Health Bytes from around the News
1) Health care quirk grants middle-class Medicaid
(CBS/AP)
(AP) WASHINGTON – President Obama’s health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/21/politics/main20073175.shtml#ixzz1Q09w8yvM
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Treating PTSD with virtual combat
At Emory University, more than 90 veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are being treated with an experimental therapy that uses virtual reality to place them back on the battlefield, reports Mark Strassmann.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/1770-5_162-0.html?query=ptsd&tag=srch&searchtype=cbsSearch#ixzz1Q0CAkVxx
3) Md. health officials investigate bath salts | Ben Giles | Local …
Hallucinogenic bath salts soon may be given the boot in Maryland. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has started a monthlong investigation into the synthetic recreational drug as it tries to discover …
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/2011/06/md-health-officials-investigate-bath-salts
4) Formaldehyde, Styrene Added To U.S. Health Department’s …
Formaldehyde, a preservative used in labs and mortuaries, and styrene, the chemical used to make styrofoam cups and food containers, were among six chemicals that were added today to the U.S. health department’s list of …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/styrofoam-carcinogens-formaldehyde_n_875054.html
5) Joe Lieberman’s Plan to Make Health Care Worse and More Expensive …
So think of this as a national interest thing rather than a budget thing: Lieberman is proposing that we move a substantial number of older Americans into a worse, more expensive health care system. Why would you want to …
