Tuesday, 9 April 2019

CDC Clarifies Opioid Guidelines for Severe Pain

Some insurers had cited the CDC’s previous opioid guidelines and refused to pay for prescriptions for patients with cancer or sickle cell anemia, or other chronic pain conditions. from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2GbO7...

Doctors Urge Recall of Fisher Price Sleeper Seat

The American Academy of Pediatrics also said parents should stop using Fisher-Price’s Rock 'n Play Sleeper and stores should remove it from their shelves. from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2IpcE...

Raise Minimum Wage, Lower State's Suicide Rate

If the 2% reduction in the suicide rate had been steady in all the years of the study, about 8,000 fewer suicides would have occurred, the researchers estimated. from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2U7VM...

New 'Cancer Vaccine' Attacks Tumors From Within

Eight out of 11 lymphoma patients in a small, early clinical trial had partial or complete destruction of the tumor that received the initial injection, according to the researchers’ report. from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2YSVb...

Most Osteoporosis Drugs Don’t Build Bone. This One Does.

By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Ua22...