everything about medical school is stressful, from submitting stellar applications to landing a desirable residency to racking up hundreds of thousands in student loan debt. Going to medical ...

In the first minutes of the new film Judas and the Black Messiah, released Feb. 12, it shows archival footage of the free ambulance service started by the Black Panther Party’s Winston-Salem, N.C., ...