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The CDC report shows the number of reported cases of vector-borne diseases jumped from 27,388 cases in 2004 to more than 96,000 cases in 2016. Officials say there's no need to hide indoors, but people should be vigilant, especially with children.
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Interoperability received a nudge from CMS last week when the federal regulators announced a proposed rule to give patients more control over their health information.
Ocular melanoma occurs in about 6 out of every 1 million people, but more than a dozen have come down with it, including three friends. “It’s just hard to believe that there’s not a common thread here,” said Pat Cotham, a local health official. In other public health news: healthy habits, kids' exposure to animals, alcohol risks, gun safety, and more.
Concierge medicine is essentially a contract in which the patient pays an annual retainer to the physician. The model, which is becoming more popular, allows the patients more time with doctors and lets the doctors focus on about eight to ten patients a day instead of upwards of thirty.
The arguments are part of a patent war between the University of California and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Patents for the gene-editing technology could be worth billions.
“The condition of the room was the way it was when he went in, no other room was offered and no attempt to clean it up was made for the duration of his appointment,” Stephen Wilson, the veteran's father, posted on social media.
The Commonwealth Fund study also shows disparities across different states in relation to how much they embraced the health law when it was enacted. In the South, 20.7 percent of adults are uninsured, up from 15.8 percent in 2016.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) says he won't expand the program until state lawmakers find a way to fund it under his conditions, despite voters' approval of a ballot initiative with nearly 60 percent support. Meanwhile, Wisconsin residents sue the state over its refusal to pay for gender reassignment surgeries.
The proposal is part of an opioids legislative package that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says lawmakers are crafting. In other news: former Eli Lilly head Kurt Rasmussen is tapped to oversee the National Institute on Drug Abuse's unit that studies the efficacy and safety of devices and drugs used to treat substance use disorders; Kentucky struggles to handle the autopsies related to the crisis; a VA study offers clues on how hospitals can reduce prescriptions; and more.
"Dr. [Robert] Redfield has expressed to Secretary [Alex] Azar that he does not wish to have his compensation become a distraction for the important work of the CDC,” an HHS spokeswoman said.
Loneliness has the same effect on mortality as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, which makes it even more dangerous than obesity, says Cigna, which sponsored the study.
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In the midst of the opioid crisis, endocarditis cases are on the rise. The effects from the bacteria are costly and hard to treat, and doctors are warning patients that if they come back with the same problem, they might not get medical care for it. Meanwhile, drugmakers are pushing back against opioid taxes and the Department of Agriculture is sending money to needy communities to help boost services to treat addiction.
Cases of serious health consequences after patients have trusted stem cell clinics' promises are highlighting just how little oversight there is of the trendy businesses. In other public health news: strokes, gun control, emergency care, exercise, tumors and more.
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