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Class action: Walgreens, CVS, Osco overcharging diabetics on Medicare for insulin pumps, supplies http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511087986-class-action-walgreens-cvs-osco-overcharging-diabetics-on-medicare-for-insulin-pumps-supplies A Geneva resident who says pharmacies are overcharging people with diabetes for medication is pursuing a class action complaint against some of the country’s largest retail drug stores in Chicago federal court, seeking at least $5 million.  Robert Mayberry filed his […]

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My ER visit (May 23, 2015) was horrible. On that day, I had fallen in a restaurant. I slipped in an unseen, unmarked puddle of water and fell, HARD, on my back down the entire length of my spine. I instantly froze, partly in shock, partly because I was terrified I had done some damage […]

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Nadeau_Neurology 2015   <— click here to read ABSTRACT The recent American Academy of Neurology position paper by Franklin, “Opioids for chronic noncancer pain,” suggests that the benefits of opioid treatment are very likely to be substantially outweighed by the risks and recommends avoidance of doses above 80–120 mg/day morphine equivalent. However, close reading of the […]

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Family says cancer-stricken toddler died after hospital medical mix-up http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/family-says-cancer-stricken-toddler-died-after-hospital-medical-mix-up-1.3313954 A Quebec hospital has launched an investigation after a toddler who was being treated for cancer died in their care late last year. The parents of Ghali El Amrani, who died at 23 months, believe they lost their son after he was mistakenly given an […]

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CARROLL: Opioid guidelines to inflict more pain http://rapidcityjournal.com/carroll-opioid-guidelines-to-inflict-more-pain/article_e7e608f0-3a5e-5c08-bb88-d4dd19fb7b0b.html Author and advocate for chronic-pain patients, Dr. Richard A. Lawhern, communicates daily with thousands of pain sufferers on Facebook and other social media. What he hears is a chilling and deepening fear for the future as people in pain are increasingly being denied effective treatment by their […]

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