Childhood social isolation may increase the risk of having 2 or more lifetime psychotic experiences, and thus subsequent diagnosis of psychotic disorder, according to a study. Faculty Associate Pamela J. […]
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Medicare Fraud Carries Heavy Price Tag For Scammed Patients
Medicare patients treated by clinicians who are later banned for fraud and abuse are 14% to 17% more likely to die than patients treated by non-excluded clinicians. Faculty Associate Lauren Hersch […]
Supporters push safe injection sites to stem overdose deaths in Maryland, but legal questions unresolved
As opioids continue to claim hundreds of lives a month in Maryland, treatment advocates, politicians and others are making another push to permit drug use in certain places where it […]
Democrats avoid infighting during drug pricing panel on Pelosi bill
Democrats avoided infighting during a hearing on prescription drug prices Wednesday, a positive sign for the passage of a bill recently introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Members of the Energy […]
Supporters push safe injection sites to stem overdose deaths in Maryland, but legal questions unresolved
As opioids continue to claim hundreds of lives a month in Maryland, treatment advocates, politicians and others are making another push to permit drug use in certain places where it […]
Almost Everywhere Fewer Children Are Dying
The sharp decline in childhood mortality reflects work by governments and international aid groups to fight child poverty and the diseases that are most lethal to poor children: neonatal disorders, […]
Mitigating opioids’ harm
To curb the death toll of the opioid epidemic, it will require drug-use prevention and the treatment of addiction — both long mainstays of the public-health response to substance abuse. […]
Reining in the spending on drugs: What Mass. Can learn from other states
Drug prices, long a concern, are drawing new scrutiny now with the advent of cutting-edge medicines that can be life-changing — but that come with eye-popping price tags. Faculty Associate Gerard […]
After 112 years, Takoma Park’s Washington Adventist Hospital departs for White Oak
Washington Adventist Hospital is moving from its birthplace in Takoma Park to a $400 million campus in White Oak on Sunday, ending more than a decade of protracted, sometimes contentious negotiations […]
Where Tourism Brings Pricey Health Care, Locals Fight Back
In an area where average emergency room claims reached 842% of Medicare rates, residents of a Colorado county found relief by joining forces and negotiating prices directly with the local […]