Kaiser Health News

Doctors rush to use Supreme Court ruling to escape opioid charges

BY: - September 23, 2022

Dr. Nelson Onaro conceded last summer that he’d written illegal prescriptions, although he said he was thinking only of his patients. From a tiny, brick clinic in Oklahoma, he doled out hundreds of opioid pills and dozens of fentanyl patches with no legitimate medical purpose. “Those medications were prescribed to help my patients, from my […]

Losing Sleep Over the Pandemic? Work Flexibility May Be a Boon for Night Owls’ Health

BY: - April 6, 2022

Many so-called night people feel that, when it comes to society’s expectations about when the workday should start, they drew the short straw. Research shows that “night owls” are hard-wired to sleep later, yet 9-to-5 work schedules force them to battle their physiology and wake up early. Research also has shown that conventional timetables leave […]