I didn’t know the young man well — I’d hired him to do some handyman work around my house — but it was awfully unpleasant to learn that he died at 24 with a needle in his arm. It was a bad batch of heroin.
Day: December 27, 2016
Government Has Share in Blame
… consumed for legitimate medical reasons, and the drug wholesalers knew it. Companies such as McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen Drug Co. understood full well they were flooding the Mountain State with poison, but they hid behind …
Queensland-developed app Julian’s Key gives disabled patients ‘extra voice’ during emergencies
… said there was a “mountain of evidence” internationally that people with disabilities had poorer outcomes when using health services. He said he thought – should he be admitted to Ipswich Hospital’s emergency department in the future – the app could …
Healthy Olli Maatta skating better, playing better for Penguins
Maatta’s medical history is headlined by, though hardly limited to, major shoulder surgeries in 2014 and 2015 and a bout with thyroid cancer a little more than two years ago. But his only issues as the middle of this season approaches apparently are the bumps and bruises that are an occupational hazard in his line of work.
Seminar to help veterinarians cope with loss, fatigue
… a location in Carmel. “You add that to the fact that veterinarians face death about three times more than any other health care provider. We euthanize more animals, and many times there is no decompression from euthanasia. No one is taught how to …
New treatments, new mental health focus for diabetes
Upgrading the standard of care for diabetes, the American Diabetes Association now recommends a stronger focus on mental health problems associated with diabetes, a lower body mass index level to qualify for bariatric surgery, and the reporting of low blood sugar levels to physicians. On Dec. 15, the association released two important reports – 2017 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes” and a consensus report on “Differentiation of Diabetes by Pathophysiology, Natural History and Prognosis.”