 | | | | A U.S. government watchdog is raising fresh concerns that health insurers are exaggerating how sick Medicare patients are, receiving billions of dollars in improper payments as a result. | | | | | | South Korean health authorities have found vitamin E acetate, which may be linked to lung illnesses, in some liquid e-cigarette products made by Juul Labs and KT&G, they said on Thursday, but the two companies denied using the material. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Only a quarter of childcare centers in the United States require children in their care to get a flu shot, and even fewer require childcare workers to be vaccinated, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. | | | | | | nL1N28L0DA - (Reuters Health) - For the first time in a least a half century, home has surpassed the hospital as the leading place to die in the United States. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - - Major political events, such as the 2016 presidential election and inauguration, were linked with declines in the moods of young U.S. doctors in training, a new study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) – - Many men experience sexual dysfunction or pain during sexual activity after groin surgery to repair a hernia, a research review suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Many families living in poverty might benefit from diaper banks but don't receive this support, a U.S. study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - The rural U.S. is already in dire need of more doctors, and with decreasing numbers of medical students coming from rural towns, the problem is likely to grow, a study suggests. | | | | | | Correvio Pharma Corp said on Wednesday it would explore options including a sale, a day after its heart drug failed to win the backing of a panel of experts advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. | | | | | | A print advertisement of Alkermes Plc's addiction treatment, Vivitrol, is false or misleading as it omits important risk information associated with its use, the Food and Drug Administration said in a warning letter http://bit.ly/2LGVKUM to the company. | | | | | | (This October 10 story is refiled to correct spelling to Copperman, from Cooperman, in paragraphs 10-12) | | | | | |
