Policy/Biz Stories
- Should patients with mild hypertension be given blood pressure-lowering drugs? Researchers are concerned they're unnecessarily taking these drugs.
- A Missouri lawmaker renews his case to personalize health care coverage in order to deny birth control access to his daughters.
- Bayer claimed Phillips Colon Health can "defend against" occasional constipation, diarrhea and other problems, but did not have reliable scientific evidence to support those claims.
- Welfare recipients in Colorado and Washington can currently use EBT cards to purchase cannabis products from marijuana dispensaries, but for how long?
- Tens of thousands of people may have consumed tainted rice over the last several years, claims a new lawsuit.
- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says newly passed abortion law shows a "callous disregard for women who find themselves in horrific circumstances."
- The NIH has promised $7.9 million in funding for 12 new projects aimed at better understanding autism and making sure treatment is available to a wider range of ASD individuals.
- At 407 pounds, three airlines found Vilma Soltesz too fat to fly, but according to the court, this assumption was ill made.
- The Dept. of Homeland Security now has expired stockpiles of medications, respirators, and bottles of hand sanitizers due to a failure to assess its supplies.
- A new study finds most nursing home residents with advanced dementia receive medications with questionable benefit — at substantial cost.
- In an effort to curb drug addiction and abuse, the DEA announced Monday a policy that will allow prescription drugs to be dropped off at hospitals and pharmacies.
- After a mother is sent to prison for helping her daughter abort her pregnancy, the fear of illegal abortion rears its ugly head again.