Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
June 2019 cnbc; When word spread that Amazon would move into health care in 2017, health-care executives had a ready answer: We are not afraid. “I honestly don’t believe that Amazon will be interested in the near future in the next few years in this market,” Walgreens’ CEO Stefano Pessina told investors …
Read More »This doctor is recruiting an army of medical experts to drown out fake health news on Instagram and Twitter
June 2019 CNBC; The antidote to fake health news? According to Austin Chiang, the first chief medical social media officer at a top hospital, it’s to drown out untrustworthy content with tweets, pics and posts from medical experts that the average American can relate to. Chiang is a Harvard-trained gastroenterologist …
Read More »World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers – UNICEF
June 2019 UNICEF; More than 5 million families across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean spend over 40 per cent of their non-food household expenses on maternal health services every year, UNICEF said today in a new analysis on maternal health. Nearly two-thirds of these households, or around 3 …
Read More »USA: Florida lawmakers OK sweeping changes to crack down on deadly cosmetic surgery facilities
May 2019 Yahoo News; If signed by the governor, the new law would allow the state for the first time to punish dangerous plastic surgery facilities and shut down the worst offenders. The legislation passed after years of no regulation in Florida, where private investors opened high-volume, discount clinics that became magnets …
Read More »When It’s Time For A Mammogram, Should You Ask For 3D?
April 2019. ;When women get a mammogram they may be offered one of two types. The older type of mammogram takes a single straightforward X-ray image of the breast. The newer 3D takes pictures from many angles. Now, more evidence shows that 3D mammography offers a more thorough picture of …
Read More »UK: Cosmetic clinics to assess mental health before offering Botox
April 2019 theguardian;Cosmetic clinics will begin assessing patients’ suitability for Botox in an attempt to spot those whose desire to alter their appearance is due to mental health problems. The Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP), a trade body, has decided that member clinics will introduce new practices designed to …
Read More »USA:Federal opioid pill bust reveals doctors trading pills for sex, dentists pulling good teeth
April 2019 Yahoo news;They were medical professionals but they traded prescription pain pills for sex, prosecutors say. Others let untrained office workers examine patients, leaving a blank prescription pad at the clinic, their indictments reveal. One dentist extracted the healthy teeth of patients as an excuse to give them painkillers, the feds say. …
Read More »USA:What is kratom and what’s it made from? Increasingly popular herbal drug tied to over 90 fatal overdoses
April 2019 Yahoo news; The over-the-counter herbal drug kratom has been linked to an increasing number of overdose deaths, federal health officials said this week. Kratom was a cause of death in at least 91 fatal overdoses in the United States from July 2016 to December 2017, and 152 tested positive for the substance …
Read More »USA:Struggling to stay alive: Rising insulin prices cause diabetics to go to extremes
March 2019 Yahoo News;Meaghan Carter died alone on the sofa of her suburban Dayton, Ohio, apartment last Christmas. Like most people with Type 1 diabetes, the 47-year-old nurse had a kit of essential supplies within reach. It contained two empty vials of her preferred insulin, a partial vial of inexpensive …
Read More »USA;Hospitals blame moms when childbirth goes wrong. Secret data suggest it’s not that simple.
March 2019 Yahoo news; NEWS How childbirth cost one mother her hands and legs Shantel Smith developed an infection after a stillbirth at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans in 2011. In an ongoing lawsuit, Smith alleges that delayed diagnosis and treatment resulted in devastating amputations of her legs and hands. …
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