Medicare beneficiaries living with opioid use disorder now have treatment option
Medicare-age population has among the highest and fastest growing rates of diagnosed opioid use disorder (OUD). Good news is for
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Emerging Health Issues
In Rural Areas Without Pain Or Addiction Specialists, Family Doctors Fill In The Gaps
(By Bram Sable-Smith for NPR) Dr. Angela Gatzke-Plamann didn’t fully grasp her community’s opioid crisis until one desperate patient called
Read MoreHe Jiankui, who created world’s first CRISPR’d babies, sentenced to three years in prison
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) A Chinese court on Monday sentenced He Jiankui, the scientist who made the world’s first genetically
Read MoreA Veteran Started Vaping THC To Cope With Chronic Pain. Then He Got Very Sick
(By Marlene Harris-Taylor, Ideastream for Kaiser Health News) As vaping has grown more popular in recent years, the trend has
Read MoreScientists Find Surprising Age-Related Protein Waves In Blood
(By Richard Harris for NPR) Scientists know that if they transfuse blood from a young mouse to an old one,
Read MoreAs FDA toils over how to regulate CBD, frustration builds on all sides
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) Companies who want to make CBD are increasingly frustrated that the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t yet
Read MoreNo Safety Switch: How Lax Oversight Of Electronic Health Records Puts Patients At
(By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry, Fortune and Kaiser Health News) In fall 2009, several dozen of the best minds
Read MoreCDC report: 35,000 Americans die of antibiotic-resistant infections each year
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) An estimated 35,000 Americans die of antibiotic-resistant infections each year — one every 15 minutes
Read MoreTeva to resume making pediatric cancer drug after shortage caused ‘a nightmare’
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Teva Pharmaceuticals will resume producing the vital cancer drug vincristine after a shortage
Read MoreProblems with drugs can take years to discover; more caution is warranted
According to a recent Kaiser Health News analysis, some of the newest most expensive brand-name medicines have been plagued by
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