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Shopping season for the Medicare Advantage plans is underway.In Monroe, Ontario, and Wayne Counties, the average premium for 2016 Medicare Advantage plans…
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The Onondaga County Drug Task Force continues to look for ways to keep prescription drugs out of the wrong hands. A new pilot program launched this month…
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Health care advocacy organizations are calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill on his desk that would help ensure doctors have the ultimate say over…
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ExcellusBlueCrossBlueShield now has a better idea of why four out of every ten upstate New York adults don’t always take prescriptions as prescribed. The…
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New York lawmakers have delayed a deadline that would require prescription medications to be electronic. Many doctors in the state needed more time to put…
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This forum aired on Sunday, July 20 at 7 p.m. Heroin is the latest illegal drug to become a scourge on communities in upstate New York and throughout the…
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With heroin abuse raging among young adults and in rural communities, New York's senior senator is calling for a new state-wide database to be created so…
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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is firing another salvo in the war against prescription drug abuse. He's proposing that the Drug Enforcement Administration ease…
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Prescription drugs can be helpful to those that need them. But for others they can be dangerous or even deadly. This week on “Take Care,” we talk to New…
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The new I-STOP law passed by the New York State Legislature is aimed at reducing the amount of overdoses on prescription painkillers; although some groups…