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https://www.facebook.com/12news/ Sent to me from a chronic painer !!! At 930pm AZ time (830pm Pacific, 1030pm Central, 1130pm Eastern), 12 News Phoenix (FB is @12News) is having a live event. If you have time, could you maybe chime in on it? No doubt we need to get out the message loudly and clearly that chronic […]
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UnitedHealth Sued By U.S. Government Over Medicare Charges http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/02/16/unitedhealth-sued-by-u-s-government-over-medicare-charges.html The U.S. Justice Department has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group Inc that claims the country’s largest health insurer and its units and affiliates overcharged Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars, a law firm representing the whistleblower said on Thursday. “We reject these more than […]
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China May Have Solved A Serious Drug Problem For The US http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/16/china-may-have-solved-a-serious-drug-problem-for-the-us/ China has decided to ban an extremely lethal substance contributing to the deaths of numerous American drug users. The National Narcotics Control Commission announced Thursday China will add carfentanil and three other synthetic opioids to its list of controlled substances March 1. In addition […]
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Male smokers impact future kids in unique way http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/02/16/male-smokers-impact-future-kids-in-unique-way.html When research began to trickle out 10 years ago suggesting that what we do today can affect the health of our unborn children, it was largely “considered heretical,” medical biochemistry professor Dr. Oliver Rando tells the Boston Herald. Not anymore. Habits like cigarette smoking have since […]
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Constipation Isn’t a Fitting Punishment for People With Pain http://thepainfultruthbook.com/2017/02/constipation-isnt-a-fitting-punishment-for-people-with-pain-opioid-induced-constipation-interferes-with-quality-of-life-and-can-be-fatal Deb was in a near-fatal car accident. Her arms, legs, and pelvis were severely injured and would require multiple surgeries. She relied on opioids to ease the pain. Along with her other day-to-day medical challenges and constant setbacks, she suffered from constipation which her doctor […]
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Hemp Industries Association Sues DEA for Regulating Hemp as a Schedule I Drug https://lawstreetmedia.com/blogs/cannabis-in-america/hemp-industry-sues-dea-lawsuit/ This is an example of a entity suing the actions/interpretations of the CSA by the DEA as UNCONSTITUTIONAL and because this industry is not a licensee of the DEA.. there is less possible of retaliation from the DEA. The Hemp Industries […]
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A Lobbying Group Is Freaking Out Over What Trump May Do To Drug Prices https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/pharmacists-freak-out-over-trump?utm_term=.cx5PLZ16x#.dw5EGMkAz “The sense that this President could make any decision, at any time, for any reason, on any issue is rattling industries in the health care sector and beyond,” an internal memo from the CEO of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association says. […]
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Madison biotech firm faces class-action consumer fraud lawsuit http://host.madison.com/ct/business/technology/madison-biotech-firm-faces-class-action-consumer-fraud-lawsuit/article_c3b64e90-d897-507f-b11e-1c3756639cc4.html Quincy Bioscience, a maker of dietary supplements based in Madison, is the target of a class-action lawsuit over alleged consumer fraud. Attorneys representing a nationwide class of supplement consumers filed the suit last week in a New Jersey federal court. At issue is Prevagen, an over-the-counter […]
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Elizabeth Wettlaufer was fired over ‘medication error,’ yet continued to work as a nurse https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/02/15/elizabeth-wettlaufer-was-fired-over-medication-error.html Star Exclusive: Documents show that the Woodstock nursing home notified college of nurses of the “medication error” in 2014 after Wettlaufer, now charged with eight murders, was dismissed. Accused serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer was fired from a Woodstock nursing home […]
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How Have the CDC Opioid Guidelines Affected You? www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/2/15/how-have-the-cdc-opioid-guidelines-affected-you By Pat Anson, Editor Next month will mark the one year anniversary of opioid guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – guidelines that discourage primary care physicians from prescribing opioids for chronic non-cancer pain. At the time of their release, the CDC […]
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