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Messenger for Native Culture, Healing
NEW YORK—The desire to preserve and pass on authentic teachings from America’s indigenous people is embodied in Yvonne Wakim Dennis. It is perhaps a fitting passion for a Cherokee Bird Clan member. Members of the Bird Clan were traditionally known as messengers between earth and heaven, according to the Cherokee Nation website. “A lot of […]
Students
St. Joseph’s College Gets $1.5M to Address Nursing Shortage
STANDISH, Maine — The Harold Alfond Foundation is providing $1.5 million to Saint Joseph’s College to help create an academic center to address shortages in Maine’s nursing workforce. The foundation is concerned because nearly three-fourths of Maine’s nurses are nearing retirement age at a time when demand for home health care, nursing home and hospital […]
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WVU Medicine Is Booming
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a state with above-average unemployment, West Virginia’s premier hospital system is booming. WVU Medicine hired 2,228 staff last year, has openings for 699 more and expects further expansion in its high-level specialties. That follows this week’s opening of a new 10-story tower housing its Heart & Vascular Institute. As the West […]
Policies
Will Healthcare for Veterans Improve?
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump surprised many by tapping David Shulkin, an Obama administration official, as his nominee for secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Shulkin, a New York-area physician, and author, who is currently a VA undersecretary, is known for significantly improving care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York as […]
Policies
Trump Could Trigger Push for Drug Imports
President-elect Donald Trump’s vows to bring down drug prices and give consumers more options could give new momentum to the long fight to allow importations of prescription drugs into the U.S. Proponents of allowing U.S. residents to buy prescription drugs from other countries hope that having a supporter of the proposal in the White House […]
Policies
Poll: 4 in 10 List Healthcare Fix as Top Concern
WASHINGTON — Sylvia Douglas twice voted for President Barack Obama and last year cast a ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Yet when it comes to “Obamacare,” she now sounds like President-elect Donald Trump. This makes her chuckle amid the serious choices she faces every month between groceries, electricity and paying a health insurance bill that […]
Policies
March Highlights Health Concerns Under Trump
WASHINGTON — Among the masses that descended on the nation’s capital Saturday for the Women’s March was Katie MacMillan, a fourth-year medical student. “This isn’t all about ‘Not-Trump,’” said MacMillan, referring to Donald Trump, who was sworn in as the 45th president on Friday. An aspiring pediatrician at Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, […]
Blogs/Opinion
“Risk Pools” Will Be Buzzword for Obama Repeal
In the national health insurance debate, repeal is the word on everyone’s lips, as in “the repeal of Obamacare.” But soon enough, “risk pools” will be the new buzzword. And there are some very potent reasons why. For all of the GOP’s and Donald Trump’s bashing of Obamacare, there are two provisions of the ACA […]
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Study: Home Visit Program for Infants Cuts Costs
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Newborns enrolled in New Mexico’s home visiting program are less likely to use costly medical services than other children in their first year. According to a new Rand Corp. study, children enrolled in the New Mexico First Born program were a third less likely to visit an emergency room than newborns in […]
Disparities
N.M. Exports Video Mentoring Model for Physicians
ESPANOLA, N.M. — The heart of an unborn child beat strong and steady through an amplified monitor, as physician Leslie Hayes examined a pregnant 40-year-old who recently was weaned from heroin with help from anti-craving medication. Hayes and her colleagues treat more than 200 patients for drug-use disorders involving heroin and prescription opioid pain medication […]
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$10K Grant Goes to LSU Project for Homeless
NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans human services nonprofit is giving $10,000 to a program run by medical students to help homeless women and children get health care and education. LSU Health New Orleans says the grant comes from La Societe des Dames Hospitalieres. Students from five of the six schools at LSU Health New […]
Disparities
Healthcare Repeal Would Burden Native Americans
A repeal of the Affordable Care Act — now in the offing in Congress — could deal a body blow to healthcare for at least 33% of all Native Americans. The federal government promised free healthcare to tribes in treaties more than a century ago. The legislation that protects and modernizes those treaty promises was […]
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