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Wrongful death lawsuit filed in case of man who died in Galveston jail http://setexasrecord.com/stories/511101163-wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-in-case-of-man-who-died-in-galveston-jail GALVESTON – A Texas family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in connection with the 2015 death of their son in the Galveston County Jail. Jesse R. and Diane Jacobs filed the lawsuit in the Galveston Division of the Southern District […]
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Had something happen today you may want to know about and not sure how the media will spin it tomorrow in the news. A short time ago Benefis fired all their PA’s who were mostly responsible for doing the things doctor don’t have time for or want to do, like refill pain meds. So lately, […]
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Why the DEA intentionally lets drugs into communities https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/11/the-dea-chief-will-have-to-check-whether-dea-lets-drugs-into-communities-on-purpose-they-do/ Last week, the acting director of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration was asked whether his agents ever intentionally allow drug shipments into communities in the interest of making a bigger bust later on. Chuck Rosenberg’s answer: “I’ll have to check and get back to you on that.” Rosenberg […]
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American Carnage The New Landscape of Opioid Addiction by Christopher Caldwell April 2017 https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/04/american-carnage We should all be dead,” said Jonathan Goyer one bright morning in January as he looked across a room filled with dozens of his coworkers and clients. The Anchor Recovery Community Center, which Goyer helps run, occupies the shell of an […]
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HB433 Upholds Free Speech in Missouri’s Free Marketplace http://themissouritimes.com/39406/op-ed-truth-alcohol-advertising/ Missouri retailers of alcohol may currently offer discounts and specials just like other businesses. But unlike other businesses, they cannot publicly advertise actual truthful retail prices through newspapers, radio and TV. It’s a bizarre example of government censorship that dates to the repeal of Prohibition in […]
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Dr. Oz at Philly’s heroin encampments: ‘I just walked into hell’ http://www.philly.com/philly/health/addiction/Dr-Oz-at-Phillys-heroin-encampments-I-just-walked-into-hell.html I am not normally a fan of Dr Oz… but this article seems poignant America’s best-known physician, Mehmet Oz, came to Philadelphia’s rail-side heroin encampments Monday for the kind of medical education seen by few doctors, let alone his daytime television audience. […]
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Veterans Affairs whistle-blower faces punishment for revealing alleged harasser, email shows http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/10/veterans-affairs-whistle-blower-faces-punishment-for-revealing-alleged-harasser-email-shows.html An employee at the embattled Veterans Affairs hospital in Arizona is facing a punishment ranging from “reprimand to removal,” Fox News has learned, for publicly revealing the name of a colleague he claims harassed him after the whistle-blower exposed exceedingly long wait times […]
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Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Medicare Beneficiaries Serviced by SilverScript That Have Paid Excessive Copayments http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3301572 Frier Levitt announced today a search for Medicare beneficiaries with Part D coverage through SilverScript Insurance Company (“SilverScript”) that may have paid excessive copayments for a possible class action lawsuit. Medicare beneficiaries with Part D benefits that pay more than […]
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Pharmacists fight effort to increase regulation of Xanax in Alabama http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/pharmacists_fight_effort_to_in.html Members of the Alabama Pharmacy Association are fighting a decision to impose additional regulations on alprazolam -commonly known as Xanax – which will place the drug into the most tightly-controlled group of medications. Alabama would become the first state in the nation to move […]
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Diabetes is even deadlier than we thought, study suggests https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/diabetes-is-even-deadlier-than-we-thought-study-suggests/2017/04/07/28689b94-faca-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html Nearly four times as many Americans may die of diabetes as indicated on death certificates, a rate that would bump the disease up from the seventh-leading cause of death to No. 3, according to estimates in a recent study. Researchers and advocates say that more-precise […]
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