by David Thill | Mar 23, 2018 | Featured, Health
Dying – perhaps not unlike waking up early or going to school – is one of those things that almost no one seems to want to do but everyone has to do eventually (at least for now). Still, it’s quite a difficult topic of conversation. It was, however, a topic of...
by David Thill | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — There’s little, if any, debate about using prescription opioids to treat severe acute pain, cancer pain, end-of-life pain or similar conditions. When used wisely, these drugs can spare seriously ill patients from weeks or months of excruciating...
by David Thill | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Science + Technology
National Geographic is charting new territory: a fiction book line for young readers. The new label, Under the Stars, “will create fictional stories based on the research and adventures of National Geographic’s leading scientists, photographers and journalists,”...
by David Thill | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – The good news is that flu season has finally peaked. Outpatient visits for influenza-like illness dropped from 6.4 percent of all recorded visits to 5 percent during the eighth week of the year, according to the latest data from the federal Centers...
by David Thill | Feb 28, 2018 | Health
New medications that help combat opioid addiction may be on the horizon, assuming drug companies take up a new offer from the federal government. Under the new policy, reported Sunday by The New York Times, the Food and Drug Administration will allow pharmaceutical...
