HealthCare Advocates' Blog

Ex-NFL LB turns down Montana Football Hall of Fame nod because of concussions

See: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ex-nfl-lb-turns-montana-football-hall-fame-nod-concussions-173047746.html

Feds Raid California ‘Maternity Hotels’ for Birth Tourists:

See: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-raid-l-maternity-hotel-birth-tourists-n315996

Uninsured Americans rises to over 12 percent amid health care fight.

Full Story: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/uninsured-americans-rises-to-over-12-percent-amid-health-care-fight

President Trump to end certain Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Read: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-to-end-key-aca-subsidies-a-move-that-will-threaten-the-law%e2%80%99s-marketplaces/ar-AAtkha9?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Video games, long thought to hinder the social abilities of children, may soon replace medication in treating some mental disorders. Project EVO is at the last stage of FDA approval and is intended to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. The next iteration is to use video games to detect Alzheimer’s. Adding support to these findings is that the pharmaceutical company Pfizer is supporting the research.

The full story may be found at: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/12/neuroscape-and-akili-make-video-games-to-treat-cognitive-diseases.html

Anthem exists Obamacare Leaving Many with No Options:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/08/obamacare-market-shaky-after-insurance-companies-pull-out-exchanges.html

Next Sunday night (7/23/17) the TV investigative news journal “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly” will report on a new treatment for alcoholism.

The new treatment seems to incorporate medication that controls the urge to drink. Interestingly, the patients do not abstain from drinking.

HealthCare Advocates has no prior knowledge of the interview or the legitimacy of the treatment – we simply bring this to your attention to keep people informed.

Common painkillers such as ibuprofen and naproxen are already known to raise people’s risk of a heart attack. Now a new study shows the risk comes within the first week of using the drugs.

See full story: http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/painkillers-raise-heart-attack-risk-within-a-week/ar-BBAXjDb?OCID=ansmsnnews11

House passes bill to repeal Obamacare!

Read the full story at:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-gop-votes-to-gut-obama-health-care-law/ar-BBAJcdb?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Pain Medication: The heroin epidemic has caused doctors to rethink how they prescribe pain medication. HealthCare Advocates is receiving an increasing number of calls from people who were on pain medication but are now being taken off it due to new approaches being taken by physicians.