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UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY DAVITA PRIMARY CARE UNIT FOR $4.9 BILLION
DaVita's medical group had 4.11 billion in sales last year, or 30 percent of the total... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA PSYCH WARD EVACUATED AS WILDFIRE DRAWS NEAR
Vista del Mar Hospital, along with about 10 other structures in the area, later burned to the ground... READ MORE›
MILLIONS OF PATIENTS FACE PAIN AND WITHDRAWAL AS OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PLUMMET
In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE REPORT SAYS TRUE COST OF OPIOID EPIDEMIC TOPS $500 BILLION
Last month at the White House, President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency... READ MORE›
FDA WARNS OF INJURY, DEATH WITH HERBAL SUPPLEMENT KRATOM
But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments... READ MORE›
'THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING'
'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE›
DESPITE TRUMP'S PLEAS, CHINA'S ONLINE OPIOID BAZAAR IS BOOMING
Mr. Trump has accused China of being the main source of the flood of cheap and deadly fentanyl into America... READ MORE›
CONSUMERS PAY INSURERS' ANNUAL OBAMACARE FEES
The health insurance industry's initial required payment, for the 2014 calendar year, was 8 billion... READ MORE›
IT WILL BE A TALE OF 2 COUNTRIES AS OPEN ENROLLMENT BEGINS
A dozen states, including Washington, operate their own health insurance marketplaces, maintaining control over advertising and the help they can offer consumers... READ MORE›
CVS-AETNA DEAL COULD MEAN END OF ERA IN HOW DRUGS ARE PAID FOR
A merger of CVS and Aetna would create a health-care behemoth and put huge pressure on standalone players such as Express Scripts Holding Co... READ MORE›
HOW AMERICA'S OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS EXPLODING IN DONALD TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO BACK YARD
This year an estimated 65,000 Americans will die after overdosing on opioids, whether it be prescription painkillers or illegal street drugs like heroin... READ MORE›
AS OPIOID OVERDOSES SPIKE, OTTAWA HEALTH WORKERS TRY GIVING ADDICTS 'CLEAN DRUGS'
Said Dr. Jeff Turnbull, the chief physician for Ottawa Inner City Health, which provides health care to the homeless... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE›
TRUMP TO DECLARE OPIOID CRISIS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN U.S.
It will also expand access to medical services in rural areas and shift some federal HIV money to help addicts... READ MORE›
OFFICIALS SAY TRUMP'S OPIOID EMERGENCY WON'T MEAN NEW MONEY
Utah wants to use video to connect rural patients with a Provo-based doctor trained to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction... READ MORE›
TRUMP TO ISSUE EMERGENCY DECLARATION NEXT WEEK ON OPIOIDS
Trump said in August that he would declare opioid abuse a national emergency... READ MORE›
FDA HOPES TO LIFT STIGMA ON USING DRUGS AS TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION IN FACE OF RESISTANCE
FDA hopes to lift stigma on using drugs as treatment for opioid addiction in face of resistance... READ MORE›
U.S. INSURER ANTHEM SAYS OBAMACARE BUSINESS IMPROVING; STOCK JUMPS
Anthem said on Tuesday it will acquire America's 1st Choice, a privately held for-profit Medicare Advantage company, expanding its presence in Florida... READ MORE›
HIGHMARK'S ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK ANNOUNCES $1B EXPANSION
Highmark Health had previously announced 315 million it's spending on a new cancer institute at its flagship Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, and facilities in Erie... READ MORE›
U.S. CHARGES CHINESE PAIR WITH ILLEGAL OPIOID MANUFACTURING BUT EXTRADITION SAID UNLIKELY
At least 21 other people were also indicted on charges they trafficked the drugs across the U.S. and Canada, often through the U.S. mail... READ MORE›
DON'T BLAME YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUR RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS
Health insurance Don't blame young people for your rising premiums... READ MORE›
CHINESE NATIONALS INDICTED ON ILLEGAL DRUG MANUFACTURING
At least 21 other people were also indicted on charges they trafficked the drugs across the U.S. and Canada, often through the U.S. mail... READ MORE›
'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'
America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Painkillers
PREGNANCY TO COST 425% MORE UNDER DONALD TRUMP'S HEALTH PLAN COMPARED TO OBAMACARE
Pregnancy to cost 425 percent more under Donald Trump's health plan compared to Obamacare... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR DRUG TEST AHEAD OF NEXT DEBATE
Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says clinton was 'pumped up'... READ MORE›
THE USA CAN LEARN FROM THESE FOREIGN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Health care for people with low incomes is subsidized by the government... READ MORE›
DESMOND TUTU: I WANT RIGHT TO END MY LIFE THROUGH ASSISTED DYING
Terminally ill people 'should have right to choose a dignified assisted death', he writes in article published on his 85th birthday... READ MORE›
