Unintended Consequence: Blood Banks Could Feel The Squeeze From Zika Advisories
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Enhancing mosquito control. Encouraging safe sex. Advising people to minimize travel to infected
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Emerging Health Issues
A Hot Pepper a Day May Keep the Pain Away
With more Americans suffer from chronic pain than those living with diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined, many people turning
Read MoreCancer Research Initiatives
During Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer research initiative summit, the administration rolled out a series of initiatives to build momentum
Read MoreHHS Announces Physician Groups Selected for an Initiative Promoting Better Cancer Care
(Source – www.hhs.gov) HHS Oncology Care Model attracts almost twice the expected number of physician group practices The U.S. Department
Read MoreZika’s First Summer
New York Times reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. writes in this new book, Zika: The Emerging Epidemic, what are the
Read MorePromising Zika Virus Vaccine Tests
In a study published in the journal Nature, a team led by Dr. Dan Barouch of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Read MoreCure for Cancers Will Take Decades
According to Eric Lander, who co-chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, it will take decades to
Read MoreEnd-Of-Life Care Better For Patients With Cancer, Dementia: Study Finds
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) A new study offers surprising findings about end-of-life care — specifically, physicians tend
Read MoreDoctors Wrestle With Mixed Messages When Deciding Whether To Prescribe Painkillers
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Steve Diaz, an emergency medicine doctor at Augusta’s MaineGeneral Health, says he knows
Read MoreZika Virus Funding in Limbo
Eric Schultz, deputy White House press secretary says that President Obama would veto the $1.1 billion Zika funding package The
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