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U.S. Prosecutor Tackles Heroin Scourge That Claimed Son
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The phone at Bruce Brandler’s home rang at 3:37 a.m. It was the local hospital. His 16-year-old son was there, and he was in really bad shape. A suspected heroin overdose, the nurse said. Brandler didn’t believe it. Erik had his problems, but heroin? It seemed impossible. Nearly 10 years later, the […]
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State Must Give Inmate $50,000-plus Medication
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has mandated that the state should provide expensive new medication to former death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal to treat his hepatitis C infection. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Abu-Jamal sued to improve the health care he was receiving in prison after he fell into diabetic shock and was diagnosed with […]
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Judge Blocks Mandate on Transgender and Abortion
President-elect Donald Trump can undo many of President Obama’s executive orders with the stroke of a pen, but rolling back a key new mandate forcing religious doctors and hospitals to perform abortions and transgender surgeries looks to be a much more protracted legal battle. Many judges have begun to adopt the administration’s expansive interpretation of […]
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Obamacare Enrollment Hits All-Time High
In less than three weeks, the sands of time will likely begin slipping away for the Affordable Care Act, which is more commonly known as Obamacare. The hallmark legislation passed by President Obama in March 2010 faces the likelihood that it’ll be heavily amended or repealed in its entirety soon after President-elect Trump takes office. […]
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Obama: Health Care Repeal Will Cost GOP
Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: “Don’t rescue” Republicans on Obamacare. Less than three weeks out from leaving the White House, Obama visited Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill with a mission to save his signature healthcare reform law as Republicans are moving quickly to unroll the Affordable Care […]
Health
Indiana University Alters Health Plans for Same-sex Partners
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — More than 20 Indiana University employees will lose health care coverage if they don’t marry their same-sex partners by the end of the month. The South Bend Tribune reports that university employees in same-sex relationships have relied on a domestic-partner health care policy offered since 2002. That benefit ends Dec. 31. […]
Faculty & Staff
Retiring University of Kansas Professor Invented Widely Used Drugs for HIV
LAWRENCE, Kan. — There’s a high chance you know someone whose life has been saved, extended or improved by a drug invented by University of Kansas professor Valentino “Val” Stella. Stella himself does: A KU colleague and the father of another both used the drug Velcade to treat blood cancer, to name just two. “About […]
Health
Researchers: Nearly 400 Drug Addicts Helped in Police Effort
BOSTON — A novel drug addiction program developed in a small Massachusetts fishing town and since replicated in dozens of cities nationwide was able to place almost 400 addicts into treatment nearly each time they sought it during the first year of operation, researchers say in a report being published Thursday in the New England […]
Blogs/Opinion
Doctors Divided on Trump’s HHS Choice
Thousands of doctors are objecting to President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Rep. Tom Price, MD, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services — and then there are thousands who think it’s a great idea. The AMA along with several dozen other “organized medicine” voices like the choice, but those who are opposed are […]
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Congressman: Patients Must Shoulder More Costs
While the Affordable Care Act put in place under President Obama is credited with giving 20 million Americans health insurance, it has been criticized for driving up insurance rates and adding regulations that interfere with the doctor-patient relationship. President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders are eager to begin “repealing and replacing” the sweeping healthcare law. […]
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Maine Creates Slots for Addiction Treatment
AUGUSTA, Maine — The state Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will expand access to medication-assisted addiction treatment by creating 359 slots with a program scheduled to start next month. The department says about 300 to 450 people in Maine are dealing with an opiate use disorder who are on the waitlist […]
Disparities
Native American in PGA Works on Health Issues
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The PGA Tour’s first full-blooded Native American golfer and his nonprofit foundation are working to improve Native American health. Notah Begay spoke to a crowd in December at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and said childhood obesity “drastically impacts everyone in this room, because of the huge health care costs coming down […]
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