Attached you find a link http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/health/more-diagnoses-of-hyperactivity-causing-concern.html?pagewanted=all to an important article published in today’s New York Times titled “A.D.H.D. Seen in 11% of U.S. Children as Diagnoses Rise” highlighting the staggering increase in ADHD diagnosis and related stimulant prescription use. Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Governors support for Medicaid expansion in Florida is a positive development but no done deal. The Florida House and Senate will have to reconcile their different political and ideological views regarding this issue. Meanwhile, Florida also won its request from the federal government for a waiver granting a statewide expansion of the Medicaid Managed […]
CONTINUE READINGAttached a link http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/08/3224281/legal-loopholes-fuel-growth-of.html to an interesting article published in today’s Miami Herald highlighting the proliferation of so-called anti-aging clinics in South Florida whose unscrupulous operators are peddling steroids and growth hormones. I also recommend reading the excellent commentary by Fred Grimm http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/09/v-fullstory/3226189/fred-grimm-roids-are-all-the-rage.html. I hope that my fellow colleagues will join me in the effort to […]
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