Melissa Davey Once you're done with the Health Wrap, be sure to check out this Croakey round - up
of health news to make you smile.
According to a March 27 Indiana State Department
of Health news release, all of the positive cases were linked to injection drug abuse, «with some individuals also reporting sexual intercourse as a possible mode of transmission.»
Croakey covered a great deal
of health news concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples recently, with the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) conference being held in Melbourne in early October.
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On Fridays, Darya shares roundups
of health news collected around the web from a variety of sources from The New York Times to Serious Eats.
Observers
of health news have complained that coffee, as a widely cited example, is implicated in causing cancer one week and absolved the next.
Rather than get caught up in
all of the health news and scientific proof, it just makes sense that wholesome, natural food is what the body needs and truly craves, and that's what you get on Paleo.
Not exact matches
Expectations for their effort to provide their employees with better
health care options are even high enough that stocks
of other
health care companies fell on the
news Amazon and friends were entering the fray.
This unit
of the company targets
news verticals such as energy and
health, and sells newsletters and other coverage for which some government clients spend upwards
of $ 10,000 a year.
But it likely involves many hundreds
of millions
of dollars or more in a program that, according to Kaiser
Health News, spent more than $ 14.5 billion in fiscal 2014.
Seventy - seven percent
of respondents would forego a home assessment with a robotic smart kit to go see a real live doctor — good
news for those in the
health field, since A.I. can already detect issues like skin cancer as well as a dermatologist can.
«We are not downgrading the importance
of Zika, by placing this as a longer program
of work, we are sending the message that Zika is here to stay,» Dr. Peter Salama, Executive Director
of WHO's
Health Emergencies Program, told a
news briefing.
Here's one bit that may have been buried under the avalanche
of health care
news that came out this week: the latest Medicare Trustees» report projects that Medicare will become insolvent by 2029.
«The good
news is the «get inside, stay inside, stay tuned» phrase works for both for the threat
of a potential nuclear detonation as well as a nuclear detonation that has occurred,» Brooke Buddemeier, a
health physicist and expert on radiation and emergency preparedness at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, told Business Insider.
Health systems are beginning to hire lawyers to assist patients with various legal concerns free
of charge as medical care moves toward value - based models that aim to offer more holistic care, according to Kaiser
Health News.
Let's begin with the big
news from last night: At the end
of the day, a band
of conservative GOP lawmakers thrust the final stake through the heart
of the Senate's
health care bill.
When I was in China last week, I missed this key
news item on digital
health — which I'm guessing some
of you may have passed over as well, given the seeming prosaicness
of the topic.
It's been a busy week for
health care
news between some high - profile setbacks for certain major cancer drug makers, high - profile victories for others, the confirmation
of a new FDA chief,
health care merger drama, and a slew
of public
health reports about the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C, and U.S. life expectancy.
The big
news of the day is CVS's offer to buy
health insurer Aetna in a $ 66 billion deal.
Malaysian state
news agency, Bermana, reports that Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail was also replaced citing
health reasons ahead
of his retirement in October.
Feldstein especially liked to point out the trucks belonging to ServiceMaster Restore, a multinational company that received bad press after workers with one
of its subcontractors in Fort Mac went to the
news media with
health and safety concerns.
In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week
of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the
news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the
health of the world's biggest energy consumer.
BuzzFeed will integrate some existing groups like the
health team and video
news into BuzzFeed News, which will be run by Ben Smith, editor - in - chief of BuzzF
news into BuzzFeed
News, which will be run by Ben Smith, editor - in - chief of BuzzF
News, which will be run by Ben Smith, editor - in - chief
of BuzzFeed.
Noting the fall in print circulation and the failure for online revenues to catch up, the review will look at the overall
health of print media, looking at the range
of news available and how the press is adapting to the challenges presented by digital.
As reported by Medical
News Today, sitting for long periods
of time every day has a remarkably negative impact on our
health.
Buzzfeed
News interviewed dozens
of current and former United
Health Services staff members.
There's good
news, though:
Health food boredom is about to become a thing
of the past, and it's all thanks to a team
of University
of Cologne scientists.
