Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, 麻豆女优 Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on insurance denials, seniors who overmedicate, mental health, and more.
Experts say it鈥檚 not uncommon for patients who need prostheses to be denied by insurance. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not a matter of if, but when,鈥 one advocate said. (Kopf, Llamas and Taylor, 1/8)
Here鈥檚 a good New Year鈥檚 resolution for older patients and their families: Figure out if their prescriptions pose a health risk, because often they can. For Barbara Schmidt, an 83-year-old great-grandmother in Delaware, doing so made a big difference. She had been suffering repeated tumbles, leading to broken bones and bruising. Her doctor told her the problem was probably tied to some of her prescriptions, so she pulled back on taking the painkiller gabapentin and the muscle relaxant methocarbamol. (Wilde Mathews, 1/8)
In the spring of 2024, Ali Kharrazi, then an editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, or CRSUST, received a routine request to review several papers. Although guest editors had already recommended accepting the work, something unusual stood out. One of the papers included the phrase: 鈥淭he way to foster love is by cultivating disruption.鈥 Kharrazi did not think the article had any place in a scientific journal, much less one where he was named as an editor. (Andrey Smith, 1/7)
The death of TJ Kimball was a private tragedy that underscores a widespread risk in the stressful field. (Kaysen, 1/8)
Suicide remains one of the most serious challenges facing U.S. service members and veterans. Veterans die by suicide at a higher rate than the general population, a disparity that has persisted despite years of federal attention and investment. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, an average of 17.6 veterans die by suicide each day, but other sources claim as many as 24-44 die per day, underscoring the scale and urgency of the problem. (Fuller, 1/3)
Marc Dervaes journeyed to Mexico for a brain-bending, existential jolt from a psychedelic drug that more and more desperate military veterans are hoping will relieve their trauma. Then he went a second time. (Friedheim, 1/8)
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