Tag: Health

The challenge of helping individuals with severe pain often leads physicians to overextend the dosage, or, due to fear of over-prescribing, they provide too little. (iStock Photo)

Caregivers need help navigating the opioid crisis

Peter Rosenberger · November 12, 2017 5:01 am

Rene Boucher, center, pleaded not guilty to charges that he assaulted his neighbor, Sen. Rand Paul. Boucher and Paul have been neighbors for 17 years in a gated community. (Austin Anthony/Daily News via AP)

Rand Paul’s neighbor pleads not guilty to misdemeanor assault

Melissa Quinn · November 9, 2017 4:20 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and wife Kelley, are described as pretty typical and friendly neighbors. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Rand Paul’s neighbors rip media ‘landscaping dispute’ reports

Paul Bedard · November 8, 2017 10:00 pm

Steve Bannon, former strategist for President Donald Trump, speaks at at the California Republican Convention in Anaheim, Calf., on Friday Oct. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Steve Bannon is on a smoothie diet

Caitlin Yilek · November 8, 2017 6:59 pm

One child's attempt to bake a cake (pictured), an old friend offering help, well-wishes from Twitter - all of them are part of dense social networks that can help people in need. But many Americans do not have them, and that is a major problem. (Photo by Tim Carney / Washington Examiner via Twitter)

An embarrassment of riches

Timothy P. Carney · November 8, 2017 3:58 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said that he hopes Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is able to recover soon after he was attacked by a neighbor over the weekend and suffered five broken ribs. It is unknown when Paul will return to Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Rand Paul’s absence is ‘potentially a challenge’ for Senate GOP

Al Weaver · November 6, 2017 6:25 pm

McCain received treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center over the weekend for the injury to his Achilles tendon, as well as for "other normal and non-life-threatening side effects of cancer therapy." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Sen. John McCain suffers minor tear to Achilles tendon

Melissa Quinn · November 6, 2017 5:18 pm

The Trump administration will provide $10 million to Mathematica Policy Research and RTI International, which are nonpartisan research firms, so they can research on abstinence and assess why the rate of pregnancies among teens has dropped while the spread of some sexually transmitted diseases has increased. (iStock)

Trump administration to fund research on teen pregnancy prevention

Kimberly Leonard · November 3, 2017 6:30 pm

The mandate requires everyone to sign up for health insurance, and is not included in the bill set to be unveiled Thursday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Tax reform bill doesn’t include repeal of Obamacare mandate, sources say

Robert King · November 2, 2017 2:28 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie chairs a President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s opioid commission recommends ‘aggressive’ outreach on opioid awareness

Kimberly Leonard · November 1, 2017 6:59 pm

The Healthcare.gov website is seen on a computer screen Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

7 things to know about Trump’s first Obamacare open enrollment

Kimberly Leonard · November 1, 2017 4:01 am

Officials recently discovered yet another unauthorized waiting list for appointments at an Omaha, Neb., VA hospital. (Image courtesy Department of Veterans Affairs)

Remember the VA healthcare scandal? It’s still happening

Jacy Gomez · October 31, 2017 8:27 pm