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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Significant premium hikes expected under ObamaCare http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/28/significant-premium-hikes-expected-under-obamacare.html?intcmp=hpbt2 WASHINGTON –  Insurers will seek significant premium hikes under President Barack Obama’s health care law this summer – stiff medicine for consumers and voters ahead of the national political conventions. Expect the state-by-state premium requests to reflect what insurers see as the […]

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Walgreens Tells its Customers to Consider Medical Cannabis https://www.newcannabisventures.com/walgreens-tells-its-customers-to-consider-medical-cannabis/ Chris Male of Anslinger Capital shared something today with our almost 4000 member LinkedIn group, Cannabis Investors & Entrepreneurs, that was just too good to be true.  I dismissed it incorrectly as fake news, but indeed it is true:  Walgreens (NASDAQ: WBA) sent out a blast email on […]

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Chyna’s Death Was From Accidental Overdose of Medication: Manager http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chyna-s-death-was-accidental-overdose-medication-manager-n563816 Chyna’s manager said Wednesday he believes the pioneer wrestling star died of an accidental overdose of Ambien and Valium. “She accidentally and unintentionally misused her legally prescribed medication over the course of 2-3 weeks. It’s an epidemic,” manager Anthony Anzaldo said in an email. Chyna, […]

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The DEA and various law enforcement agencies are having “drug take back days” trying to get people to clean out their medicine cabinet and toss their “old meds”.. they quote the TONS of medications that they collect… but.. no one keeps track of unused antibiotics, eye/ear drops and controlled substances.. but they always REPORT the […]

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Pure caffeine: Even a teaspoon of powder can be fatal http://wtop.com/health/2016/04/pure-caffeine-even-a-teaspoon-of-powder-can-be-fatal/ Every coffee drinker knows that too many cups can give you the jitters, but too much pure caffeine can be fatal within just minutes. One teaspoon of powdered pure caffeine is the equivalent of 25 cups of coffee.   Logan Stiner’s parents said he […]

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Pain Helped Him Pull The Trigger http://mtpr.org/post/pain-helped-him-pull-trigger#stream/0 Imagine what would happen if a person called up a physician’s practice or emergency room and said that they needed to be seen/treated for some life threatening disease … and was told that they didn’t treat people with a life threatening disease ? Recently a pain clinic in […]

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Cost of heroin antidote Narcan soars, and Christie’s A.G. takes notice http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/04/cost_of_narcan_shoots_up_christies_ag_takes_notice.html The state attorney general’s office will look into the soaring retail price of the heroin overdose antidote Narcan, acting Attorney General Robert Lougy told NJ Advance Media on Monday.  Appearing at Hoboken University Medical Center Monday afternoon at a training session for friends and family […]

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Pitt professor works to get accurate, detailed drug overdose information http://www.witf.org/news/2016/04/pitt-professor-works-to-get-accurate-detailed-drug-overdose-information.php (Harrisburg) — Getting a true sense of the impact of the opioid crisis is difficult in Pennsylvania. WITF has reported that the state doesn’t have up-to-date, accurate information. But one professor is making an effort to provide more help. Professor Jeanine Buchanich at the […]

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The Insurance Companies’ Latest Target: Specialty Drugs http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-alexander/the-insurance-companies-l_b_9772944.html Read the headlines these days and you’d think the health insurance companies are going broke. It’s true most insurers offering Obamacare are losing money on it. UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest insurer, announced it will all but exit Obamacare next year because of those loses. But insurance […]

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-heroin-epidemic-ohio-bill-whitaker/ Pay attention to the interview of the prosecution attorney around 6:30 in the article … does his attitude represent the “heartless” or the “brainless” ? Sounds like what you heard from Hitler’s soldiers working in the concentration camps during WWII…”..I was just following orders”… his reasoning seems to be “… it is just the […]

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