If someone calls and says you need to give them your personal information or money to get the new Medicare card, hang up! It’s a scam.
Courts forcing states to provide costly hepatitis C treatment
Courts have ruled states cannot withhold potentially life-saving but expensive medications from Medicaid beneficiaries and prison inmates who have hepatitis C.
Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond
Many employers — ill-equipped or unwilling to confront an issue they are at a loss to handle — turn a blind eye to addiction within their workforce.
As cities push for paid sick leave, states push back
A split is growing between cities that want to require private companies to give workers paid sick days and states that are determined to stop them.
Trump Administration Proposes Weakening Rules Governing Organ Transplant Centers
The rules, said to be proposed to reduce “burdensome” regulations, would no longer penalize hospitals if too many of their patients die following transplants.
Where to draw the line on workplace wellness incentives
In some cases, the dollar amount is so high that employees feel they have little choice but to participate.
Most Hospital ERs Won’t Treat Your Addiction. These Will.
Despite an overdose epidemic that is killing nearly 200 Americans a day, the vast majority of hospitals do not offer addiction treatment to ER patients.
Five popular hangover cures, reviewed by experts
‘Hair of the dog’ and other hangover remedies. Do they work? Here’s the evidence behind what works – and what doesn’t
Medical center’s cozy deal with start-up ignites new uproar
The center’s pathologists have objected to the deal, saying it is unfair that the founders received equity that relies on the pathologists’ expertise and work
Binge drinking and blackouts in college
Binge drinking in the college brain may impair not only learning but memorizing. Deficiencies could make studying very difficult, and far less productive.
Blacks, Native Americans left out of cancer drug trials
Black people and Native Americans are under-represented in clinical trials, even when the drugs are aimed at a cancer that disproportionately affects them.
I can’t sleep. What drugs can I (safely) take?
Long-term regular use of medicines to promote sleep should be avoided, as initial effectiveness declines over a few weeks and dependence, side effects increase.
Day-Tripping To The Dispensary: Seniors In Pain Hop Aboard The Canna-Bus
Among the fastest growing group of pot users are people over 50, with especially steep increases being seen among those 65 and older.
The Homeless Get Sick; ‘Street Medicine’ Is There for Them
“Street medicine” to serve the homeless has surged within the past decade, growing into a network of programs in over 85 cities and in 15 countries
Closing the rural-urban cancer survival gap
Rural cancer patients would likely survive just as long as their city-dwelling counterparts if they received “guideline care” available in clinical trials.