The Hospital Is No Place for the Elderly
The Hospital Is No Place for the Elderly
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The supervising oncologist has ordered a course of chemotherapy using a very toxic investigational drug. Stuart knows … We literally treat them to death.” Here is a puzzling fact: From 1970 until 2009, spending on health care in this country rose by …
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Bill Would Extend Meaningful Use to Behavioral Health
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The Behavioral Health IT Coordination Act of 2013, S. 1685, would cover clinical psychologists in public and private psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, and residential or outpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment …
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Some GOP Governors Embrace Medicaid Expansion
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The 2010 Affordable Care Act called for states to expand their Medicaid programs to cover low-income adults whose income is 138% of the federal poverty level. But last year's Supreme Court decision upholding the law … For Mr. Kasich, the Ohio …
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Is flesh-eating drug Krokodil in Canada? Ontario reports three potential cases
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… drug consumption and drug preparation. It acts as a morphine substitute but is ten times stronger than the morphine currently used in medical practice. Krokodil has a quicker onset of action … OxyContin is a highly addictive painkiller similar to …
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Addiction – Through the lenses of several highly accomplished documentary filmmakers, the current state of addiction in America is explored in nine segments, punctuated …