Federal Law Enforcement Action Involving Fraudulent Genetic Testing Results in Charges Against 35 Individuals Responsible for Over $2.1 Billion in Losses in One of the Largest Health Care Fraud Schemes Ever Charged

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 13:37

justice.gov - A federal law enforcement action involving fraudulent genetic cancer testing has resulted in charges in five federal districts against 35 defendants associated with dozens of…

Category: Politics

SNP politician lodges motion to ‘restrict’ abortion

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 12:13

heraldscotland.com - The Glasgow Shettleston MSP, who is pro-life, has repeatedly called for a tightening of abortion laws. But an SNP spokesman immediately poured cold water on the proposal. He said…

Category: World

Drugmaker that targeted dementia patients to pay $116 million

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 11:51

cnn.com - Nuedexta, which hit the market in 2011, is only approved by the federal government for a rare condition characterized by uncontrollable laughing and crying, known as pseudobulbar affect, or…

Category: Health

No-deal Brexit still threatening vital medicine supplies despite contingency planning

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 11:20

news.sky.com - The threat to the supply of vital medicines still remains in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to the National Audit Office(NOA). It said that with just five weeks to go to 31…

Category: Business

Nurse with severe MS has disability payments and car taken away

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 09:32

inews.co.uk - For years Laura Smith worked tirelessly to look after the sick and needy. As a nurse, the 35-year-old spent long hours caring for patients on a stroke ward, some of whom would never…

Category: Health

The Fetishization of Employer-Provided Health Care

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 07:54

newrepublic.com - There are 156 million people in America with employer-provided insurance. Those people have a different obstacle course, but one that is still much harder to navigate if you earn…

Category: Business

Suicide and self-harm in young people - Judy Dunn National Conference - ACAMH

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 07:45

acamh.org - The prevalence of suicide and self-harm in children and adolescence is a subject we should all be concerned with. For the 2019 Judy Dunn National Conference we have gathered together the…

Category: Science

HIV whistleblower who saved tens of thousands dies

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 07:16

bbc.com - A whistleblower who exposed HIV and hepatitis epidemics in central China in the 1990s, potentially saving tens of thousands of lives, has died aged 59. Dr Shuping Wang lost her job, was…

Category: Health

U-turn as ministers reconsider financial aid for student nurses

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 04:05

theguardian.com - Ministers may reintroduce financial incentives to attract people into nursing to help the NHS tackle its serious and worsening lack of nurses. The health service in England’s…

Category: Health

More posts for trainee doctors

Fri, 09/27/2019 - 04:04

news.gov.scot - Scotland’s medical workforce will be bolstered by 105 more places by 2022 for new graduates on the Foundation Training programme. Medical students graduate from medical school after…

Category: Health