Viewpoints: Health Care Needs To Be Top Focus Of Dems In 2020; Trump’s Plan For Transparency Is No Cure-All, But Can Help Lower Hospital Costs
Opinion writers weigh in on these health care issues and others.
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Different Takes: Push Back On Marijuana Legislation Tells Story Of Parents’ Concerns For Their Teens
Editorial pages focus on the marijuana legislation and its impact on public health.
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State Highlights: Where Hope For The Best Fails: Nearly 60% Of Women Experience Violence In Alaska; Enforced Staffing Ratios Would Cost $3B Yearly, New York Hospital Group Claims
Media outlets report on news from Alaska, New York, Florida, Minnesota, Arizona, Louisiana, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Georgia, Iowa, Texas and Michigan.
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California Rolls Out Program On Background Checks For Ammunition Purchases, While Gun Advocates Stock Up, File Lawsuit
Background checks can help authorities discover guns that aren’t registered with the state, gun safety advocates say, adding that the program could have prevented last week’s fatal shooting of rookie Sacramento police officer Tara O’Sullivan. Meanwhile, gun owner groups complain about the new ID requirement. News on gun violence is from Missouri, as well.
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‘They Paved The Way’ For LGBTQ Rights, But Many Trans, Gay People Of Color Still Live In Poverty, Poor Health
Many of the leaders of the gay rights movement during the Stonewall Riots have been denied the benefits of the revolution. Also, members of the LGBTQ community discuss the successes and failures of the movement with PBS.
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Football Players Dominate Research On CTE, But One Woman Wonders If Victims Of Domestic Violence Wouldn’t Show Same Symptoms
As many as 31 million women might have had a traumatic brain injury and 21 million might have had multiple mild ones. Yet there's little research on the lasting effects in women. In other public health news: worker safety, burnout, genetic testing, wildfires, heart attacks, menstrual products, and anger.
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Link Between Common Class Of Drugs, Increase In Dementia Risk Deepened With Wide-Ranging Study
The researchers looked at anticholinergic drugs that work by blocking a chemical called acetylcholine, which acts as a neurotransmitter and is involved in many nervous system functions including muscle movements, heart rate, the widening of blood vessels, respiratory functions and muscle contractions in the stomach during digestion. Previous research has found a link between the drugs and dementia, but a new study strengthens those findings.
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San Francisco Becomes First City In Nation To Ban Sale Of E-Cigarettes, Possibly Leading The Way For Others
"This is a decisive step to help prevent another generation of San Francisco children from becoming addicted to nicotine," said City Attorney Dennis Herrera in a statement. The city is the headquarters for Juul, one of the leading brands of e-cigarettes. The company is working on a ballot initiative to get the issue out in front of voters in November.
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False, Misleading Information On Cancer ‘Cures’ Thrives On YouTube, Ensnaring Patients At Their Most Vulnerable Time
“People with a new cancer diagnosis are often feeling vulnerable and scared,” said Renee DiResta, a researcher who studies disinformation. Facing the horrors of such a diagnosis and treatment, some people start searching for information and community online. But even as tech giants like YouTube and Facebook try to crack down on false health information shared on their platforms, it's nearly impossible to get it all. In other health and technology news: robocalls, securing data and digital chronic disease management.
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Permanent Injunction Ordered Against Stem Cell Treatment At Florida Clinic That’s Blinded Three Patients
Although the injunction applies only to one company, it is widely seen as a warning to others that perform similar procedures. The stem cell industry has flourished widely without regulations, but officials are starting to crack down on dangerous, unproven treatments.
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Facing The Upcoming Loss Of Blockbuster Drug’s Patent Protections, AbbVie Buys Allergan In Mega $63B Deal
“This is the age of blockbusters,” said David Maris, an analyst for Wells Fargo who follows the drug industry. “And when blockbusters start to go away, companies don’t have too many things they can do.” AbbVie is under pressure to diversify its portfolio and its shares have lost more than a third of their value since January 2018 over concerns as the patent expiration on Humira, its top-selling drug, approaches.
