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Prosecutors Convene Grand Jury To Investigate USC Gynecologist Accused Of Abusing Patients
According to The LA Times, Dr. George Tyndall is accused of sexually abusing hundreds of patients during three decades at a campus health clinic.
San Quentin Officials Eye Possible Link Between Two Unexplained Inmate Deaths And Contraband Drugs
Also in prisoner health news, a bill pending in Congress includes a ban on shackling pregnant women.
The legislation would require Cal State and UC campuses to provide abortion medication at their health centers by 2023. It is similar to a measure vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown in September. Its sponsor, state Sen. Connie Leyva (D-Chino), hopes that the incoming governor, Gavin Newsom, will be more supportive.
HHS Says Reporting ‘Inaccurate’ About Potential Changes To Fetal Tissue Research Funding For UCSF
No decision has been made yet about federal funding for a University of California at San Francisco’s research laboratory, the Department of Health and Human Services says about a story yesterday from The Washington Post. The lab in question has been instrumental in testing virtually all HIV therapies subsequently approved by the Food and Drug Administration since the 1990s.
Hospital Destroyed By Fire In Paradise Will Not Reopen Until 2020
“A hospital’s not just four walls. It has a lot of infrastructure,” said Adventist Health CEO Scott Reiner. “In this case, the fire really did a lot of damage to the core infrastructure.” Also, for many fire victims, traditional mental health therapy is not an option as they try to recuperate.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will be the top Republican and Democrat on the influential Senate Finance Committee next year. Their bipartisan bill would give HHS more power to recoup the full amount lost if companies misclassify their drugs under the Medicaid program. Experts watching Congress have predicted that drug prices might be a problem where the parties will work together.
“People in psychiatric crisis don’t have the appropriate care available to them when they need it,” said Bill Carter, who is taking the reins at Sonoma County’s behavioral health division. Carter’s 30 years of experience in mental health and social services was touted by Sonoma officials.
Teens’ Wisdom Teeth Removal Surgery Can Often Open The Door To Opioid Addiction
In the year following the surgery, close to 6 percent of patients who left their dentist’s office with a prescription for opioids had a “health care encounter” in which a diagnosis of opioid abuse was documented. That’s well over 10 times the rate at which a comparison group.
In the face of fines, Disneyland has disputed that its towers were responsible for the outbreak last year, saying that the source has never been “scientifically determined.”
Dr. Michael Moskowitz, of San Rafael, president of the Bay Area Pain Medical Associates and a local psychiatrist, is touting the benefits of the cannabinoid known as THCV. “It’s anti-nausea and vomiting. It helps with bone health and bone formation, it’s sleep-promoting, it’s anti-epileptic, it’s anti-anxiety. It’s a major anti-psychotic. And it helps with appetite suppression, it’s anti-diabetic and it’s anti-cholesterol,” he says.