Day: January 23, 2017

What if Trump-care works?

One problem in having a President who operates without much regard for facts, truth or consistency – one whose staff has devised the concept of “alternative facts” – is that when he says or promises something, no one can know whether he means it. So it was with President Trump’s mid-January promise of “health insurance for everybody,” including better coverage, more choice among policies, lower deductibles and no one left behind – far different from anything his Republican allies in Congress ever promised in their many efforts to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act .

Study unveils new way to starve tumors to death

For decades, scientists have tried to halt cancer by blocking nutrients from reaching tumor cells, in essence starving tumor cells of the fuel needed to grow and proliferate. Such attempts often have disappointed because cancer cells are nimble, relying on numerous backup routes to continue growing.

U.S. Deaths From Cervical Cancer May Be Underestimated

The number of women who die from cervical cancer in the United States may be higher than previously believed, and the risk is greatest among older and black women, a new study finds. “This is a preventable disease and women should not be getting it, let alone dying from it,” study leader Anne Rositch, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said in a Hopkins news release.

Supplements unproven to fight colds, flu

… including dietary supplements, mostly to stay well, according to a survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Americans spend almost $30.2 billion a year on complementary approaches, the survey says. “I think many people are …

Drug of choice could end up a deadly mix

… giving four to seven doses of naloxone to reverse the overdose. Sometimes it doesn’t work. In Columbiana County, the Health Department has made Narcan kits available to local EMS and law enforcement agencies in response to the presence of fentanyl …

IBio, Inc Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2

PUNE, INDIA, January 23, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — The report provides comprehensive information on the therapeutics under development by iBio, Inc ., complete with analysis by stage of development, drug target, mechanism of action , route of administration and molecule type. The report also covers the descriptive pharmacological action of the therapeutics, its complete research and development history and the dormant and discontinued projects.

Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich

Steve Huffman, the thirty-three-year-old co-founder and C.E.O. of Reddit, which is valued at six hundred million dollars, was nearsighted until November, 2015, when he arranged to have laser eye surgery. He underwent the procedure not for the sake of convenience or appearance but, rather, for a reason he doesn’t usually talk much about: he hopes that it will improve his odds of surviving a disaster, whether natural or man-made.

Oxford-trained counsellor brings mindfulness training to Langley

As a busy clinical counsellor focusing on anxiety, depression, teetering relationships, and crisis counselling, she not only copes with her own load of personal stress, but works hard to help her clients manage theirs. She used to calm herself by taking six-hour hikes in the mountains, but when her stress levels continued to rise, she realized that she needed to find another way, something that could be done anywhere, with ease and convenience.

Humane Society’s growth in services leaves need for space

A team of board members, employees and volunteers have worked tirelessly to change the image of the Humane Society’s shelter from a “pound” to drop off unwanted animals to a safe place to house, rehabilitate and re-home all types of animals throughout the county. “People just have always viewed this as a dog pound,” said the Humane Society’s Shelter Manager Cacey Long, who started as a board member in May of 2015.

Louisiana senator to unveil Obamacare replacement

Within hours of becoming the leader of the free world, President Trump’s first action took a swipe at President Obama’s landmark health care reform, signing an executive order that asks federal agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare. FOX 8 Political Analyst Mike Sherman says that pen stroke may simply be a nod to supporters that Trump’s promise to repeal Obamacare won’t be forgotten.

Barack Obama Will Me Missed

… increase in healthcare costs since 1960. Medicare is stable until at least 2030, and 16.5 million more Americans have health insurance, reducing costs to the general population. He wasn’t always successful. The national debt has doubled. The poverty …

Remember: Ita s Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

JANUARY is recognised as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in the United States, and though locally we observe this in April, the importance of screening for this type of cancer cannot be overemphasised. Almost all cervical cancers are linked to a common infection in the cervix called human papilloma virus .

Great Expectations

… who rammed this law down America’s throat without knowing what was in it. A real replacement plan will emerge. Health care and health insurance should be two separate concepts. We can hope for holistic reform, such as interstate insurance sales to …