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Instead of loading patients up with as much chemotherapy as a patient's body can take, oncologist Dr. Robert Gatenby tried a different approach. In other public health news: women caretakers, red-light deaths, nature as a cure, tattoos and allergic reactions, and exercise.
The new study showed that when a woman gives birth by cesarean section, autism in the child is 33% more likely and the odds of ADHD increase by 17%. But experts say the truth is more nuanced than those startling numbers suggest, mostly because there could be a third factor at play that researchers didn't take into account.
The company is the latest social media organization to take action against anti-vaccination information that spreads like wildfire through such sites. Meanwhile, officials say there's a "reasonable chance" the country will lose its measles elimination status because of the recent outbreaks.
The Nashville Tennessean dives into the story of the Reeves-Sain shop in Murfreesboro, Tenn., where DEA data shows that even if the company supplied every single nursing home and hospice patient in the Southern U.S., the pharmacy would have outnumbered patients with opioid pills by about 13 to 1. Other news on the opioid crisis comes out of Washington state and North Carolina.
The Obama-era rule required that patients be informed of their right to language interpretation services. The change is part of a larger Trump administration proposal that also would relax nondiscrimination protections in health care for LGBTQ populations, women and people with disabilities. Meanwhile, clinics are already reporting a "chilling effect" from the White House's "public charge" change and officials in California ask a judge to block the new rule.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two Nebraska residents who are currently uninsured but would be eligible for expanded Medicaid. State officials have argued they need to implement expansion methodically, and the 2020 implementation date gives them time to make sure the rollout is relatively glitch-free. Medicaid news comes out of Kansas and Connecticut as well.
Up to 30 percent of prescriptions don't get filled because patients don't know if they'll be able to afford the drug. When prescribing medication, doctors should take that into consideration, experts say. “The best drug in the world isn’t going to be effective if the patient doesn’t take it,” said Dana Goldman, a health economist. In other pharmaceutical news: Medicare's duplicate payments, concerns about anti-depressants, high hep C drug prices, blood pressure medication and more.
Experts throughout the country are starting to suspect that marijuana oil rather than nicotine is the culprit in the cases. FDA and CDC officials say they're doing the painstaking work of unraveling the mystery of what connects the illnesses, but many are frustrated that more hasn't been done to alert the public.
The company has drawn fire from agencies, Congress and states over the teen vaping epidemic. By May 2021, Juul will stop selling through any retailer that hasn’t adopted the age-verification system, which blocks the sale until the customer's license has been scanned.
The notice of violation against the University of Vermont Medical Center is the Office for Civil Rights' first such action since Director Roger Severino launched the Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom in 2018. The unnamed nurse says she was misled into thinking the procedure was related to a miscarriage and feared for her job when she found out it was an abortion. University of Vermont Medical Center disputes the events described by the nurse.
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Diverting funds appropriated by Congress is permitted only in extraordinary circumstances, and Democrats disagree that the crisis at the border warrants such a decision. The move comes as Puerto Rico, which still hasn't recovered from past disasters, braces for Tropical Storm Dorian.
Rhode Island will receive additional funds from HHS because the expected lower premiums created by the reinsurance fund will save the federal government money by reducing the amount it spends on tax credits in the state. Other health insurance and coverage news focuses on: innovation funds, states' Medicaid programs, and transgender care.
Editorials and opinion writers examine a wide variety of health issues from lead in water to guns to immigration.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now saying that all adults between the ages of 18 and 79 should be screened for hepatitis C despite their risk level.
Media outlets report on news from New Jersey, California, Maryland, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Georgia and Wisconsin.
As many as 11 patients' deaths may be under investigation as officials look into allegations stemming from care at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
The decline in mortality rates from heart disease has slowed, and have plateaued for stroke and diabetes. In other public health news: artificial intelligence, the benefits of exercise, DNA information, school lunch, testosterone, air pollution and more.
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