Nawaz’s health concerns: Two hospitals express inability to provide specialised ambulance

Fri, 08/23/2019 - 00:31

dawn.com - LAHORE: Two government hospitals have denied a specialised cardiac ambulance facility for emergency medical cover to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Central Jail. The Punjab…

Category: World

If Trump Were an Airline Pilot

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 23:17

theatlantic.com - Through the 2016 campaign, I posted a series called “Trump Time Capsule” in this space. The idea was to record, in real time, what was known about Donald Trump’s fitness for office—…

Category: Politics

My plan for Medicare for All | Kamala Harris

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 17:21

kamalaharris.org - One of the problems with our politics is that it often demands 60-second sound bites or slogans to answer complex questions. There is perhaps no more complicated or more personal…

Category: Business

Marijuana access is associated with decreased use of alcohol, tobacco and other prescription drugs

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 16:29

thehill.com - A significant amount of data has been generated in recent years showing that cannabis access is associated with reduced levels of opioid use and abuse. But emerging data also indicates…

Category: Science

I work in A&E. I see the brutal reality of the UK's homelessness crisis every day

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 13:53

theguardian.com - Sam’s in his mid-20s, give or take a couple of years, and has attended the hospital where I work six times in the last four months. He’s alright, he reckons, but he’s got a skin…

Category: Health

Vaping Associated Pulmonary Injury (VAPI) - EMCrit Project

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 11:52

emcrit.org - Currently there is a cluster of cases of VAPI under investigation by the Centers of Disease Control. Salient features of these cases include the following: Additional information about…

Category: Science

Lessons from the Pioneers of Health Care Price Transparency | RealClearPolicy

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 08:38

realclearpolicy.com - Hospitals are complaining about the Trump administration’s latest proposed rule requiring disclosure of the prices they have negotiated with private payers. They say the burden…

Category: Business

OPINIONISTA: The National Health Insurance Bill is a blueprint for disaster

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 01:48

dailymaverick.co.za - The latest iteration of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill was tabled in Parliament on 8 August 2019. The government’s dream is to create a free universal healthcare…

Category: Business

New app maps ticks and Lyme disease

Thu, 08/22/2019 - 00:39

bbc.co.uk - A new app designed to prevent the occurrence of Lyme disease has been launched in the Highlands. The disease is a bacterial infection spread by a bite from an infected tick and can result…

Category: Science

How Pill Middlemen Like CVS Are Bilking the Health Care System

Wed, 08/21/2019 - 23:56

theamericanconservative.com - The outrage mob was at it again last week. This time, the target of their ire was, of all things, CVS Pharmacy. The fracas was the result of some clever antagonistic…

Category: Business