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Prescription Drug Ads: AMA Calls for a Ban
Written By Deb Wilson on November 27th • No Comments • UncategorizedThe American Medical Association (AMA) has taken the stand that “direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs and devices drives up health care costs and should be banned”. Currently, ads for drugs to treat diabetes, depression, impotence and more deluge TV...
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Birth Control Pills: Two States Allowing Pharmacists to Prescribe
Written By Deb Wilson on November 26th • No Comments • UncategorizedThe states of Oregon and California have new laws that will make access to birth control a whole lot easier for women when it become legal to obtain contraceptives from their pharmacist without a doctor’s prescription. Even as the...
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End of Life Discussion: Now a Medicare Covered Expense
Written By Deb Wilson on November 25th • No Comments • UncategorizedIt’s taken 6 years, but Medicare has finally incorporated payment to doctors for end of life discussions. Last month, … ith hardly a ripple of dissent, Medicare authorized payment for end-of-life discussions. Now health care professionals can punch in...
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Blood Sugar Control: People Are Individuals
Written By Deb Wilson on November 24th • No Comments • UncategorizedInteresting study from researcher Dr. Eran Elinav, a senior scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel. Have you noticed that eating certain foods make your blood sugar spike but have no effect on others eating the same foods?...
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Blood Sugar Control: People Are Individuals
Written By Deb Wilson on November 24th • No Comments • UncategorizedInteresting study from researcher Dr. Eran Elinav, a senior scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel. Have you noticed that eating certain foods make your blood sugar spike but have no effect on others eating the same foods?...
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Reversing Drug Overdose: FDA Approval Received for Narcan
Written By Deb Wilson on November 23rd • No Comments • UncategorizedThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced approval of a nasal spray that treats narcotic painkiller and heroin drug overdoses. The newly approved nasal spray (Narcan) contains the medication naloxone hydrochloride, which can stop or reverse the effects...
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Medication: Mistakes Prevalent in Surgeries
Written By Deb Wilson on November 7th • No Comments • UncategorizedSo today’s scary thought comes from a project within Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital that sought to quantify and address drug-error risk during surgery. According to their research, medication errors are seen in 50% of surgeries, with 80% of them likely...
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Mammogram Guidelines: New Controversy
Written By Deb Wilson on November 2nd • No Comments • UncategorizedGuidelines for when and how often to get a mammogram screening seems to be the most regularly appearing controversy in the medical industry. Once again, the American Cancer Society has made adjustments to their guidelines that are not expected to...
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Memory Blanks: Don’t Think of It As Getting Old
Written By Deb Wilson on October 30th • No Comments • UncategorizedI have good news for those of us who have reached a point in life where retaining information becomes just a bit more difficult. It’s not an “aging” thing, it’s our brain conserving energy. Yep, according to Swedish researchers,...
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Memory Blanks: Don’t Think of It As Getting Old
Written By Deb Wilson on October 30th • No Comments • UncategorizedI have good news for those of us who have reached a point in life where retaining information becomes just a bit more difficult. It’s not an “aging” thing, it’s our brain conserving energy. Yep, according to Swedish researchers,...
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