Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Take Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Drugs – ProPublica
Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Take Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Drugs – ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/doctors-who-take-company-cash-tend-to-prescribe-more-brand-name-drugs Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Get Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Meds (Pill bottle: Davis Photography via Getty Images; sheet of hundred dollar bills: Don Farrall via Getty Images; photo composite: David Sleight/ProPublica) Doctors have long […] more…
NYTimes: Exercising the Mind to Treat Attention Deficits
http://nyti.ms/1gwioGQ Which will it be — the berries or the chocolate dessert? Homework or the Xbox? Finish that memo, or roam Facebook? Such quotidian decisions test a mental ability called cognitive control, the capacity to maintain focus on an important choice while ignoring other impulses. Poor planning, wandering attention and trouble inhibiting impulses all signify […] more…
F.D.A. Restricts Antibiotics Use for Livestock
http://nyti.ms/18m82L1 The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday put in place a major new policy to phase out the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in cows, pigs and chickens raised for meat, a practice that experts say has endangered human health by fueling the growing epidemic of antibiotic resistance. This is the agency’s first serious attempt […] more…
Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies
http://nyti.ms/1alVm0z Millions of people could qualify for federal subsidies that will pay the entire monthly cost of some health care plans being offered in the online marketplaces set up under President Obama’s health care law, a surprising figure that has not garnered much attention, in part because the zero-premium plans come with serious trade-offs. Three […] more…
Obama Administration Was Warned HealthCare.Gov Wasn’t Ready To Launch
http://www.buzzfeed.com/passantino/obama-administration-was-warned-healthcaregov-site-wasnt-rea?s=mobile Obama Administration Was Warned HealthCare.Gov Wasn’t Ready To Launch President Obama and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the White House Rose Garden on Oct. 1, 2013. The Obama administration was warned one month before the launch of HealthCare.gov that the website where millions are expected to sign up for health care plans was not ready […] more…
The President Wants You to Get Rich on Obamacare
http://nyti.ms/HmGFE5 Tom Scully bolted through the doors and up the stairs to a private dining room on the third floor of the “21” Club. Scully, 56, is slightly taller than average and has tousled graying hair, an athletic build and a lopsided smile. He typically projects a combination of confidence and bemusement, but on this […] more…
Clear majority favors legal marijuana, new Gallup poll shows
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/22/21081289-clear-majority-favors-legal-marijuana-new-gallup-poll-shows?lite Clear majority favors legal marijuana, new Gallup poll shows According to a new Gallup poll, for the first time 58 percent – a majority of Americans – believe pot should be legalized, up 10 points from last year. NBC’s Brian Williams reports By Evan Burgos, Staff Writer, NBC News Americans who believe marijuana should […] more…
Brains Sweep Themselves Clean Of Toxins During Sleep
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/17/236211811/brains-sweep-themselves-clean-of-toxins-during-sleep Brains Sweep Themselves Clean Of Toxins During Sleep Katherine Streeter for NPR While the brain sleeps, it clears out harmful toxins, a process that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, researchers say. During sleep, the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain increases dramatically, washing away harmful waste proteins that build up between brain […] more…
Vaccine ‘clears HIV-like virus’ in monkeys
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24051860 Vaccine ‘clears HIV-like virus’ in monkeys By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service 11 September 2013 Last updated at 18:26 The team looked at a form of SIV that is up to 100 times more deadly than HIV A vaccine for the monkey equivalent of HIV appears to eradicate the virus, a study […] more…
States Using Laws, Not Threats, to Block Obamacare
States Using Laws, Not Threats, to Block Obamacare As October 1, the day when the uninsured will begin shopping for healthcare plans through Obamacare, looms ever nearer, conservatives at both the state and the national level are working hard to stop the law. While some Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government to defund Obamacare, […] more…
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