Drugs intended to treat psychosis are also used to treat behavioral problems in children with ADHD. Less risky behavioral treatments and medications should be the first choice, researchers say.
Health
UAS Juneau goes smoke-free Wednesday
No more cigarette, e-cigarette or hookah breaks between classes; the ban applies to all tobacco products.
Sen. Murkowski pushes change to ACA’s Alaska Native, American Indian exemption
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a significant number of Alaska Natives who are eligible for IHS benefits don’t meet the Affordable Care Act’s requirements for exemption, particularly if they were born after most Native corporations stopped enrolling members in the 1970s.
Federal spending bill fully funds tribal healthcare’s contract support costs
Contract support costs were fully funded for the first time in 2014. Those costs include items like legal and accounting fees, insurance and workers’ compensation.
Not Expanding Medicaid Can Cost Local Taxpayers
Dallas County property owners paid more than $467million in taxes last year to Parkland Health and Hospital System, the county’s only public hospital, to provide medical care to the poor and uninsured.
Haines’ tap water safe, E. coli detected may have been false positive
Haines has safe tap water again, and E. coli previously detected in it may have been a false positive.
How David Holthouse decided to name the ‘Bogeyman’
When David Holthouse retold his story of being raped as a child for lawmakers in February, he had no idea it would set off a chain of events that would lead to filing a police report and publicly naming his rapist in the Anchorage Press last week.
Statehouse Fights Over Obamacare To Rage On Despite Supreme Court Decision
Bills to advance or cripple the federal health law in statehouses didn’t come to a halt in the months that lawmakers awaited the Supreme Court decision. They may well smolder for months or years.
Farewell, Low-Fat: Why Scientists Applaud Lifting A Ban On Fat
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee report that came out in February contained some pretty game-changing advice that’s largely been overlooked: Don’t worry about the total amount of fat you eat.
E. coli test puts Haines on boil-water notice
Haines residents are being told to boil their drinking water after E. coli was found in the municipal water system.