Health Care November 2019

Sacklers' Affiliate Push OxyContin Sales

Sacklers’ affiliate, Mundipharma, is pushing OxyContin sales in China even as their drug making company, Purdue Pharma, is collapsing under lawsuits connected to the opioid crisis.

Health Care November 2019

School Gives $250K For Medicaid Expansion

A question regarding expanding Medicaid in Missouri may be added to the 2020 ballot thanks to the efforts of Washington University. The school has contributed $250,000 to this effort.

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Returning Home To My Roots

I had the privilege of “returning home” to provide locum coverage for two weeks this fall at a very busy pediatric practice on the East End of Long Island.

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Dr. Marlene Jacqueline Wüst-Smith

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New Study Suicide, Guns And Mental Health Care

Findings: More Mental Health Services Won’t Stop The Gun Epidemic Editor’s Note: Researchers from The Ohio State University College of Public Health investigated the impact of behavioral health care services on the number of suicidal deaths by firearms.

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“The Cure That Works: How to Have the World’s Best Healthcare—at a Quarter of the Price”

With health care being one of the hottest of the hot button issues in the 2020 presidential election, candidates have been proposing possible ways to either improve America’s existing health care system or replace it altogether.  Health care reform, however, is hardly limited to presidential hopefuls.

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Physician Fights Medical Exemption Abuse

When Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician and state senator representing the Sacramento region, saw how a few of his fellow Doctors were profiting off the anxiety of families who fear having their children vaccinated by selling medical exemptions to these parents, he felt he had to step up and do something about it.

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El Paso Physician Named TMA Health Hero

The Texas Medical Association (TMA) named Dr. Joseph H. Segapeli, M.D., an El Paso pediatrician, a Health Hero for his commitment to improving the health of his community. Dr. Segapeli was honored with the third annual award during TexMed, TMA’s annual conference, in Dallas.

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2 Physicians Personalize Vaccine Debate

In the year 2000, the national vaccination rate was 90% to 95%. Measles was declared officially eliminated in this country.

Health Care November 2019

Boise State’s New Health Care Certificate

Boise State University’s College of Health Sciences will offer Idaho’s first value-based health care certificate beginning in January 2020.

Health Care November 2019

Health Risks Grip Migrant Camp

A refugee camp made up of tents (some patched together with garbage bags) is facing stench from fires and piles of human wastes and freezing temperatures.

Health Care November 2019

Billionaires Give $106M To 3 Universities

The University of California, San Francisco, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Washington have been given $106 million to research brain disorders.

Health Care November 2019

Childhood Trauma Linked To Adult Illness

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown a link between childhood trauma and adult illnesses such as heart disease.