NINE DIE IN VANCOUVER IN 24 HOURS FROM FENTANYL OPIOID OVERDOSE
Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE›
RURAL HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
The closings threaten to decimate a network of rural hospitals the federal government first established beginning in the late 1940s to ensure that no one would be without health care... READ MORE›
AS OPIOID OVERDOSES EXACT A HIGHER PRICE, COMMUNITIES PONDER WHO SHOULD BE SAVED
Jones has decided not to let his deputies carry Narcan, a potentially lifesaving medicine for those suffering opioid overdoses... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE'S SHOCKING PREMIUM HIKES: MASTIO & LAWRENCE
Expanding Medicaid has given millions access to health insurance and services, many of them children and people with jobs... READ MORE›
NHS WAITING TIMES 'DRIVING PEOPLE TO TURN TO PRIVATE TREATMENT'
The findings come as health service bosses gather in Manchester for the opening of NHS England's annual two-day NHS Expo... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO LAUNCH NEW EFFORT ON HEROIN CRISIS
Yet after Congress approved landmark legislation in July for expanded drug addiction treatment and prevention, it did not include the 181 million to actually fund the measure... READ MORE›
HOW THE POWERFUL OPIOID FENTANYL KILLS
This is your brain on fentanyl How the powerful opioid kills... READ MORE›
AMERICANS USE FAR MORE OPIOIDS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD
If objective need doesn't explain the relatively enormous prescription opioid consumption in the United States, what does?... READ MORE›
AS MANY AS 13 PEOPLE ACROSS B.C. DIED OF SUSPECTED OVERDOSES IN 1 NIGHT
Vancouver officials held a news conference Friday to address the growing crisis of drug overdose deaths... READ MORE›
DYING INFANTS AND NO MEDICINE INSIDE VENEZUELAS FAILING HOSPITALS
Yet even among Venezuela's failing hospitals, Luis Razetti Hospital in Barcelona has become one of the most notorious... READ MORE›
HOSPITAL BIRTHS HAVE NEVER BEEN SAFEST NICE IS RIGHT TO REVERSE THIS MYTH
In 1970, cementing the trend, the Peel report recommended that all births should take place in hospital... READ MORE›
DOCTORS TOLD TO AVOID PRESCRIBING OPIATES FOR CHRONIC PAIN
When the benefits of prescription opiates outweigh the risks, doctors should talk to patients about their treatment goals and when they will stop using the drugs... READ MORE›
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER SEEKS TO LEGALIZE PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
OTTAWA -- The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for Canadians with serious medical conditions... READ MORE›
WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?
Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... READ MORE›
FENTANYL DEATHS ARE A CANADA-WIDE 'DISASTER'
Fentanyl is a highly potent drug that many recreational drug users take unknowingly, putting them at high risk of an overdose... READ MORE›
WITH OR WITHOUT OBAMACARE, HEALTH-CARE COSTS ARE BATTERING THE MIDDLE CLASS
I have a lot of people that have enough money to retire in all areas, except they haven't looked at their health insurance costs, he says... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
'I'M SMARTER THAN THEY ARE': UNDERGROUND CHEMIST SAYS POLICE LOSING FENTANYL BATTLE
Drug producer known as Beeker says underground chemists are steps ahead of the police when it comes to the movement of illicit drugs on the streets... READ MORE›
JEREMY HUNT ORDERS YEARLY STUDY OF 'AVOIDABLE' HOSPITAL DEATHS
The independent health secretary jeremy hunt orders annual review of avoidable deaths in nhs hospitals 2 hrs ago... READ MORE›
U.S. TOP COURT BACKS OBAMACARE, PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S HERE TO STAY
The Obama administration said 16.4 million previously uninsured people have gained health insurance since the law was enacted... READ MORE›
FACES OF DRUG ADDICTION POLICE MUG SHOTS SHOW DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF METH AND OXYCODONE
The people in the photos are users of cocaine, heroin or oxycodone - a prescription opioid... READ MORE›
DEATH OF WOMAN IN TEXAS JAIL CONSISTENT WITH SUICIDE
However, according to the questionnaire, Bland also marked that she had tried to commit suicide last year by taking pills after the loss of a baby... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE PLANS WILL BE SOLD IN EVERY U.S. COUNTY NEXT YEAR
Ohio announced Thursday that health insurer CareSource will offer Affordable Care Act coverage next year in Paulding County... READ MORE›
ALMOST ONE IN THREE DRUGS OVERDOSES IN EUROPE RECORDED IN UK
Britain has Europe's highest proportion of heroin addicts and problematic use of novel psychoactive substances, say reports by the European drugs agency... READ MORE›
DUTCH LAW WOULD ALLOW ASSISTED SUICIDE FOR HEALTHY OLDER PEOPLE
While state-assisted suicide is deeply polarizing in many countries, including the United States, the practice has gained wide acceptance in the Netherlands... READ MORE›
AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE DISAPPEARING
One of the beneficiaries is Westchester Medical Center Health Network, which bought the former Kingston hospital in March... READ MORE›