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Healthcare.gov Signs Up 8.2 Million Total is more than 20% higher than at same time in 2014 When Obamacare was first passed, it was stated that there was some 50 million uninsured people in the US.. and now we have 10 million less ??? No mention of the 40 million that would appear to still […]

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Americans are drinking themselves to death at record rates https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/22/americans-are-drinking-themselves-to-death-at-record-rates/ Alcohol is killing Americans at a rate not seen in at least 35 years, according to new federal data. Last year, more than 30,700 Americans died from alcohol-induced causes, including alcohol poisoning and cirrhosis, which is primarily caused by alcohol use. In 2014, there were 9.6 […]

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DEA Eases Requirements for FDA-Approved Clinical Trials on Cannabidiol  The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently eased some of the regulatory requirements imposed by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) for those who are conducting Food and Drug Administration-approved clinical trials on cannabidiol (CBD), an extract of the marijuana plant.  These modifications will streamline the research process regarding […]

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CMS demands scrutiny of opioids, antipsychotics in Medicaid http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151222/NEWS/151229992 The CMS plans to more closely track the use of opioids by adults and antipsychotics among children and adolescents with new quality measures for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The agency issued a notice this month outlining the new measures (PDF), which come amid […]

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Man drank himself to death … with caffeine http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/12/23/man-drank-himself-to-death-with-caffeine.html?intcmp=hpffo&intcmp=obnetwork When an unidentified man in his 20s in Kyushu, Japan, died suddenly and inexplicably in the fall of 2014, police ordered an inquest into the cause of his death. Now Dr. Shinichi Kubo, a professor of forensics at Fukuoka University, is announcing that it appears to […]

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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Cyberattack Surge: 100M medical records hacked in 2015, officials say http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/23/cyberattack-surge-100m-medical-records-hacked-in-2015-officials-say.html?intcmp=hpbt1 records hacked in 2015, officials say   Published December 23, 2015 A string of cyberattacks sent shockwaves through the health care industry in 2015, exposing sensitive data of millions of Americans and serving up the chilling reminder that […]

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Ky. Settles Lawsuit With OxyContin Maker for $24 Million http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ky-settles-lawsuit-oxycontin-maker-24-million-35930759 IMO.. any physician who believed that a opiate derivative did not have the potential to be addicting.. needs to take a refresher pharmacology course.  This comes under the same “money grab” by bureaucrats as when they sued the tobacco industry over bad health effects of […]

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Woman dies while being kicked out of hospital http://www.khou.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/12/22/woman-kicked-out-of-hospital-dies/77768516/ BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. — A woman who sought treatment at a hospital here died Monday night after police arrested and forcibly removed her. The Tallahassee law firm of Parks and Crump is representing the family of Barbara Dawson, 56, of Blountstown. The Tallahassee NAACP chapter had an emergency meeting on […]

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It would seem that the bureaucrats in KENTUCKY have decided to get the state in line with George Orwell’s novel “1984”..  Perhaps those with documented CYP450 fast/ultra fast metabolizer of opiates may have to move out of the state to get adequate pain management.  KASPER is the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP).  Since the medications […]

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 U.S. Senators Press Federal Agencies on Medical Marijuana Research http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2015/12/u-s-senators-press-federal-agencies-on-medical-marijuana-research/ A group of eight U.S. senators, led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, is demanding answers from key federal agencies about why the government hasn’t yet enacted policies to better facilitate scientific research into the medical benefits of marijuana. “There are currently numerous federal and state regulatory barriers to researching […]

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