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Churches Spread Alzheimer’s Awareness

The church choir in bright blue robes swayed and testified on a hot summer Sunday. Pastor Anthony Everett, in his own robe of orange and brown, preached to his “saints” of Wesley United Methodist Church and they called back their approval with a staggered chorus of “Amen!” But this Sunday, Memory Sunday, was different. Half […]

OK, Now Fix it

After falling one senator shy on an irresponsible, thrown-together plan cynically branded “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act — thanks, John McCain — Senate Republicans have a fateful choice. They can finally meet the outstretched hand of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and get to work on real-world, bipartisan fixes to the law, which, though […]

Computer Science Faculty to Study Indian Diabetes Care

Computer Science Assoc. Prof. Juan Li is the principal investigator for a newly announced grant from the National Science Foundation to study self-management of diabetes in Native Americans, along with co-investigator and Computer Science Assoc. Prof. Jun Kong. Siobhan Wescott, an NDSU Asst. Prof. of Practice in Public Health, and Donald Warne, a Professor and […]

FDA Proposes Cutting Nicotine

For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren’t so addictive. U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Friday directed the agency’s staff to develop new regulations on nicotine. The FDA has had the power since 2009 to regulate nicotine levels but hasn’t done […]

AP Fact Check: Trump Wrong on Vets, Health Payments

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump bragged about a mission accomplished in veterans’ health care that has not been achieved. He threatened to end health insurers’ “bailouts” that actually help consumers. And he cited “tremendous” costs to taxpayers from providing health services to transgender troops without providing evidence of that expense. Over a week dominated by […]

Sorry, No Pot from the VA

Republicans in Congress blocked a vote on legislation that many ill veterans want – – that bill would have allowed VA doctors to prescribe medical marijuana. The bill, known as “Veterans Equal Access” amendment, would have moved to debate on the House floor. Instead, the House Rules Committee stopped the bill by excluding it from […]

Marijuana-Bummer

Researchers: Trump Tweets Could Harm LGBT Study

UCLA and USC researchers conducting a study on LGBTQ military personnel said they were concerned that President Donald Trump’s attitude toward LGBTQ individuals could adversely affect their study. Trump announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he plans to ban transgender individuals from serving in the military because of medical costs associated with transgender health care. […]

Research: You Can Buy Happiness After All

WASHINGTON— – Yes, you can buy happiness — especially if the money saves you time. People who dole out cash to save time on things like housekeeping, delivery services and taxis are a little bit happier than those who don’t, new research finds. Researchers surveyed more than 6,000 people in four countries and ran an […]

Can GOP Stop the Sabotaging of Obamacare?

Congressional Republicans spent months fighting among themselves over how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. In the wake of last week’s Senate failure, however, GOP lawmakers find themselves increasingly at odds with President Trump. The president wants to “let Obamacare implode” in the hopes of forcing Democrats to the negotiating table. Republicans on […]

Vanderbilt Hospital Settles Medicare Lawsuit for $6.5M

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After six years in court, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has settled a federal lawsuit for $6.5 million over claims that the hospital overbilled Medicare and Medicaid. WPLN-FM reports that in the whistleblower lawsuit, former doctors claimed the hospital charged higher rates for attending physicians when medical residents performed services. It claims the […]

What F.D.R. Knew

When the Social Security Act of 1935 was being drafted, liberals chided Franklin Roosevelt for the measure’s funding method, via payroll taxes, which did little to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor. Roosevelt responded that the critics misunderstood the purpose of the payroll taxes. “We put those payroll contributions there so as to […]

Researcher: Give Me Your Earwax, Armpit Sweat

DURHAM, N.C.— It’s a dirty job, and somebody wants to do it. N.C. Central University researcher Julie Horvath has examined the microbes living in our armpits, and now wants to look at earwax. Horvath and other researchers are investigating how modern personal hygiene habits may affect microbes living on our skin. Horvath and a research […]

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