Health Headlines for Monday, March 20
Analysis: Reports of drug side effects increase fivefold in 12 years
USA Today
More than 1 million reports of drug side effects were filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2015, a fivefold increase since 2004, according to an analysis by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today.
Republicans revamp health bill, boost benefits to older Americans
Reuters
U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans and add a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday.
On Medicaid Money, GOP Has Win-Or-Lose Proposition For States
Kaiser Health News
New England’s bucolic countryside looks much the same on either side of the Connecticut River separating Vermont from New Hampshire.
G.O.P.’s Health Care Tightrope Winds Through the Blue-Collar Midwest
New York Times
James Waltimire, a police officer on unpaid medical leave, has been going to the hospital in this small city twice a week for physical therapy after leg surgery, all of it paid for by Medicaid.
Cholesterol-Slashing Drug Can Protect High-Risk Heart Patients, Study Finds
New York Times
The first rigorous test of an expensive new drug that radically lowers cholesterol levels found that it significantly reduced the chance that a high-risk patient would have a heart attack or stroke.
Area receiving better access to prevent HIV infection
Observer Dispatch
Area residents are getting better access to treatment to prevent HIV infections.