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Did Heroin Anxiety Lead to Couple’s Deaths?

DOVER, Del. — Brandon Jones and Chelsea Porter had been on the run from Delaware police for a week when they heard a knock on the motel room door in Elkton, Maryland, where they were holed up. It was mid-morning Oct. 25, and Maryland State Police had arrived to serve Brandon with a Delaware warrant […]

Better Data, Lifting Barriers to Improve Access

In order to address racial and ethnic health inequities among Medicare beneficiaries, healthcare organizations must gather better data, provide patients with information in their native language and make it easier for people with disabilities to enter healthcare facilities. Those are some of the top findings in a new report released last week by the CMS. […]

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Funding Indian Health in the Trump Era

TRAHANT REPORTS— A few years ago I had a chance to ask President George Bush what he thought about tribal sovereignty in the 21st century. His answer went viral: “Tribal sovereignty means that. It’s sovereign. You’re a … you’re a … you’ve been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity.” Think about that […]

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What Trump Can Learn from Obama on Health Care

President Barack Obama took on the problems of a lack of access to health care and high cost, but he and Democrats paid a political price. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to undo much of what Obama put in place, and pledged to make the system better. Although Trump is lacking in specifics, he seems […]

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Evansville Medical Campus Prepares for 2018

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Officials say the medical school campus being built in downtown Evansville by Indiana University and two other schools is on pace for completion in 2018. Indiana University vice president Tom Morrison says steel beams should soon be going up on the four-story building after several months of excavation, utility and foundation work. […]

Blood Pressure Program Helps Hundreds in Tribes

Hannah Prairie Chief jumped at the chance to learn more about high blood pressure because several family members struggle with it. She worried about her grandmother, aunts and uncles, and wanted to help them get healthy. “I couldn’t talk about it if I didn’t know about it,” said Prairie Chief, 26, of El Reno, Oklahoma. […]

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Native Americans Should Be Recognized As Sacred People

The Native American people have been a victim of external oppression since European settlers arrived in the Americas hundreds of years ago. After involuntarily giving up two whole continents, which originally belonged to their ancestors, Native American descendants are still fighting today for the land that the U.S. government has allowed them to have. Even […]

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Feds Showcase Rural Telehealth Service

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Federal health officials are highlighting the telemedicine services offered by Sioux Falls-based Avera Health during National Rural Health Day. Avera Health providers offered a live, simulated telemedicine demonstration Thursday as part of a series of events organized by federal health officials to highlight the best practices, resources and challenges of […]

Infant Deaths Rise in Ohio, Widening White-Black Gap

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state saw an uptick in its infant mortality rate last year, with black babies dying at a rate approaching three times that of whites, new data show. Ohio’s overall infant mortality rate rose to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 births last year, according to new numbers released November 16 by the Ohio […]

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Community Discusses Disparities for Minority Women

BLOOMINGTON — Minority women in McLean County are less likely to seek care for dental problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma and mental illness than white women, and about 50 people gathered Thursday to consider what to do about it. “We want this to be the beginning of a conversation,” said Brenda Lessen, associate professor […]

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Surgeon General’s Report Reframes Addiction as Illness

In what may be his last significant act as President Barack Obama’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a report November 17 calling for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction. Addiction is a chronic illness, not a character flaw or a moral failing, the report says. Stigma and […]

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“My Son Did Not Have to Die” from Prescribed Drug

On July 23, 2007, my 17-year-old son, Logan Parker, underwent successful surgery at a freestanding ASC to correct his sleep apnea. He received IV morphine in the PACU: 2 mg administered 3 times over 20 minutes beginning at 12:50 p.m. His IV was removed 8 minutes later and he was discharged at 1:25 p.m., just […]

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