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In other news on veterans' health news, an Air Force Academy clinic warns gastrointestinal patients of possible risks from tainted scopes. And in Colorado, PTSD is close to approval for the state's medical marijuana program.
Also, stories on maternal mortality rates, a mystery disease, salmonella cases linked to chicken contact, an increase in Alzheimer's cases among Latinos and concussions among women are in public health news.
The plans are nonbinding, but it is the first step toward addressing the ever-increasing threat. It was only the fourth time the General Assembly had taken up a health issue. Others were HIV, noncommunicable disease and Ebola.
“The funding seems to fill a gap,” said Dr. Jonathan Lim. “They’re tackling basic science and prevention, which tend to be relatively less well-funded areas, compared to translational and clinical efforts.”
Internal documents obtained by Stat show that Abbott heavily incentivized its sales staff to push OxyContin, borrowing language from the Middle Age crusades. Sales reps were called “royal crusaders” and “knights” in internal documents, and they were supervised by the “Royal Court of OxyContin." The head of pain care sales, Jerry Eichhorn, was the “King of Pain."
In an atmosphere that is newly hostile toward blockbuster mergers, companies are left to chase growth elsewhere. In other news, Sarepta is selling off stock so it can sink the millions into clinical trials and manufacturing for its just-approved muscular dystrophy drug.
Each insurer has accused the other of violating their merger agreement, the federal government says as part of its effort to block the deal. The comments, Justice said, “reveal the current state of hostility between defendants.”
The debate is a foreshadow of what could come if Hillary Clinton becomes president and Democrats push a public option. Meanwhile, the president of Enroll America talks with Politico about the dangers of gloomy predictions about the health law.
The bills, advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee, cover a wide-range of topics, including maternal care and mental health services. Meanwhile, Democrats are eyeing the spending bill as a way to get money to Flint, Mich., to help address the water crisis.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the chairman of the special committee investigating fetal tissue research, says Stem Express is not complying with the subpoena it was issued. Frank Radoslovich, the company's lawyer, however, says that its founder is protecting her staff. “These are real threats. Real people have been killed.”
But Heather Bresch defended the company's actions while trying to explain the industry's complex drug pricing structure.
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The officials reported to state lawmakers that nearly 88,000 applications for Medicaid eligibility were still pending on Sept. 6. The state has hired extra caseworkers and computer experts to help eliminate the backlog. Also in Arkansas, a legislative panel approved cutting some Medicaid benefits for mental health coverage. In Missouri, efforts to make Medicaid beneficiaries pay doctors for missed appointments are still a ways off.
Meanwhile, Kindred Healthcare has to pay $3 million after it failed to implement fixes to its billing system and Ascension is launching a rebranding campaign for its hospitals. Media outlets also offer coverage of hospitals and health systems out of California and Kansas.
Some programs are letting their students revise the classic Hippocratic Oath, and they are promising to never forget there's a human being on the other side of their stethoscope.
Overall the participants without fitness trackers lost 13 pounds, while the tech-enhanced group lost 7.7 pounds.
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