Health Headlines for Tuesday, November 8
City hospital head axed amid department’s financial struggles
New York Post
The head of the city’s ailing municipal-hospital system will step down later this month, officials announced suddenly on Monday.
Childhood cancer survivors have lasting health problems even with newer treatments
Reuters
Despite advances that have made treatments safer and more effective, childhood cancer survivors don’t appear to have experienced gains in long-term health outcomes, a new study suggests.
Kids who use flavored e-cigs more likely to want to try cigarettes
Reuters
U.S. kids who use flavored e-cigarettes more often intend to start smoking traditional cigarettes than kids who did not use flavored vapes, according to a 2014 national survey.
Roche says flexible pricing ready for cancer, not MS drugs
Reuters
The spotlight on finding a cancer cure has spurred improvements in systems to collect and analyze oncology data, but efforts to track patients with other diseases lag behind, Roche pricing head Jens Grueger said.
Local officials confronting county’s high rate of drug addicted newborns
Niagara Gazette
Niagara County has the highest rate of drug addicted newborns in the entire state.
U.S. Enforcing Insurance Law to Help Fight Opioid Abuse
New York Times
In one of President Obama’s last major health care initiatives, the administration is stepping up enforcement of laws that require equal insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses, a move officials say will help combat an opioid overdose epidemic.