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- October 18, 2019 Daily Briefing
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Kombucha, CBD oil, and 3 more: Do these popular wellness products actually work?
Wellness products such as kombucha, CBD oil, and even "activated charcoal," have grown in popularity in recent years, thanks to their purported health benefits, but do these products actually do what they claim to do? The New York Times' Dawn MacKeen and Amitha Kalaichandran investigated five popular wellness products to find out.
What are the most effective health policies? (Hint: We don't know.)
In the United States, "Rigorous evaluations of health policy are exceedingly rare," leaving the government without the solid evidence it needs to determine "which health policies work and which don't," Austin Frakt writes for the New York Times' "The Upshot."
Teen suicide rates jumped 56% over a decade, CDC data shows
A new CDC report shows the suicide rate among youths and young adults ages 10 to 24 spiked over a decade, outpacing the suicide rate of other age groups and ending years of relative stability.
Pelosi's Rx drug pricing bill clears initial hurdles. But will it reach the Senate?
Two House committees yesterday separately approved House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bill (HR 3) that aims to reduce prescription drug prices in the United States, but they made some key changes.
Around the nation: Identical twin nurses help deliver identical twin babies
Tori Howard and Tara Drinkard, identical twins who are both nurses at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, helped deliver identical twin babies Addison and Emma via cesarean section, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from California, Georgia, and Missouri.
A doctor's near-fatal mistake—and her 'life-changing' apology
In the medical profession, many providers are hesitant to apologize to patients after medical errors, but Kate McLean, an obstetrician-gynecologist, writes in the HuffPost's "HuffPostPersonal" that apologizing to a patient after she made a nearly fatal mistake during surgery "allowed [her] to connect in a way that actually made [her] better at [her] job."
As vaping-related illnesses near 1,500 cases, CDC is exploring a new theory
Federal health officials on Thursday announced they are expanding the scope of their investigation into a mysterious lung illness officials believe is linked to e-cigarette use and vaping as the number of cases of the illness, dubbed EVALI, continue to grow.
Weekend reads: Meet the 'Blob,' the newest resident at a Paris zoo
How a maidenhair fern was able to take its own selfie, how a suspect was able to stroll out of a museum with a $20,000 painting by Salvador Dali, and more.
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