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Disparities
Second Tribe Files Opioid Suit
A second Oklahoma tribe is suing manufacturers and distributors of opioids, and large pharmacies for their alleged part in an overdose epidemic. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed their lawsuit in U.S. District Court for Oklahoma’s northern district on Tuesday, The Oklahoman reported. The lawsuit alleges the companies engage in marketing campaigns that aren’t truthful about […]
Blogs/Opinion
Life with Rare Disease
You get that call you feared. You have cancer. Hours go by. You decide how you’re going to tell your family. You research treatments and statistics. You start to wonder if you’re going to die. This was a reality for Frank Rivera. In 2004 he started having breathing issues and couldn’t walk for any amount […]
Policies
Massachusetts Begins Accepting Cannabis Bids
BOSTON — Massachusetts is taking another step on the road toward commercial sales of recreational marijuana, which are expected to begin on July 1. On Monday, April 2, the Cannabis Control Commission began accepting applications for “priority certification” of marijuana businesses. Operators of medical marijuana dispensaries seeking to expand into commercial sales are eligible for […]
Policies
New Director Named for Office Testing Medicare Changes
The Trump administration on Friday announced a new director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), an office that could be at the center of efforts to shake up and reform the health system. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma told staff in an email that Adam Boehler, the former […]
Disparities
Yale Works with FDA to Advance Diversity in Research
To promote scientific progress and diversity in clinical research, Yale School of Medicine and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have agreed to collaborate on a range of far-reaching science-based initiatives. Through trainings, fellowships, internships, research, and education, the agreement will foster the exchange of scientific information between the institutions and improve human health. Read […]
Disparities
Poll: Americans See Drug Addiction as Disease
A slim majority of Americans see prescription drug addiction as a disease that requires medical treatment, but most would not welcome those suffering from the problem into their neighborhoods, workplaces or families. New survey results reveal Americans’ complex view of addiction as the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history ripples through communities nationwide. More than […]
Disparities
Millennials at Risk for Heart Disease
Many heart disease risk factors are the same for everyone. Lifestyle choices such as insufficient exercise, obesity, nicotine addition and excessive alcohol consumption are factors that put many adults at risk. But Dr. Regis Fernandes, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic (a nonprofit medical practice and research group in Rochester, Minnesota), says such behaviors seem […]
Policies
Proposed Regulations Could Penalize Immigrants
The latest leaks in Washington indicate that the Trump administration remains serious about discouraging documented immigrants and their children from using federally funded health and nutrition programs – a policy change that could have wide-ranging implications for the Philadelphia School District and its students. “What they’re saying is that they’re going to greatly broaden the […]
Blogs/Opinion
Sports, Sponsorships and Obesity
Last September, the National Football League struck a deal with Frito-Lay that allowed the company to produce limited-edition bags of Tostitos tortilla chips, with each package bearing the logo of one of 19 featured NFL teams. Several months earlier, Major League Baseball announced that Nathan’s Famous would be its first-ever official hot dog. Now the […]
Policies
Transgender Health Care Endangered
A few years ago, Stephan Rivera, a 31-year-old native of the Bronx, New York, consulted two doctors about his prospects for “top surgery,” a double mastectomy. “I was like, I really just want to cut them off,” he recalls. Although he was generally content —working as a teacher’s aide in a public school and living with […]
Policies
NIH Rejected Alcohol Ad Study during Quest for Industry Funds
It’s rare for officials at the National Institutes of Health to summon university scientists from hundreds of miles away. So when Dr. Michael Siegel of Boston University and a colleague got the call to meet with the director of NIH’s Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, he said, “I knew we were in trouble.” He […]
Disparities
Opioid Firm Blames Government for Native American Crisis
A top U.S. opioid distributor is pointing fingers at the government for the deluge of prescription painkillers that have poured into Native American communities at alarmingly high rates. McKesson Corp., one of the country’s three big wholesale drug distributors, is embroiled in litigation brought by Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation, the country’s largest tribal group, which has […]
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