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Lung Illness with Suspected Link to Vaping Found in Florida, CDC Says |
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Monday, 26 August 2019 18:13 |
Daylina Miller reports for Health News Florida on 8.23.19:
Florida is now one of 16 states where federal and state officials are investigating lung-related illnesses that have suspected ties to e-cigarette use, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The evidence so far suggests the illness isn't an infectious disease, but in all 153 reported cases as of Wednesday, patients used e-cigarettes - also called vaping, according to the CDC. Symptoms include difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, and chest pain before hospitalization. Some patients reported mild vomiting, diarrhea and fatigue.
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I'm a jail physician. Here's what likely happened to Jeffrey Epstein. |
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Written by FHI's Week in Review
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Monday, 19 August 2019 17:31 |
Dr. Jeffrey Keller reports in a KevinMD post dated 8.16.19:
Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide while in custody at a Manhattan detention facility has focused intense media scrutiny into jail suicide prevention procedures. Suicide is the biggest cause of death in jails in the U.S. - by far. Because of this, all jails (including the facility where Epstein was housed) have a suicide prevention policy. Since the process was an epic failure at that Manhattan facility, it might be useful to discuss how a jail suicide prevention program is supposed to work.
Read more in the current issue of Week in Review>> https://conta.cc/31UocIB
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Last Updated on Monday, 19 August 2019 17:39 |
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Anthem irks docs |
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Monday, 05 August 2019 17:19 |
Samantha Liss reports for Healthcare Dive on 8.2.19:
Anthem is again ruffling the feathers of providers. This time over a new reimbursement policy denying payment for certain follow-up office visits the same day a procedure is performed. The policy could impact many specialists and primary care doctors... It's the latest in a string of controversial policies from Anthem. The Blue Cross payer that insures 40 million people has taken steps to rein in costs by enforcing different payment policies based on site of care and other factors... As deductibles rise and patients are shouldering a greater burden of the cost of care, insurers may be feeling the pressure from employers to wring out costs from the provider side... For providers, the big fear is the change will result in unjustified claim denials and encourage other payers to adopt similar measures. Read more in the current issue of Week in Review>>
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Last Updated on Monday, 05 August 2019 17:23 |
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U.S. Overdose Deaths Dipped In 2018, But Some States Saw 'Devastating' Increases |
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Monday, 22 July 2019 16:58 |
Selena Simmons-Duffin reports for NPR via Health News Florida on 7/18/19:
Good news came out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday: Preliminary data shows reported drug overdoses declined 4.2% in 2018, after rising precipitously for decades...But not everyone was celebrating. Some states actually saw double-digit increases.
"It is still a nightmare. And the danger in media over-portraying this is actually quite substantial," says Shawn Ryan, MD, an addiction doctor in Ohio and past-president of the Ohio Society of Addiction Medicine. "If we look at just that decrease nationally - which is not that big - we're missing the point. In order to get back to baseline, we have a very long way to go." Read more in the current issue of Week in Review>> gateio app
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