Confused by Health Exchanges?
May 10th, 2013Now that the federal government is building health insurance Marketplaces (also called Exchanges) in 34 states, the question is: Will customers come? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the government division overseeing the roll out of the new Marketplaces, is getting ready. It[...]
How NIH Scientists Stopped A Superbug
January 8th, 2013In 2011, patients at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center began testing positive for a deadly organism. Even as it began claiming its first victims, two female scientists were on a desperate search to track it down…Click to continue reading. [...]
Animal Research May Hold Key To Autism Reversal
December 5th, 2012Could the key to reversing human autism be found in the monkey trials at a little-known NIH facility? That’s what researchers there hope, as they work to unlock the mysteries behind that and other human diseases and disorders Read my story on the National Institutes of Health Animal Center, —[...]
States Crack Down On Mental Health Drugs
August 19th, 2012In the past two years, Illinois has done just about everything it could to reduce the amount it spends on prescription drugs for mental health. It has placed restrictions on the availability of 17 medications used to treat depression, psychosis and attention-deficit disorder. Doctors now have to exp[...]
Pet Project: Acupuncturist May Have Cure For Your Cat or Dog
June 4th, 2012Every weekday morning, Jane Morse leaves her home in Arlington's Buckingham neighborhood and begins making house calls to the half-dozen or so patients on her schedule for the day in Virginia, Maryland and the District. In her bag, she carries dehydrated chicken, freeze-dried liver, dried apple and [...]
