Medical
Study links teenage pot use to increased risk of suicidal behaviour
Researchers found even stronger links to suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, but weaker links to anxiety. The results were published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, and are based on a review of almost a dozen worldwide studies comprising more than 23,000 individuals. [Full Article...]
CMS and ONC Propose New Rules to Improve Interoperability of EHI
The changes would also strengthen patients' access to their health information and reduce certain burdens such as tedious data entry for providers. "We can not build a value-based healthcare system without value-based information technology", said Eric D. [Full Article...]
Scanning Younger Women Could Prevent Breast Cancer
Lives are likely to be saved by spotting these cancers earlier and the extra screening would not create a significant risk of healthy women getting needless treatment, researchers said. In unscreened women, just 45% (131/293) of breast cancers were detected when the tumour was 2cm or smaller in size and 54% (158/290) of cases had already spread to the lymph nodes. [Full Article...]
Apple Announces New Health Care Partnership With Veterans Affairs
The government agency and the Silicon Valley tech giant jointly announced that the Health app included with every iPhone will soon be able to sync with certain types of medical records that, up to this point, have only been available through My HealtheVet , the VA's online Web portal. [Full Article...]
Ohio 18-year-old gets vaccinations against parents' wishes
Numerous teens asking on social media on how to get vaccinations on their own are often looking for information on the Mature Minor Doctrine. You don't know what you're talking about. Ethan's main motivation came when a public health emergency was declared in Washington State after a measles outbreak. "Measles is exquisitely contagious". [Full Article...]
Refugee Bill: Aussie government defeated on major legislation
The Christmas Island detention centre was mothballed late previous year as part of a pre-election promise to shutter a series of immigration facilities. "This is merely codifying something that the government itself says is happening now". "If we're sending people who really need [help] to Australia already, why make a big deal of it, and why create a symbol that says we're going to get even k... [Full Article...]
Australian government suffers historic defeat over refugee medical bill
Scott Morrison's government has become the first to lose a vote on legislation since 1929. With the constitutional issue sorted, Labor and the crossbenchers teamed up for a series of 75-74 wins over the coalition. "If the Labor Party want to move such a motion, they should feel free to do so and it will fail", he said. They have learned nothing from their past failures and can not be trusted to... [Full Article...]
Teenager, 18, finally gets vaccinations and attacks his anti-vaxxer parents
Influenza type B (HIB). Ethan has discussed the importance of vaccinations with his siblings; his 16-year-old brother is sympathetic but his 14-year-old sister is siding with their mother. Further research showed none of the children in Wakefield's study had autism within days of receiving the MMR vaccine. That death brought up discussions about whether to do away with the "philosophical or pers... [Full Article...]