Tag: Health

Kratom is an herbal supplement that can be smoked, sipped in tea, or taken as tablets. People who take it have said that it helps relieve chronic pain and depression, and it can work as a replacement to opioids. Some people take it for its stimulating effects.

CDC links more salmonella illnesses to kratom

Kimberly Leonard · March 2, 2018 9:10 pm

Henry Beverly, 73, battles the flu while tended to by nurse Kathleen Burks at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Ga., Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that the peak of this flu season appears to have occurred at the beginning of February. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Flu on the way down from peak

Kimberly Leonard · March 2, 2018 7:56 pm

The opioid summit is highlighting what various agencies have done to stave off the epidemic of overdose deaths from heroin, fentanyl, and prescription painkillers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Melania Trump opens opioid summit with letter from grieving mother

Kimberly Leonard · March 1, 2018 6:24 pm

President Trump previously held an opioid and drug abuse listening session on March 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House to convene opioid summit Thursday

Kelly Cohen · March 1, 2018 11:00 am

The plan of these campaigners is clear, to frame sugar and particularly the soda industry as the new "Big Tobacco." (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

The reality behind the ‘Big Sugar’ conspiracy theory

Guy Bentley · February 21, 2018 8:27 pm

In this 2005 file photo, Danielle Holland reacts as she is given a FluMist influenza vaccination in St. Leonard, Md. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voted 12-2 Wednesday to recommend that doctors administer the flu vaccine via nasal spray. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)

Nasal flu vaccine to make a comeback

Kimberly Leonard · February 21, 2018 7:32 pm

Dr. Dan Lonergan, a pain specialist who also focuses on addiction, left, treats patient Jeff McCoy at his practice in Franklin, Tenn., Monday, June 5, 2017. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy in America fell in 2016, with the rise of heart disease and drug-related overdoses being key factors in the uptick in deaths. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Doctor shortage making it harder to fight opioid abuse, study finds

Robert King · February 21, 2018 7:27 pm

"I don't have to tell you all that today has certainly been a long time coming," New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said when he signed a bill restoring $7.5 million in family planning funds to Planned Parenthood and other medical facilities. "New Jersey will once again stand strong for Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy restores millions in funding to Planned Parenthood

Kimberly Leonard · February 21, 2018 6:54 pm

In this Sept. 27, 2017 photo, kratom capsules are displayed in Albany, N.Y. The Food and Drug Administration said in a notice Wednesday that manufacturers of supplements containing kratom should take their products off the market. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

FDA cracks down on kratom

Robert King · February 21, 2018 6:49 pm

After the Trump administration's announcement on Tuesday that it will expand short-term health plans, the media pushed back with so-called objective experts in the field. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Look at the conflicts of interest among healthcare ‘experts’ knocking Trump

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2018 9:45 pm

This past week, the medical director for Aetna admitted to denying treatment despite not even reviewing the cases put before him and his team. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Denied: Insurers at Aetna admit to bad behavior while patients suffer

Kevin Campbell · February 19, 2018 5:01 am

This 2016 photo released by the New York Police Department shows an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Nikolas Cruz, who admitted to committing Wednesday's mass shooting at a Florida high school, used a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle to carry out his attack, and several doctors' groups are now asking President Trump and Congress to restrict access to firearms in light of the shooting. (NYPD via AP)

Doctors groups call on lawmakers to limit access to firearms

Kimberly Leonard · February 16, 2018 7:55 pm