Study Finds Hospitals Skirt Penalties When Patients Get Sick Due to Lax...
For years now, health care reformers have been pushing hospitals to do what should be obvious: protect patients from hospital-bred infections that make them sicker than they already are. The U.S....
View ArticleCDC Opioid Guidelines Could Aid in Workers’ Comp Claims Mitigation
Recently published U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines effectively address the epidemic of prescription opioids in the initial treatment of chronic pain. However, workers’...
View ArticleFast-Acting Opioid Painkillers to Carry Strong New U.S. Warnings
Short-acting opioid painkillers will carry strong new warnings under U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements announced on Tuesday that will bring information about addiction and abuse in line...
View ArticleNearly All Doctors Prescribe Opioids for Longer Than Recommended
Most doctors – 99 percent – are prescribing highly addictive opioid medicines for longer than the three-day period recommended, according to a national survey. Twenty-three percent prescribe at least a...
View ArticleEffects of Global Warming Making US Sick
Man-made global warming is making America sicker, and it’s only going to get worse, according to a new federal government report. The 332-page report issued Monday by the Obama administration said...
View ArticlePro-Painkiller Echo Chamber Shaped Policy Amid Drug Epidemic
For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages touting prescription painkillers‘ vital role in the lives of millions of...
View ArticleMassive Youth Athlete Concussion Study Launched in Texas
This week, Texas will launch what state officials say is the nation’s largest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. The University Interscholastic League, Texas’ governing body for...
View ArticleEx-Pharmacy Exec Convicted in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
The former head of a Massachusetts pharmacy was convicted Wednesday of racketeering and other charges over a meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people across the country and was traced to...
View ArticleThe Art and Science of Getting Off Opioids
Every day, 91 Americans die from opioid overdoses according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Overdoses from prescription opioids started to increase in the mid-90s, and since...
View ArticleStudy of States With Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Highlights...
Despite prescription drug monitoring programs enacted in several states, opioids continue to be prescribed twice as much in some states versus other states, according to a new report by the Centers for...
View ArticleHolidays Bring Big Risks of Buzzed, Drunk Driving
The holiday season is in full gear and so too are state and federal highway safety programs focused on reducing the incidence of drunken driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
View ArticleReport Says FDA Fails in Ensuring Safety of Medical Devices
America’s system for ensuring that medical devices are safe failed at every turn when dirty endoscopes began spreading deadly superbugs, according to a Senate investigation released today. The report,...
View ArticleCDC Chipotle Probe Ends Without Source Being Found
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has concluded its investigation into two E. coli outbreaks that sickened dozens of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. customers and thrust the chain into a...
View ArticleCDC Says Lumber Liquidators Flooring Has Higher Cancer Risk
Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. flooring, tested for formaldehyde, was found to have a three times higher risk of causing cancer than previously stated, U.S. regulators said in reversing their own...
View ArticleStudy Finds Hospitals Skirt Penalties When Patients Get Sick Due to Lax...
For years now, health care reformers have been pushing hospitals to do what should be obvious: protect patients from hospital-bred infections that make them sicker than they already are. The U.S....
View ArticleCDC Opioid Guidelines Could Aid in Workers’ Comp Claims Mitigation
Recently published U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines effectively address the epidemic of prescription opioids in the initial treatment of chronic pain. However, workers’...
View ArticleFast-Acting Opioid Painkillers to Carry Strong New U.S. Warnings
Short-acting opioid painkillers will carry strong new warnings under U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements announced on Tuesday that will bring information about addiction and abuse in line...
View ArticleNearly All Doctors Prescribe Opioids for Longer Than Recommended
Most doctors – 99 percent – are prescribing highly addictive opioid medicines for longer than the three-day period recommended, according to a national survey. Twenty-three percent prescribe at least a...
View ArticleEffects of Global Warming Making US Sick
Man-made global warming is making America sicker, and it’s only going to get worse, according to a new federal government report. The 332-page report issued Monday by the Obama administration said...
View ArticlePro-Painkiller Echo Chamber Shaped Policy Amid Drug Epidemic
For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages touting prescription painkillers‘ vital role in the lives of millions of...
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