Casper Star-Tribune Online Milbank: What’s the plan for Obamacare?Casper Star-Tribune OnlineThe Obamacare repeal effort was already in unstable condition. Now its status must be downgraded to critical — and completely unserious. After years of Republican yammering about the urgent need to repeal the Affordable Care Act and months of … and more » View original article … Read more
Los Angeles Times Marathon delays launch of $89000 drug after lawmakers slam ‘unconscionable’ price hikeLos Angeles TimesPoliticians once again are concerned that a drug company that plans to sell an old medicine at a very high price is taking advantage of the system. On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent … Read more
CBS Local Doctors Are Seeing A Spike In Child Flu CasesCBS LocalCHICAGO (CBS) — The amount of flu cases is rolling across the county, with doctors seeing as many as 14,000 new cases a week — and they say they may know what’s to blame. Johanna Flynn, a mother of two kids with runny noses … Read more
Medscape New ACP Guidelines for Nonradicular Low Back PainMedscapeThe American College of Physicians (ACP) has released updated guidelines for the noninvasive treatment of nonradicular subacute, acute, and chronic low back pain in primary care. The guidelines, along with updated evidence reviews, are published online …New guidelines outline how to handle back painCBS NewsStudy: Low-tech remedies to … Read more
Medscape Mediterranean Diet With Olive Oil Boosted HDL Function: PREDIMEDMedscapeBARCELONA, SPAIN — More research suggests that a Mediterranean-style diet supplemented with either virgin olive oil or mixed nuts enhances the function of HDL cholesterol. In a subset of 296 patients at high risk of heart disease in the PREDIMED study …Mediterranean Diet Boosts HDL FunctionMedPage … Read more
Washington Post Disease ‘superspreaders’ accounted for nearly two-thirds of Ebola cases, study findsWashington PostThey are called superspreaders, the minority of people who are responsible for infecting many others during epidemics of infectious diseases. Perhaps the most famous superspreader was Typhoid Mary, presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom …Multivariable Score Predicts Ebola Virus Disease … Read more
(Natural News) It is embedded into the nature of man to choose to believe a lie rather than face the uncomfortable truth. But over time, as liars become louder, prouder and demand obeisance, the truth bubbles up to reveal the bevy of systematic lies hiding behind the CO2 curtain. Such is the case with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as pointed out… … Read more
Reuters Heavy snowfall tied to higher heart attack risk for menReutersA resident shovels snow away from the entrance to his home in Union City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from Midtown Manhattan, after the second-biggest winter storm in New York history, January 24, 2016. REUTERS/Rickey Rogers. By Lisa …Beware Heart Attack Risk From Shoveling SnowU.S. … Read more
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Fox News Louisville reports 52 overdoses in 32-hour periodFox NewsLouisville experienced a severe spike in overdose calls last week with authorities responding to 52 calls in a 32-hour period. The city’s Metro Emergency Services said the calls began around midnight Thursday and continued through 8 a.m. Friday, with …STATE OF ADDICITION: Dozens train on naloxone, … Read more
(Natural News) The emergence of drug-resistant superbugs is fast escalating into a worldwide crisis. In the U.S. alone, around 23,000 people are killed by superbugs each year, according to statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In September 2016, in a speech to the UN General Assembly, the director of the World… … Read more