No opioids, please: Clearing the way to refuse prescriptions
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The ease of relapsing into opioid addiction has led a growing number of states to help …
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Florida unit investigating Medicaid fraud gets high marks
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida is among one of the nation’s top states in recovering money from health care providers suspected of Medicaid fraud. Data …
Cancer survivor using memoir to help build Oncology center in Caribbean
Staff Report Courtesy of PR Newswire DALLAS – In 2007, not long after fulfilling her dream of living in Paris, France, Karla Baptiste was diagnosed …
Hospitals worry about caring for newly uninsured in GOP plan
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – When Colorado expanded Medicaid coverage under former President Barack Obama’s health care law, the largest …
Cardboard boxes as cribs? Safety sleep program expands
By MICHAEL CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Cardboard boxes certainly aren’t new technology. But when they’re linked to a practice that started in …
Carla Hill: A story of courage and perseverance
By DAPHNE TAYLOR Special to South Florida Times Carla Hill has had to shift her perspective. Once known for her long, thick hair, which was …
Expanding on the Legacy
By DR. PIERRE B. BLAND As they departed, I looked at the floor of the waiting room and thought, “What a mess!” and smiled. My …
Bird flu found at Tyson Food chicken supplier-thousands destroyed
Associated Press NEW YORK – Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak and …
Scientists creating method to break down drugs in wastewater
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – University of Minnesota researchers are developing a way to better foresee how drugs break down in wastewater. Scientists from the Wackett Lab …
Garden-to-Table Tips for Growing and Cooking Your Own Produce
StatePoint Nearly 50 percent of fresh fruits and 20 percent of fresh vegetables in the US are imported, according to FoodSafety.gov. This means that your …