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Who is our health regulator, AHPRA, and does it operate effectively?
In Australia, we sometimes hear of problems in the health industry regarding anaesthetics, cosmetic surgeons or chiropractors acting in ways that could be, and sometimes are, harmful to patients. This...
View ArticleNearly 600 Russia-Linked Accounts Tweeted About the Health Law
On the March 23 anniversary of the Affordable Care Act becoming law, Democrats attacked Republicans for trying to sabotage the health law and praised the embattled legislation. So did Russian trolls....
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More Older Americans Are Turning To Marijuana
Baby boomers who use marijuana seem to be using it more often than in previous years, a recent survey finds — 5.7 percent of respondents ages 50 to 64 said they’d tried it in the past month. The drug...
View ArticleFDA Cracks Down on Juul and E-Cigarette Retailers
While the actions against the industry are alarming to the e-cigarette companies, they are also problematic for the F.D.A. In July 2017, as part of a broad plan to reduce tobacco deaths in the United...
View ArticleOffline: The new politics of health in India
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Apple Watch Series 4 doubles down on digital health: Features, specs, prices
Apple unveiled its latest Apple Watch lineup with a continued bet on health and with a focus on fitness and being “an intelligent guardian of your health.” How big of a bet? Apple added the ability to...
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Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen to serve as new head of Planned...
Becoming the new head of Planned Parenthood Federation of America is personal for Dr. Leana Wen, who is resigning as Baltimore health commissioner after nearly four years to take the new job. She has...
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Ground-level ozone continues to damage health, even at low levels
Ground-level ozone is one of six major pollutants regulated nationally under the Clean Air Act. It is not directly emitted, but instead forms in the atmosphere through reactions between other...
View ArticleTop Sloan Kettering Cancer Doctor Resigns After Failing to Disclose Industry...
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View ArticleHurricane Florence Is a Public Health Emergency, Too
Left: concentration of industrial hog farms (aka poop lagoons) in North Carolina Right: most recent expected track of Hurricane Florence pic.twitter.com/o7bP0xeZ5H — Emily Atkin (@emorwee) September...
View ArticleLiberty Health Sciences: Surviving And Thriving After Aphria
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View ArticleBehind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch...
Last year, Cigna Corp. and the New York hospital system Northwell Health discussed developing an insurance plan that would offer low-cost coverage by excluding some other health-care providers,...
View ArticleThe appeal of the Functional Fitness MOT to older adults and health...
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View ArticleThey Were Seeking Mental Health Care. Instead They Drowned in a Sheriff’s Van.
The family all stayed together, moving as a unit. Ms. Green had physical ailments, too, some of which led to seizures, making it hard to stay at a job. She loved working with children but worried that...
View ArticleHealth Care Is the Sleeper Issue of 2018
The Democrats’ most potent national policy issue in the 2018 midterms is health care, and it’s showing up on TV. One Arizona ad says Martha McSally, the Republican congresswoman running for Senate,...
View ArticleLowering hospital walls to achieve health equity
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First-time Medicare enrollees: A wrong move on this additional coverage could...
<!– –> MENUSEARCH QUOTES Your Money, Your Future If you’re about to turn 65, put your birthday party planning on hold: It’s time to start shopping for insurance that will supplement your...
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NFL Hall of Famer: We’re fighting for health benefits, pay for all ex-players
<!– –> MENUSEARCH QUOTES Sports Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson is making waves with his latest play: threatening a boycott of the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies unless Hall of Fame members get...
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Flames prospect Tyler Parsons opens up about his mental health struggles: ‘I...
Tyler Parsons was in a dark place. The darkest, actually. And the rising sun was doing nothing to brighten his mood. Completely undone by anger and anxiety and depression, he was slumped in the...
View ArticleEvery Fat Person, Healthy Or Not, Deserves Respect
These are good points, but they, too, reinforce the notion of the “good fatty.” Hobbes quotes a woman named Jessica, who has learned to perform as a “good fatty,” especially at social gatherings. She...
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