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Cherokee Nation

There is a critical need for more doctors in rural Oklahoma and on tribal lands. Thankfully, there is now a unique solution that will lead the nation in innovation and scope. For the first time in U.S. history, a Native American tribe is partnering with a top-ranked medical school to create the nation’s first tribally […]

WVU Doctoral Student Researches Treatment for Rare Blood Cancer

Ongoing research with West Virginia University’s clinical and translational science program aims to find better treatments for multiple myeloma, a rare but deadly form of blood cancer. Multiple myeloma develops in bone marrow, the spongy tissue found in the center of most bones, where red blood cells are produced. The disease itself is characterized by […]

New York Bill Aims to Get Insurance Coverage for Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana is legal in New York State but it’s too expensive for many people who need it. Some lawmakers are working to fix that. A bill has just been introduced in the Assembly that would require state public health plans, like Medicaid and Child Health Plus, to cover the drug. Read More

Maine Graduating More Nurses, But Shortage Still Looms

Maine’s current and projected shortage of registered nurses remains real despite some success among the state’s nursing programs in recent years to boost their numbers of graduates. The state recorded 801 nursing graduates from its public and private nursing programs in 2017, up from 659 in 2015, 701 in 2013 and 563 in 2011. Read […]

Midland University Nursing Program Making New Strides

Right after high school, Deborah Brester channeled her compassion for others – and an aversion to the idea of an office job – into a decision to become a registered nurse (RN). Her decades-long career has taken her from labor and delivery and surgery to management roles in long-term care, home health and hospice. “Eventually, […]

Former N.C. Mill Town Now Draws Medical Research Volunteers

At 97, Morrison lives in a Concord retirement community but walks almost daily, plays bridge four days a week and has never had a serious illness. Despite her regimen, and her suspicion that good genes are largely responsible, she seems mildly surprised at her good health. “I just keep going,” she said. Read More

Trial Shows Promise in Fight Against Rare, Aggressive Breast Cancer

A recent clinical trial could change the face of therapy for a very aggressive and stubborn form of breast cancer: triple-negative. A combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy boosts survival rates, the scientists found. Triple-negative breast cancer is so called since its cells lack receptors for two hormones (estrogen and progesterone) and one protein (HER2). Read […]

Drug Overdose Death Numbers Begin to Level Off

The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautioning it’s too soon to declare victory. “We are so far from the end of the epidemic, but we are perhaps, at the end of the beginning,” […]

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Drug Payments

Doctors would use the provincial funding code if it remotely came close to covering the cost of the infusion. This is a common problem which gets no attention. The province doesn’t want to appropriately fund the cost of medicine and deliberately under-reimburses for a number of services. They do so with the hope that either […]

N.H. Gov. Plans to Increase Funding for Nursing Education

Gov. Chris Sununu will request a $24 million capital investment into the state’s nursing education programs if re-elected, he announced Tuesday, pledging “the most robust investment ever” into fixing a persistent nursing shortage. Speaking before students and educators at Manchester Community College, which runs licensed nursing assistant and registered nurse programs, Sununu presented a plan […]

San Diego State University Receives $20 Million to Build Center Focused on Minority Health

The National Institutes of Health awarded San Diego State University a grant of nearly $20 million to build a center for medical research on health issues in San Diego and Imperial counties. SDSU received the grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, which supports schools that serve large populations of […]

Native American Child Welfare Act Faces Challenges

On Mother’s Day 2015, Iva Johnson, a member of the Navajo Nation living off reservation in Flagstaff, Arizona, suffered a heart attack and fell into a coma. When she opened her eyes days later, she saw two unfamiliar women sitting at the end of her bed. “I was trying to focus, and I was thinking […]

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