Health Headlines for Monday, August 15
Hacks Can Ease the Trials of Aging
New York Times/Blog
When Barbara Beskind, 92, had trouble reaching foods in the back of her refrigerator, she installed a lazy susan on an inside shelf.
Group Looks at New Plan for Liver Transplants
NBC News
The nation’s transplant network is taking a long-awaited step to ease a serious disparity: Where you live affects whether you get a timely liver transplant or die waiting.
Health Insurers Use Process Intended to Curb Rate Increases to Justify Them
New York Times
After the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2010, it created a review mechanism intended to prevent exorbitant increases in health insurance rates by shaming companies that sought them.
Cup of coffee a day keeps the heart doctor away, study finds
Fox News
Heart-attack patients who drink one or two cups of coffee a day are 20 percent less likely to die prematurely from heart damage compared to java teetotalers, a new study finds.
As States OK Medical Marijuana Laws, Doctors Struggle With Knowledge Gap
Kaiser Health News
Medical marijuana has been legal in Maine for almost 20 years. But Farmington physician Jean Antonucci says she continues to feel unprepared when counseling sick patients about whether the drug could benefit them.
Albany insurers boost services, staff to support people with mental illness
Albany Business Review
A new type of insurance product for people with substance abuse disorders or behavioral health issues demand more staffing and connections with community organizations.