Author Archives: Health

These prostate cancer screening campaigns are giving men the finger

October 16, 2018 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview.org.  He tweets as @garyschwitzer. Fifty years ago, in a golden moment of television comedy shows, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In program regularly featured “The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate” award.  Wikipedia says it “recognized actual dubious achievements by public individuals or institutions.”… Read More »

Is there a program as Opioid Anonymous?

The most effectively-recognized and experienced twelve-phase teams that aim to assist individuals who undergo from illicit, psychoactive substances are Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotic Anonymous, Cocaine Nameless, Heroin Anonymous, Marijuana Nameless, Nicotine Nameless, and Crystal Meth Anonymous. Dual Diagnosis Treatment of each team are patterned to the advice systems of Alcoholics Anonymous. These twelve-stage teams are meant… Read More »

CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

CVS Health’s acquisition of Aetna was approved this week by U.S. Federal regulators after months of scrutinizing the antitrust-size-market control implications of the deal. I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. This post updates my initial… Read More »