Health Beat: Pharmaceutical Companies Are Ripping Off Americans
You may get out of the pharmacy with pills in hand and money still in your wallet, but the high cost of medication will get you in the end.
If You’re Poor In Hawaii, A Visit To The Dentist Is A Luxury
With no state funding for most adult dental care, thousands of people go to emergency rooms seeking relief from cavities and other problems.
Health Beat: Yes, Patients Can Be Trusted With A First Look At Test Results
Technology makes medical information available faster these days, but should it be accessible to patients without a doctor’s explanation?
How Primary Care Docs Are Learning To Treat Mental Illness
ECHO Hawaii, a new digital learning program, connects psychiatric experts with local doctors.
Health Beat: Marijuana Could Be Opioid Alternative — But Feds Just Say No
As we desperately seek alternatives to addictive painkillers, a federal ban on research is obstructing one promising option.
New Dialysis Clinics Finally Open
The facilities have been mainly idle for years while waiting for state inspections.
Health Beat: Really? You Need A Doctor’s Note To Go Back To Work?
Employers waste money requiring their workers to have physicians verify that they were legitimately sick and have now recovered.
Health Beat: Bring Back The Mental Hospitals
Most of them were shut down in favor of community-based services, but that has proven to be a colossal failure.
Trump Plan Would Cost Planned Parenthood In Hawaii $830,000
A rule change proposes to halt all federal funding to health care organizations that provide abortions.
Health Beat: Beware Of This Dicey New Approach To Experimental Drugs
There already was a well-regulated program in place, but new federal legislation that just took effect raises many questions.