Health Headlines for Thursday, September 29
Push To Take End-Of-Life Forms Digital Reveals Complicated Path Ahead
WXXI News
Dennis Rodgers flips over a bright pink piece of paper and rattles off his choices: “Attempt resuscitation or do not attempt resuscitation… to do limited intervention or to take no medical intervention… and another section, whether to intubate or not to intubate.”
Health partnering aims to reduce costs for members
Buffalo News
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and Catholic Health System are joining forces to offer a benefits plan that promises lower out-of-pocket costs to members who use the system’s facilities or specialists.
Brain Benefits of Exercise Diminish After Short Rest
New York Times
Before you skip another workout, you might think about your brain. A provocative new study finds that some of the benefits of exercise for brain health may evaporate if we take to the couch and stop being active, even just for a week or so.
U.S. to Bar Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Contracts
New York Times
The federal agency that controls more than $1 trillion in Medicare and Medicaid funding has moved to prevent nursing homes from forcing claims of elder abuse, sexual harassment and even wrongful death into the private system of justice known as arbitration.
Cruel irony: Study says acne is good for your skin
New York Daily News
Bad skin is actually a blessing in disguise — just not until long after high school.
NBTY to genetically test herbal supplements under NY accord
Reuters
NBTY Inc, one of the largest U.S. herbal supplement producers, has agreed to conduct an advanced form of genetic testing to ensure that its herbal products contain what their labels say they contain, New York’s attorney general said on Wednesday.
Old heart device wires tied to complications, death risk
Reuters
Patients with pacemakers and defibrillators are about twice as likely to have minor and life-threatening complications when having them removed if old wiring was left behind in earlier procedures to replace or upgrade devices, a U.S. study suggests.