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Board To Use Volkswagen’s Millions To Try To Offset Damage Company’s Dirty Cars Did To California
Nailed by state and federal officials in 2015 for illegally selling thousands of highly polluting cars, the German automaker agreed to pour money into trying to make up for the damage it caused. But it will be a hard task. “It’s not going to undo the damage that has been done to your lungs,” said Will Barrett, a senior policy analyst with the American Lung Association’s California chapter. “The pollution’s out there; it’s been emitted.”
Homeless Pregnant Women Should Be Priority When Considering Housing Resources, Researchers Say
Compared to pregnant women who live in standard housing, homeless pregnant women in San Francisco experience more than double the rate of preterm birth.
Doctors Who Receive Freebies From Drug Companies Tend To Prescribe More Opioids
And the ones who didn’t, cut back on their prescription practices. The freebies most often came in the form of meals.
Do-It-Yourself Gene-Editing Revolution Poised To Go Catastrophically Wrong
The most pressing worry is that someone could use the budding technology to create a bioweapon. But experts are also concerned about the safety of so-called biohackers with altered genes that they brewed at home.
Melania Trump’s Embolization Procedure Explained
First lady Melania Trump underwent the procedure and will remain in the hospital for the week. The purpose of an embolization is to cut off the blood supply to a lesion to cause it to shrink and ultimately die off.
California’s STD Rates Have Spiked In What Experts Call A ‘Failure Of The Public Health Safety Net’
The figure that caused the greatest alarm for researchers and administrators was 30 stillbirths resulting from congenital syphilis statewide — the highest number reported since 1995.
In Politically Charged Year, Democrats Talk Up Expanded Government Role In Health Care
Voters have signaled that health care will be a key issue in the elections, and Democrats hope that the tables have turned from previous election cycles when they were on the defense.
Apart From A Few ‘Sacrificial Lambs,’ Pharma Emerges From Trump’s Speech Largely Unscathed
President Donald Trump’s long-anticipated speech on curbing drug prices focused on reducing inefficiencies in the current system, rather than taking swings at pharmaceutical companies. Trump had a few barbs for the industry, noting that “the drug lobby is making an absolute fortune at the expense of customers,” but the only proposal that specifically dealt with prescription drug pricing was a suggestion that a treatment’s cost be disclosed in its advertisements.
Patients Who Are In ‘Unbearable Pain’ Scared Of Losing Opioids In Midst Of Crisis
“We are overreacting to the need to lower opioid prescribing by punishing patients,” says Dr. Kelly Pfeifer.
Doctors Should Be Discussing Gun Safety With Aging Patients, Researchers Say
“No one would challenge you about discussing driving safety with a patient having memory trouble,” said Dr. Donovan Maust, a University of Michigan psychiatry professor.