Perspectives: Regard Suicide As Medical Problem, Invest In Research
Following the deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, conversation continues around suicide and depression.
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Following the deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, conversation continues around suicide and depression.
Media outlets report on news from California, Ohio, Massachusetts, Missouri and Kansas.
Children end up having to wait years to get help. Families have filed a class action lawsuit against South Carolina asserting that the state is violating the law by not providing medically necessary treatment. Medicaid news comes out of Iowa and Ohio, as well.
Envision contracts with hospitals and health systems to provide doctors and clinicians for emergency medicine, anesthesiology and radiology, among other specialties. It also owns 261 surgery centers and a surgical hospital.
From on-campus doctors to plans that are negotiated directly with nearby medical systems, which can earn bonuses for keeping employees healthy, big companies are looking for ways to drive down the huge line item on their budget.
Patients whose vision is improved to 20/20 are considered success stories, but just because they can now see the little letters on the charts doesn't mean the procedure went off without a hitch. In other public health news: PrEP and HIV; the nationwide DNA research initiative; lobotomies; belly fat; exercise; genetic tests; hunger and irritation; 3D organs; and more.
The death toll from Pulse ranks as the second-most lethal mass shooting in the United States, surpassed only by the 59 lives lost when a gunman opened fire in October 2017 on an outdoor country music festival from a high-rise hotel window in Las Vegas and then killed himself.
Also, researchers examining the impact of social media on the mental health of college students report negative experiences increased symptoms of depression.
Although the companies' stocks took a huge hit, experts "haven't freaked out" at the findings.
The nation's leading doctors group on Monday voted 56-44 percent to keep studying its current guidance, which states that medically-assisted deaths are “fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.”
The Department of Education has launched an investigation into the university's response into complaints against Dr. George Tyndall and his alleged misconduct going back decades.
Hospitals are worried about the financial burden of the rule, and say that it's redundant because protections for employees' religious beliefs are already in place.
The lawmakers signed a letter that encouraged congressional leaders to relax a policy enacted earlier this year that put drug companies on the hook for a higher percentage of seniors’ prescription drug costs beginning in 2019. Meanwhile, HHS officials are meeting with drug companies to push for voluntary price cuts.
The agency released guidelines on Monday specifically geared toward helping states use Medicaid to help infants born addicted to opioids. Meanwhile, lawmakers worry that the FDA is not doing enough to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the country.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers focus on these and other health care issues.
Opinion writers focus on the CDC's report about a nationwide spike in suicides and the loss of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain.
Opinion pages focus on the administration's position not to defend the constitutionality of key parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Media outlets report on news from California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Virginia, Louisiana, Iowa and Wyoming.
New Hampshire had been the only New England state without protections for transgender people. It joins 19 other states in doing so.
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