Fear of Lawsuits Actually Does Result in Unnecessary Medical Procedures

“The possibility of a lawsuit increased the intensity of health care that patients received in the hospital by about 5 percent — and those patients who got the extra care were no better off.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/upshot/malpractice-lawsuits-medical-costs.html

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Meet the Anarchists Making Their Own Medicine

“By freely distributing plans for medical devices and pharmaceuticals, a loose collective of anarchists and hackers is threatening to pull the rug out from under one of the most regulated and profitable industries in the world. And they’re just getting started.”

Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/43pngb/how-to-make-your-own-medicine-four-thieves-vinegar-collective

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US bans generic form of opioid treatment drug Suboxone

“The UK based pharma company Indivior PLC had got the restraining orders against Dr Reddy’s just a day after the US FDA granted the final approval last month.”

Read more: https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/us-court-prevents-dr-reddy-s-from-launching-opioid-treatment-drug-suboxone-118071400374_1.html

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What Forced Separation Feels Like

“Incarceration rates are on the rise alongside economic inequality, and children aren’t exempt. Quite often, the only crime these children have committed is that they’re from vulnerable families or suffering from mental health issues.”

Read more: https://otherwords.org/let-me-tell-you-what-forced-separation-feels-like/

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The Government’s War on Ladies Who Drive You Home from the Hospital

“The government does not fine or otherwise prosecute ‘free’ drivers because the purpose of the licensing bylaw is to restrict competition, not to protect the public.”

Read more: https://mises.org/wire/governments-war-ladies-who-drive-you-home-hospital

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California family doctor forced into re-education under new vaccine mandate

“The Medical Board of California has ordered 35 months’ probation for Dr. Bob Sears, an Orange County pediatrician well-known for being sympathetic to parents opposed to vaccines.”

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-sears-license-20180629-story.html

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Kidnappers: The Tyranny of Child Protective Services Across the Nation

“A Clinton era federal law called the Adoption of Safe Families Act hands out federal funds to states based on the number of children the state takes from parents.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/kidnappers-the-tyranny-of-child-protective-services-across-the-nation/

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Immigrant Kids Are Suffering Trauma That Will Last Years

“Developmental trauma — trauma experienced in childhood — is much more difficult to heal than trauma suffered as an adult.”

Read more: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/06/20/immigrant-kids-are-suffering-trauma-will-last-years

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Police databases, key to Trump’s opioid crackdown, push addicts into black market

“Civil rights advocates and medical groups are arguing the databases should be used to identify problem patients and get them into treatment. The American Medical Association calls for the databases to be placed under health departments rather than the police agencies and disciplinary boards that control most of them.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/databases-key-crackdown-on-opioids-686879

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Psychedelic Drugs May Help the Brain Repair Itself, Study Finds

“Most of the psychedelics tested, the researchers found, promoted the growth of new dendrites from a neuron cell, which help transmit information from other neurons to the cell, as well as increased the density of small protrusions on these dendrites, known as dendritic spines. They also jumpstarted the growth of new connections, or synapses, between individual neurons.”

Read more: https://gizmodo.com/psychedelic-drugs-may-help-the-brain-repair-itself-stu-1826765205

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