Health Headlines for Wednesday, January 13
Excellus giving away $87,000 to fund nonprofit health programs
Syracuse Post Standard
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is giving away $87,000 to upstate nonprofits that are improving health.
Anthem targets $3 billion in drug cost savings with Express Scripts
Reuters
Anthem Inc could save $3 billion annually on drug costs from a re-pricing provision in its current contract with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co, the health insurer’s chief executive officer said Tuesday.
Q&A with one of NY’s first medical marijuana patients
Lohud/The Journal News
When Brittany Barger was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the then 26-year-old New Yorker mourned the death of a life she had mapped out.
A year later, Cuomo’s $700 million for Brooklyn hospital is still unspent
Politico New York
It’s been nearly a year since Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed spending $700 million to improve health care in Brooklyn by rebuilding the struggling Brookdale Hospital. But as he prepares to unveil his budget for this year, that money remains on the sidelines.
To Better Cope With Stress, Listen to Your Body
New York Times/Blog
To handle stress and adversity more effectively, we should probably pay closer attention to what is happening inside our bodies, according to a fascinating new brain study of resilience and why some people seem to have more of it than others.