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10 people accused in massive $46M co-pay fraud scheme involving 26 pharmacies around Metro Detroit – WDIV ClickOnDetroit

Local News Conspiracy involved pharmacies in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb counties, officials say Prescription pills (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images via CNN) DETROIT – Officials are accusing 10 people in a massive $ 46 million scheme to submit co-pay claims for medications that were never prescribed at 26 pharmacies in 15 different cities across Wayne, Oakland and Macomb… Read More »

How Watchmen Used Mesmerism to Solve a Major Mystery Around Judd and Will

Spoiler alert: the following article contains spoilers for Watchmen‘s sixth episode. Do not continue reading if you haven’t watched yet! The concept of Mesmerism was a key to revealing Watchmen‘s biggest mystery yet. It tied in, also, with Will’s memories of 1938. Heading to its stretch run, Watchmen is about to start paying off in… Read More »

How Halloween is celebrated around the world

Halloween in Australia is still a relatively new concept, while the northern hemisphere embrace pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin carving and weeks planning the best and most original costume, Halloween in Australia still seems a little ad-hoc. Maybe it’s because we don’t have the autumnal changing of foliage and the cooler days to get us into… Read More »

Eighth death linked to vaping as illnesses surge around the United States

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the man had normal lung function before he started to vape in May. He developed mild respiratory symptoms that worsened, and was hospitalized on August 22. “This is an unfortunate case of a young man with no prior lung illness who started vaping because of chronic… Read More »

Can you turn around the health of an entire town?

How do you improve the health of an entire town? That was the question facing the former fishing port of Fleetwood, in Lancashire. It’s a place where lives have been blighted by illness and people were dying younger. So, in 2016, a local GP began to lead efforts to turn things around, helping people take… Read More »

Keeping children safe around cosmetics

When we think about household products that need to be kept out of the reach of small children, we usually think about medications and cleaning products. We don’t usually think about cosmetics. But a study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics shows that we need to think about cosmetics too. How many childhood injuries are due… Read More »