Chronic illnesses continue to burden communities across Louisiana, and patients living with these conditions need consistent access to the treatments they are prescribed. However, onerous insurance policies and other barriers to care are making it more difficult for patients to manage living with a chronic condition by delaying or blocking medication access. Over 2 million […] The post Deceptive insurance practices that block medical treatment access need reform appeared first on Louisiana Illum
Patients with kidney failure need regular dialysis treatments to survive. However, the equipment, supplies and medical staff needed for dialysis have been largely destroyed by the assault on Gaza.
Medicines could soon be on their way to Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip under a Qatar-mediated deal that also provides for more aid to Palestinians in the territory. Two planes carrying food and medicine from Qatar and France landed in the Egyptian coastal town of al-Arish on Wednesday, a representative of the Egyptian Red Crescent said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said earlier that that medicine from France would be flown to Egypt on board two Qatari mili
According to the Qatari Foreign Ministry, medicines have arrived in the Gaza Strip and are on their way to the hostages held by the Palestinian militant organization Hamas. In the past few hours, medicines and aid supplies for the civilian population and hostages have been brought to the sealed-off coastal strip, ministry spokesman Majed al Ansari announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday evening. Qatar had previously mediated between Israel and Hamas to enable the delivery of the medical s
Our practice is different from most. Compassion is the cornerstone of what we do. We are a physician service for patients with chronic illnesses and debilitating conditions. Florida medical marijuana regulations require
Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died from old age and multiple chronic illnesses, according to a report released Tuesday by the Miami Seaquarium. Lolita — also known as Tokitae, or Toki — died Aug. 18 at the age of 57. The Seaquarium released an executive summary of her necropsy Tuesday to the Miami Herald.
Mount Sinai has been awarded a $6.2 million grant from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation to expand the Cohen Center for Recovery From Complex Chronic Illnesses.