The
news comes at a critical time for American families: Under the Family and Medical Leave Act
of 1993, qualifying American are guaranteed 12 weeks
of «reasonable» leave for certain family and medical situations including caring for a family member with a serious
health condition.
VICE
News made numerous email and telephone queries over the past month to spokespeople for the Army, the Navy, and the Department
of Defense seeking comment on the Army Institute
of Public
Health study and the treatment
of troops before and after their deployment to Guantanamo.
When asked by a local
news station about his tab, Boren said he only took home $ 400,000 — less than he'd normally charge — and the rest
of the money went to mental
health experts, crime - scene reconstructors, mitigation investigators (who rarely get hired outside
of death penalty cases), and DNA labs.
News of the attacks arrive just ahead
of holiday shopping season, a particularly busy time
of year for the retailers,
health care providers, payment card processors, and hospitality companies that may be affected.
UCLA
Health was able to reduce the number
of blood transfusions it performs by 18 % by transitioning to a fully electronic bar code scanning system, according to Healthcare IT
News.
Between 2008 and 2011, the joint task force that operates the detention facility secretly evacuated at least 19 troops who had worked in detainee operations due to severe «behavioral
health reasons,» according to an Army Institute
of Public
health study obtained exclusively by VICE
News.
The
news comes just weeks after federal officials drafted an interim final rule to roll back an Obamacare mandate that religious employers cover birth control as part
of health insurance plans.
It's the latest in a relentless parade
of damaging
news for the Silicon Valley upstart, which was valued last year at $ 9 billion, the most
of any venture - backed company working in
health care today.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) officials tell Healthcare IT
News that, while we can expect to see some major changes to
health policy under President Trump (including rollbacks to the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare),
health IT will continue to get «plenty
of airtime in Congress» and could even become an important jobs priority for the incoming president.
Kaiser
Health News reports that an enormous swath of the nation's opioid prescriptions are given to mental health pat
Health News reports that an enormous swath
of the nation's opioid prescriptions are given to mental
health pat
health patients.
Let's cut to the chase: The big
news out
of Washington on Monday was the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) newly released analysis
of the Senate's
health care bill.
The cellular
health of the mice that took the drug was also improved, as was inflammation that was previously seen on their brains, reports Genetic Engineering and Biology
News.
If you're already a social butterfly this post so far is all good
news, but if you're more
of a loner, are you doomed to ill
health and an early demise?
A number
of weekly blogs cover everything from women's
health, pop culture and the
news through a feminist lens.
Mintel senior
health and wellness analyst Marissa Gilbert says that mirrors integrated with technology are becoming more
of a reality, though most applications so far are in the household and involve voice activation to, say, announce the
news.
«The DASH diet is really a safe plan for everyone,» Angela Haupt, assistant managing editor
of health at US
News & World Report, told Business Insider in 2016.
Here's the good
news about mental
health and the workplace: It's starting to get more
of the attention it deserves.
Back in October, David Armstrong
of STAT
News wrote a mind - blowing report detailing how West Virginia
health and insurance officials tried to slow the pace
of prescriptions in their state, but were thwarted at every turn thanks to collusion between Purdue Pharma, the maker
of OxyContin, and pharmacy benefits manager, Merck Medco (which is owned today by PBM giant, Express Scripts).
The Trump administration is relaxing rules put in place by the Obama administration to fine nursing homes that either harm their residents or put them at risk
of injury, according to Kaiser
Health News.
But the simple truth is almost all
of us need to schedule special time to unwind and de-stress every once in awhile, according to a recent pieces on Fox
News from
health writer Laurie Tarkan.
Well, if you're reading this article with your phone in one hand and a cup
of coffee in the other, we have some fantastic scientific
news for you about the potential
health benefits
of coffee.
A spate
of hotels aims to make loyalty programs more valuable to customers more quickly — immediately, in some cases — with little extras such as coffee and the morning
news (Omni Resorts & Hotels), free WiFi (InterContinental Hotels Group), free WiFi and
health club admission (Fairmont Hotels & Resorts) and room upgrades (Small Luxury Hotels
of the World).