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Obama-Scare: Biggest US health insurer might leave exchanges http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/19/obama-scare-biggest-us-health-insurer-might-leave-exchanges.html?intcmp=hpbt2 The nation’s largest health insurer fired a shot across the bow of ObamaCare on Thursday, citing flagging enrollment and high-risk customers in suggesting it may have to pull out of the exchanges in 2017. UnitedHealth Group raised the alarm in an earnings update Thursday morning, with […]

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There is a old saying… “united we stand, divided we fail”..  Has anyone, other than me, notice that daily or multiple times a day I see a NEW GROUP on Facebook or a website whose focus is some disease state and/or pain as part of a disease state. The email below suggests how successful this […]

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Ex-pharmacist tells story of addiction http://thecourier.com/local-news/2015/11/19/ex-pharmacist-tells-story-of-addiction/ Here is an example of what/who should be a “most knowledgeable” person about the POTENTIAL  addictive properties of certain medications and yet the “feeling” that taking those medications provided was mentally/physically overwhelming TO HIM.  He was apparently very “thinned skinned” because “he couldn’t make everybody happy”… and when caught […]

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Menominee tribe files lawsuit over hemp raid http://fox11online.com/news/local/northwoods/menominee-tribe-files-lawsuit-over-hemp-raid KESHENA — Less than a month after its land was raided, the Menominee Indian Tribe has filed a lawsuit against the DEA and Department of Justice.The tribe wants to clarify whether it’s legal for it to grow industrial hemp on its reservation, which the tribe considers to […]

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Do No Harm: Protecting Patient Data http://www.medpagetoday.com/PracticeManagement/InformationTechnology/54745?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-11-18&eun=g578717d0r “If I can steal your medical identity and get medical coverage as you, I can go have surgeries and your insurance gets billed, and I walk away scot-free,” Bulu said. NATIONAL HARBOR — Information technology experts underscored the importance of keeping patient health information secure and outlined strategies […]

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Legal Complaint Filed Against CDC Opioid Guidelines https://edsinfo.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/legal-complaint-filed-against-cdc-opioid-guidelines/ Comments/complaints filed by the Washington Legal Foundation regarding the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: On November 17, 2015, WLF filed formal comments with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), calling on CDC to withdraw its Draft Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain and, before renewing efforts […]

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Blumenauer Speaks Out On DEA Chief Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) calls for DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg to be replaced. http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4560946/blumenauer-speaks-dea-chief Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that acting Drug Enforcement Administration chief Chuck Rosenberg should be replaced after calling the notion of smoking marijuana for medical purposes a “joke.”  “Rosenberg is clearly not the right […]

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We have met the enemy, and he is us http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/we-have-met-enemy-and-he-us Here is a recently published column in DRUG TOPICS where a Pharmacist is expressing concerns about how Pharmacists are suppose to be “problem solvers” to the point that they end up spending a lot of non-revenue generating tasks .. in order to make sure that […]

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US sexually transmitted disease epidemic worsening, CDC says http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/11/17/us-sexually-transmitted-disease-epidemic-worsening-cdc-says.html?intcmp=hphz02 A U.S. sexually transmitted diseases epidemic is increasing and the most common infection, chlamydia, has risen to record levels, government officials say. Reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis all increased in 2014. Chlamydia cases had dipped in 2013, but last year’s total of more than […]

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11-year-old’s letter to Santa to cure mom’s illness goes viral http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/11/17/11-year-olds-letter-to-santa-to-cure-moms-illness-goes-viral.html?intcmp=hpffo&intcmp=obnetwork Published November 17, 2015 FoxNews.com Facebook3 Twitter72 livefyre Email Print (Pristyazhnyuk Sergey Anatolievich) When 11-year-old Bobbie-Mae Chalk thought about what she wanted for Christmas this year, her request was atypical— she asked Santa to cure her mother’s debilitating illness. The Metro reported that her […]

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