Considering Fat Loss Supplements? A new military study finds that many are not what they seem.

Airman shops for supplements

Most weight-loss supplements sold online at a discount to service members and tested by Defense Department researchers are mislabeled, and some contain substances banned for troop consumption, a new analysis has found. The researchers, who investigated whether service members are at risk of ingesting unsafe products, tested 30 weight-loss supplements available online and in stores … Read more

HCA pruned Mission Hospital staff and reaped soaring profits, academic study finds

HCA pruned Mission Hospital staff and reaped soaring profits, academic study finds

By Grace Vitaglione, Carolina Public Press Staff cuts have boosted patient care profits at Mission Hospital in Asheville after HCA Healthcare acquired the facility, according to a draft report by Mark Hall, director of the health law and policy program at the Wake Forest University. The report tracked the hospitals’ profits from 2011 to 2022 … Read more