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Maria Catalfio

Connecting the dots: treatment = savings when it comes to substance use disorders
Connecting the dots: treatment = savings when it comes to substance use disorders 2400 800 AEPC Health

It’s a data point that should command our attention. The highest number of fatal drug overdoses ever recorded in the U.S. in a single year – 87,203 deaths in the…

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Weekend Reading: Don’t be Lax, Rx Take Back Day, Gun Violence & How Many Bubbles in a Glass of Beer
Weekend Reading: Don’t be Lax, Rx Take Back Day, Gun Violence & How Many Bubbles in a Glass of Beer 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Today the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) – an expert advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended lifting the pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The…

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Living and dying with cost sharing: new study shows patients forego life-saving drugs when out of pocket costs increase
Living and dying with cost sharing: new study shows patients forego life-saving drugs when out of pocket costs increase 800 420 AEPC Health

The old saying, “Penny-wise and dollar-foolish” comes to mind when you read the new NBER study that shows increases in copayments and/or coinsurance for prescription drugs cause people to stop…

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Weekend Reading: Time is Now, Times’s Up, Time for Something New, Nothing Lasts Forever – or Does It?
Weekend Reading: Time is Now, Times’s Up, Time for Something New, Nothing Lasts Forever – or Does It? 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Time is a concept that is familiar to all of us. Yet it is hard to define and understand. For centuries, people have sought to unravel the mystery of time. What exactly…

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Weekend Reading: Parkinson’s Awareness, ACA plan enrollment, vaccine updates, and catch-up on ketchup
Weekend Reading: Parkinson’s Awareness, ACA plan enrollment, vaccine updates, and catch-up on ketchup 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Michigan continues to lead the country in the number of new COVID-19 cases. The state’s positivity rate has climbed to 18% — about four times higher than mid-February. COVID-19 inpatient hospitalizations are surging, causing…

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Weekend Reading: COVID-19 News of the Week, Got Questions?, 2020 Suicide Deaths, Handstands and more!
Weekend Reading: COVID-19 News of the Week, Got Questions?, 2020 Suicide Deaths, Handstands and more! 2121 1414 AEPC Health

National Minority Health Month (NMHM) is celebrated ever year in April. NMHM began over 100 years ago as National Negro Health Week. In April 1915, Dr. Booker T. Washington dispatched a letter to…

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Obesity: “Willpower” explained
Obesity: “Willpower” explained 2560 1898 AEPC Health

Stories in last Friday’s Weekend Reading highlighted a pandemic related health concern many of us have noted over the last 12 months: weight gain among children and adults. Staying in…

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Weekend Reading: Spermbot, Weight … It Matters, Feuding Cousins and Giorgio & Emil
Weekend Reading: Spermbot, Weight … It Matters, Feuding Cousins and Giorgio & Emil 2121 1414 AEPC Health

March Madness, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournaments to determine the men’s and women’s national championships, continues this weekend. For some lucky individuals,  their bracket picks are still in play. For others, their picks…

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Weekend Reading: Path to Resistance, Did You Know, Flashback Friday and Head to Toe
Weekend Reading: Path to Resistance, Did You Know, Flashback Friday and Head to Toe 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Looking to make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment?  Michigan residents can sign-up with their local health departments or with health systems offering appointments. Many local pharmacy chains are providing COVID-19 vaccinations. Just this week, CVS announced…

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Will the American Rescue Plan rescue health care?
Will the American Rescue Plan rescue health care? 2560 1510 AEPC Health

There’s no debating this: COVID-19 has created a health crisis and an economic crisis of a magnitude that hasn’t been experienced in any living person’s lifetime. But fierce debates about…

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