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House Approves $4.5B Package To Send Humanitarian Aid To Border To Address ‘Atrocity That Violates Every Value We Have’
The package faces an uphill battle, though. Democrats will now dive into negotiations with Senate GOP leaders, in a difficult bid to get the long-delayed aid package signed into law before leaving town Thursday for a weeklong recess.
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‘They’re Treating Them Like Animals’: 100 Migrant Children Moved Back To Facility That Sparked Reports Of Inhumane Treatment
A Border Patrol spokesman said the accusations of inhumane conditions is being investigated, but that the agency was using the controversial Clint station as a “consolidated” holding facility “to streamline transfer to HHS and to accommodate separate holding areas based on age and gender.” Meanwhile, amid the turmoil, Mark Morgan, who President Donald Trump installed as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in early June, will take over as acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, replacing John Sanders.
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Judges Who Sealed Evidence In Early Opioid Cases Fly Under Radar In Blame Game, But They Contributed To Length, Depth Of Crisis
As the country begins to take full account of contributing factors that led to the opioid epidemic, there is blame to be found in unexpected places. Meanwhile, tensions emerge in the sweeping opioid case being overseen by Judge Dan Polster in Ohio. The disputes simmered mostly in the background until this week, when a majority of the nation's state attorneys general signed letters warning of problems with lawyers' plans for creating a mechanism to divide any settlement money among nearly 25,000 local and county governments.
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The Same Hospitals That Enjoy Tax-Exempt Status Hound Low-Income Patients With Aggressive Collection Efforts
A new study finds that while not every hospital sues over unpaid bills, a few sue a lot. "Hospitals were built — mostly by churches — to be a safe haven for people regardless of one's race, creed or ability to pay. Hospitals have a nonprofit status — most of them — for a reason," says Martin Makary, one of the JAMA study's authors and a surgeon and researcher at Johns Hopkins Medicine. "They're supposed to be community institutions."
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North Dakota’s Only Abortion Clinic Sues Over Laws It Says Force Doctors To Lie To Patients
North Dakota is among eight states, including five in the last year, to pass or amend laws requiring doctors to tell women undergoing medication abortions they can still have a live birth after the procedure. "The First Amendment prohibits the government from hijacking the doctor-patient relationship to advance a political agenda," said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. Meanwhile, Missouri's last-remaining clinic asks for an extension to keep providing abortions past Friday.
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Graphic Photo Of Drowned Father And Daughter Captures Real Human Struggle Beneath Immigration Rhetoric
Like other powerful photographs that have come to represent the broader global immigration crisis, the picture resonated with people across the U.S. as it made its rounds on social media Tuesday. In other news on the crisis: immigration court and a walk-out by Wayfair employees.
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In Midst Of A Suicide Crisis, VA Utilizes Algorithm To Try To Identify Those At Risk And Reach Out Before It’s Too Late
Since the Department of Veterans Affairs adopted the technology in 2017, about 250 fewer veterans have died by suicide than would have been expected based on the previous rate, according to the agency's estimates. It's not clear how big a role the algorithms played in the reported decline. Meanwhile, veterans exposed to a chemical weapon while fighting in Iraq are fighting to be recognized by the government.
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Senate Finance Democrats Push For Drug Companies To Pay Back Rebates To Medicare, But Some Republicans Remain Skittish
The Republicans are nervous the far-reaching proposals to limit increases in Medicare could tip-toe close to price controls for drugs, which Republicans have long opposed. Meanwhile, lawmakers in the House also debate Medicare and drug prices.
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Health Care Likely To Be A Source Of Tension As 2020 Democratic Candidates Take The Stage For Debates
2020 Democratic candidates will take the stage in Miami over two nights in a political extravaganza that marks a new phase in the sprawling campaign to take on President Donald Trump. Health care has emerged as one of the dividing issues between the candidates, so it will likely make an appearance over the course of the debates. Meanwhile, a new poll shows that Trump is vulnerable in battleground states when it comes to health care.
By brilabuskes