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Medical Malpractice: What Victims Must Know www.healthaim.com/medical-malpractice-victims-must-know/57771   Medical malpractice is the failure of a health care professional or provider to give the necessary treatments, medicines, and care a patient needs. It may cause harm, injury or death.   Medical malpractice commonly involves error in diagnosis, dosage, health management, treatment, and aftercare. Doctors or nurses […]

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Majority of patients who misuse drugs and alcohol have chronic pain http://www.news-medical.net/news/20160510/Majority-of-patients-who-misuse-drugs-and-alcohol-have-chronic-pain.aspx With opioid addiction and prescription drug abuse considered one of the biggest public health threats of our time in the U.S., many are asking why so many Americans are struggling with addiction to illegal drugs and prescription medications. New research suggests that chronic […]

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Overdose antidote demand triples in 2016 http://www.whas11.com/news/local/overdose-antidote-demand-triples-in-2016/226796225 Louisville, KY has a population of 600,000 and already this year 1300 doses of Naloxone has been administered LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — First responders said their use of the drug Narcan, the medication used to reverse the effects of a heroin overdose, has tripled over the last year. […]

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What is Patient Abandonment? http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-patient-abandonment.html When a doctor doesn’t end the provider-patient relationship properly, it could amount to malpractice.  Patient abandonment is a form of medical malpractice that occurs when a physician terminates the doctor-patient relationship without reasonable notice or a reasonable excuse, and fails to provide the patient with an opportunity to find a […]

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Chronic Fatigue Patients Take to the Streets Global protest highlights demands for more research, physician education http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/58241 WASHINGTON — The chronic fatigue syndrome community demanded stronger investment in scientific research, and greater accountability from public agencies to address their illness, at the recent “Millions Missing: A Global Day of Protest for ME/CFS.” Chronic fatigue syndrome […]

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Opioid Prescriptions Drop for First Time in Two Decades www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/health/opioid-prescriptions-drop-for-first-time-in-two-decades.html?_r=0 WASHINGTON — After years of relentless growth, the number of opioid prescriptions in the United States is finally falling, the first sustained drop since OxyContin hit the market in 1996. For much of the past two decades, doctors were writing so many prescriptions for the […]

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New Data Shows Decline in Opioid Prescribing but Rise in Fatal Overdoses http://www.nabp.net/news/new-data-shows-decline-in-opioid-prescribing-but-rise-in-fatal-overdoses 1. Opioid prescriptions have fallen in 49 states since 2013, according to data published in a recent New York Times article. West Virginia, Texas, and Oklahoma had some of the most significant declines. According to the article, experts indicate the decline may […]

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Will Cigna And Anthem Merge? How Health Insurance Companies Pump Money Into Politics http://www.ibtimes.com/will-cigna-anthem-merge-how-health-insurance-companies-pump-money-politics-2376438 VIDEO ON LINK Are we headed towards the “battle of the Titans”.. we have seen when the Prescription Benefit Managers (PBM) have acquired the dominate share of the market.. they force pts to use particular pharmacies or their own mail order […]

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