In theory, employers are in a unique position to confront opioid misuse, through random testing and spotting erratic behavior or absenteeism, said Mr. Chase, the author of “The Opioid Crisis Wake-Up Call.” They could change their health insurance policies to limit opioid prescriptions to five days and waive deductibles for addiction treatment — an option…
The color of a normal stool is brown due to healthy levels of excreted bilirubin and bile. Sometimes a person may notice stool of a different color, including yellow. Stool can change color for a variety of reasons, including diet and underlying medical conditions. In this article, we look at the causes of yellow stool…
Dr. Richner was born in Zurich on March 13, 1947. Little is known about his early life, but by his own account, after receiving his medical degree in 1973 and working at the Zurich Children’s Hospital for a year, he was asked by the Swiss Red Cross to travel to Cambodia on a relief mission…
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — By now, Sally and Bennett Shaywitz might have retired to a life of grandchild-doting and Mediterranean-cruising. Instead, the Shaywitzes — experts in dyslexia at Yale who have been married to each other for 55 years — remain as focused as ever on a research endeavor they began 35 years ago. Sally,…
A first-of-its-kind meta-analysis of existing research has reviewed the effects of cannabinoid drugs on the experience of pain. Cannabis-derived drugs may help treat pain, but the mechanisms behind their benefits may come as a surprise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that up to 50 million people in the United States have…
The last week of birth control pills usually consists of inactive pills, which do not contain any hormones. They are sometimes called placebo pills or sugar pills. There are many different types of birth control pill. One of the most common is the combination pill, which contains synthetic forms of the hormones estrogen and progesterone.…
Many of the early signs of pregnancy can be nonspecific and easily mistaken for other causes. For this reason, it may be difficult to know when or whether to take a pregnancy test. In this article, we list 10 early signs that can indicate a person should take a pregnancy test. 1. Missed period A…
Q. Having had all the common childhood illnesses, such as measles and mumps, 70-plus years ago, how much immunity do I still retain? A. You are probably immune to some of these illnesses. But it is difficult to be definitive about the duration of immunity, because definitive studies, known as challenge studies, are rarely conducted.…
This article was reported and written in a collaboration with ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative journalism organization. An artificial intelligence start-up founded by three insiders at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center debuted with great fanfare in February, with $25 million in venture capital and the promise that it might one day transform how cancer is diagnosed.…
WASHINGTON — Three years after discovering that a military laboratory had shipped live anthrax to facilities around the world, the Department of Defense still has not developed a plan to evaluate its biological security practices, the federal Government Accountability Office reported on Thursday. The department has implemented about half of the procedural changes that had…