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Los Baby Boomers Prefieren Medicare Advantage
Por: Chad Pendleton, CEO de UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retiro en Illinois Cada día, 10,000 estadounidenses cumplen 65 años. Los Baby Boomers están adquiriendo la eligibilidad al Medicare a grandes pasos… Read more
Illinois Poison Center Warns Lollapalooza Attendees to Avoid Synthetic Drugs and Drug Substitutions
As the Lollapalooza music festival celebrates its 25th anniversary, the Illinois Poison Center (IPC) encourages concertgoers and festival attendees across the state to stay safe by avoiding drugs, especially synthetic… Read more
CVS to Join Pharmacies Selling Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug
The drug store chain CVS has announced that it is making naloxone, a drug to reverse the effects of opioid overdose, available without prescription at all of its Texas stores…. Read more
Cats Raise Their Paws for Public Health
Rats—animals known for spreading disease—continue to plague cities like Chicago and New York, so residents and exterminators are finding more creative ways to stop outbreaks, CNN reports. The most effective… Read more
Blood Clot Deaths Tied to Hours of Daily TV Time
People who watch television for five or more hours a day have more than twice the risk of those who watch half as much TV to die of a blood… Read more
Inducing Labor Doesn’t Increase Autism Risk, Study Suggests
Inducing labor doesn’t appear to increase the odds that a woman will have a child with autism, a new study suggests. Researchers examined data on more than 1.3 million births… Read more
Teens Who Play Sports Less Likely to Say They’ve Done Heroin
Teens who play sports are less likely than those who don’t to say they’ve ever used opioid painkillers without a prescription or heroin, according to a new U.S. study. Researchers… Read more
Adolescentes que Practican el Deporte es Menos Probable que Consuman Heroína
Los adolescentes que practican el deporte son menos propensos que los que no lo hacen, a comentar que han usado analgésicos opioides sin receta o heroína, de acuerdo a un… Read more
Inducir el Parto no Aumenta el Riesgo del Autismo, Sugiere un Estudio
Inducir el parto no parece aumentar las probabilidades de que una mujer de a luz a un niño autista, sugiere un nuevo estudio. Los investigadores examinaron los datos en más… Read more
CVS se Une a Farmacias Que Venden Drogas para Revertir la Sobredosis de Opioides
La cadena de farmacias CVS anunció estar haciendo naloxone, droga que revierte los efectos de la sobredosis de opioides, disponible sin receta médica en todas sus tiendas de Texas. El… Read more
