Seven U.S. states now have adult obesity rates of 35 percent or higher
(By Andrew Joseph for ST A T) Seven U.S. states now have adult obesity rates of 35 percent or higher,
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Month: September 2018
Insurer To Purdue Pharma: We Won’t Pay For OxyContin Anymore
(By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio in partnership that includes, NPR and Kaiser Health News) The largest insurer in Tennessee
Read MoreIs ‘Precision Medicine’ The Answer To Cancer? Not Precisely.
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Facing incurable breast cancer at age 55, MaryAnne DiCanto put her faith in
Read More400% price hike for generic drug a ‘moral requirement,’ Missouri pharma CEO says
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Nostrum Laboratories, a Missouri-based drugmaker, raised the price of a generic antibiotic
Read MoreTrying To Protect Seniors, The Most Vulnerable, From Formidable Foe Florence
(By Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia and Doug Pardue for Kaiser Health News) Perhaps no other population is as vulnerable
Read MoreHHS sued over delay in drug pricing transparency regulations
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The American Hospital Association and six other health organizations have sued HHS
Read MoreWhat’s in, what’s out, and what’s still on the table as the Senate is poised to vote on an opioids package
(By Lev Facher for ST A T) WASHINGTON — The Senate will vote this week on a bill to prevent
Read MoreMore Older Americans Are Turning To Marijuana
(By Mara Gordon for NPR) Members of the generation that came of age in the era of marijuana are reaching
Read MoreRural North Carolina hospital uses Walmart clinic to ease pressure on ED
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Lumberton, N.C.-based Southeastern Regional Medical Center, a 452-bed hospital in a rural
Read More13% of Americans live in county with shortage of primary care physicians
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Forty-four million people, or 13 percent of Americans, live in a county
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