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United Health profit increases 56 percent in fourth quarter http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/unitedhealth-profit-increases-56-percent-in-fourth-quarter/ UnitedHealth Group Inc. reported a 56 percent increase in profit in the fourth quarter of 2016, driven by continued growth of its health services business and a nearly 16 percent increase in revenue from premiums. The Minnesota-based company reported a fourth quarter profit of $1.9 […]

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The year’s Top Drugs http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/years-top-drugs?page=0,0& Out of the top TWENTY prescriptions for medications… there was only THREE that had fewer prescriptions between 2011 and 2015 .. with Hydrocodone/APAP products showing the LARGEST DROP. While the overall number of prescriptions for “pain medications” remained MOSTLY UNCHANGED.  Tramadol increased 26% and only THREE controlled medications were in […]

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lawyers weren’t interested in the case because her father’s life didn’t have much value. http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/mass-tort-litigation-class-actions-plaintiffs I have talked to… exchanged emails with… read chronic pain pts statements that they have contacted law firms to sue some healthcare provider for cutting their opiates, discharging them for no – or trumped up – reasons. And without exception, […]

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Daphne Bramham: Patients with chronic pain are collateral damage in opioid epidemic vancouversun.com/news/local-news/daphne-bramham-patients-with-chronic-pain-are-collateral-damage-in-opioid-epidemic On Boxing Day, Geoff Moses will run out of the oxycodone pills that have controlled his chronic pain over the past three years, allowing him to work and have a life. Once that last pill is gone, his pain will intensify and […]

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Pennsylvania insurers report decrease in opioid prescriptions http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/pennsylvania-insurers-report-decrease-in-opioid-prescriptions/article_286823f2-d1f4-11e6-89db-5b2c084661e5.html The number of opioid prescription reimbursements fell dramatically in one of the largest health insurance networks in the region in late 2016, suggesting efforts to cut widespread abuse may be working. The decline reported by Highmark in September, October and November coincided with the launch of the […]

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Legal challenge filed against DEA’s new marijuana extract rule www.thecannabist.co/2017/01/13/hemp-dea-extracts-marijuana-cbd-judicial-review/71387/ The hemp industry has taken the DEA to court in the wake of a controversial new rule on marijuana extracts. Denver’s Hoban Law Group, representing the Hemp Industries Association, Centuria Natural Foods and RMH Holdings LLC, on Friday filed a judicial review action against the […]

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Medical Marijuana Facing Prejudice and Unnecessary Restrictions in its Way to Save Lives http://www.latinoshealth.com/articles/23254/20170116/medical-marijuana-facing-prejudice-and-unnecessary-restrictions-in-its-way-to-save-lives.htm Cannabis is under strict regulations of DEA and prejudice from NIDA despite eighteen states issuing permission to medical cannabis. Scientists are facing numerous difficulties in carrying researches to find out the potential benefits of the drug. Other restricted compounds like MDMA, […]

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New death certificate proposal could change how law enforcement combats drug epidemic http://wsbt.com/news/local/new-death-certificate-proposal-could-change-how-law-enforcement-combats-drug-epidemic It has been reported that the DEA only seizes 4% of the drug cartels’ production. There has also been a study that stated that only 8.3% of those who OD’d had a legal prescription for the opiate that showed up in toxicology […]

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Jail officer loses job, charged with crimes over Tylenol pills http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oklahoma-city/jail-officer-loses-job-charged-with-crimes-over-tylenol-pills/view/ WALWORTH COUNTY, Wis. – For the past 12 years, Cheyne Count has been a jail officer for Walworth County. However, that long-term job suddenly ended because of four Tylenol tablets. “I don’t have any more of this story. It was over Tylenol,” Count told WISN. […]

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