Category: Health
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Maine Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion, a Rebuke of Gov. LePage
Voters in Maine approved a ballot measure on Tuesday to allow many more low-income residents to qualify for Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, The Associated Press said. The vote was a rebuke of Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican who has repeatedly vetoed legislation to expand Medicaid. At least 80,000 additional Maine residents will become eligible…
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Large U.S. farm study finds no cancer link to Monsanto weedkiller
A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and cancer, scientists said on Thursday. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), the study found there was no association between glyphosate, the…
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How IoT is Revolutionizing Workplace Safety?
Safety is a concern & responsibility for all businesses, especially when talking about workplace safety. It is a vital responsibility on the part of safety assurance experts to check and confirm whether the worksite is suitable and safe for the employees to carry on with their daily tasks. Workplace safety becomes crucial when the area…
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3D gel stacks can grow enough stem cells to treat brain disease
Programmed stem cells promise to tackle all kinds of illnesses, but there’s one catch: making them.(Luis M. Molina/Getty Images) It’s hard to cultivate large numbers of them, and the need to grow them on 2D surfaces isn’t very practical. That’s where researchers might come to the rescue: they’ve developed a method of growing neural stem cells in large volumes, but…
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5 Points To Keep In Mind When Shopping For Health Insurance This Year
Open enrollment for people who buy their own health insurance starts Wednesday and ends Dec. 15. That means there are only 45 days to shop for coverage. The shorter enrollment period this year is just one of the changes to the process for buying insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Here are five important factors…
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Drugmaker set to profit from opioid it said was unsafe
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s the opioid epidemic grew, Endo Pharmaceuticals took the extraordinary step in 2012 of pulling a version of one of its best-selling painkillers off the market, saying that the narcotic was susceptible to abuse. Endo even unsuccessfully sued the US Food and Drug Administration that year to prevent the approval of any generic version of…
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Judge tosses senior-living facility emergency generator rules, calls requirement ‘unrealistic’
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]mergency rules issued by Gov. Rick Scott’s administration requiring nursing homes and assisted living facilities to have generators and enough power to cool buildings for 96 hours should be tossed, a state administrative judge said Friday. In a 66-page order, Administrative Law Judge Gar Chisenhall ruled in favor of industry groups LeadingAge Florida, the Florida…