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Apps That Need Doctor’s Prescription Could Be Wave Of Future Or Just ‘Meaningless’ Rebranding
Some doctors say the app-based treatments are just like any pill they’d prescribe but others aren’t so won over.
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani has kept a low profile as the No. 2 at the embattled Theranos. But now, facing fraud charges, he’s going to be dragged into the center of attention.
Sharp premium spikes helped those insurers still in the marketplace actually make money on individual plans.
The National Academy of Sciences on Friday released the first in-depth report in more than 40 years about the state of science around abortion safety and quality in the United States.
Abortion Provision Still A Thorn In Spending Bill Negotiations As Shutdown Deadline Looms
Most major funding disputes have been settled, but lawmakers are holding firm over an abortion measure designed to make sure that Planned Parenthood receives a lion’s share of federal family planning grants.
Louise Slaughter, Who Played Key Role In Health Law Passage, Dies At 88
Rep. Louise Slaughter, of New York, was chairwoman of the rules committee when Democrats were in the majority in the House from 2007 to 2010. The panel controls the debate and amendment process on the House floor, and she used its power to advance the Affordable Care Act, which passed the House by just five votes in 2009.
President Donald Trump’s plan to battle the opioid crisis includes a fresh public-awareness campaign about drug abuse, a research-and-development partnership between the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies into opioid prescription alternatives, tougher sentences for fentanyl traffickers, and screening of all prison inmates for opioid addiction.
AIDS Expert Being Vetted For CDC Director Spot Left Empty After Tobacco-Stocks Controversy
The review process of Dr. Robert Redfield will likely be thorough after the previous director, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, resigned over financial conflicts of interest.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Paying Hospitals To Keep People Out Of Hospitals? It Works In Maryland.
The state’s ambitious payment overhaul has begun to demonstrate savings and a change in culture, say new reports.
Docs Worry There’s ‘Nowhere To Send’ New And Expectant Moms With Depression
California’s legislature will soon take up a bill that would require doctors to screen pregnant women and new mothers for mental health problems. Many doctors oppose the idea, and laws elsewhere haven’t increased the number of moms treated.
Matrimonio captura en video sus últimos días de vida
Bajo la ley de muerte digna de Oregon, Charlie y Francie Emerick, casados durante 66 años y ambos con enfermedades terminales, decidieron morir el mismo día, tomados de la mano. Una de sus hijas grabó el video.
With Some Republican Support, Virginia Edges Closer To Medicaid Expansion
More than a dozen Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates voted to expand Medicaid, and at least one state senator may be leaning in favor of expansion. It will be the hot topic as legislators are called back to Richmond to hash out a budget in the special session starting April 11.
Opinion pages highlight these health care topics and others.
Research Roundup: Payday Loans; Human Trafficking; And How Psychopaths See The World
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Media outlets report on news from Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, California, Minnesota, Florida, Georgia and Massachusetts.
Two Drug Crises Collide In Older Patients Being Prescribed Opioids While Hooked On Benzos
But even apart from the added dangers of opioids, advocates say there are too many older Americans relying on anti-anxiety drugs and sleep medications. In other public health news: genetic tests, mutations, our ancestors, heart health, CTE, adults on Adderall, and more.
After Mass Shootings, ‘Why?’ Often Becomes The Most Important Question No One Can Answer
A month after the Parkland, Fla. school massacre, officials still don’t have an explanation for the event. Meanwhile, more states are creating anonymous tip lines to try to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again. And a wrongful death lawsuit in Connecticut could decide if gunmakers can be held responsible for mass shootings.
“Their dreams of future children were irrevocably destroyed,” Adam Wolf, the lawyer for a family suing the San Francisco fertility center, said. “They entrusted their eggs and embryos after exhausting other avenues to have children.”
Virginia was the first state to see its Legislature reshaped by an anti-Trump wave, but while many seats in the House were nabbed by Democrats, the Senate wasn’t touched.