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While Washington DC grabbed a couple of headlines this week with the confirming of a new Secretary for Health and Human Services, NYS had its own share of health news including the announcement of a partnership with GW Pharmaceuticals to conduct a clinical trial for medical marijuana for children with epilepsy and efforts by NY’s Senator Schumer to address the state’s primary care physician shortage.

Read these stories and more (including one on how to prevent hamstring injuries) in your Weekly Dose of Health News!

This week’s Dose presents links to a trove of assorted articles from recent legislative developments on medical marijuana, to a report on the state senate’s hearings on heroin and opioid addiction and the increasing availability of Narcan, to discussions of Medicaid premiums, to the breaking news on the resignation of Veterans Affairs Chief, Eric Shinseki.

This week’s Dose contains links to many interesting articles including a couple highlighting the differences in gender when examining factors involved in development of heart disease and potential outcome in clinical trials. And then there is the disappointing news on the “benefits of wine,” in your diet! Cheers?!

Here is your “Weekly Dose” for the first week in May, peppered with informative articles and links to sites with important information on the Medicaid Waiver DSRIP, the Drug Utilization Review Board Meeting Summary and upcoming Assembly hearings on the opioid crisis.

This week’s Dose reports on a variety of issues from an upcoming discussion of the state’s health exchange, managed care and the state’s “Prevention Agenda,” to stories on the worldwide diabetes epidemic, a measles vaccine reminder and the lag in implementing Connecticut’s Medical Marijuana program

Here, for your reading pleasure, is our weekly “Dose of Health News!”

Here’s a brief Dose of Health News for your holiday week-end.

Clinical trials offer hope and the promise of innovative new treatments. But, without people who volunteer to participate in clinical trials, this would not be possible. I’m In is a campaign, launched by PhRMA and the National Minority Quality Forum, to improve health by increasing clinical trial participation among traditionally underrepresented populations.

This week’s Dose brings us breaking news from both our nation’s and state’s capitals as the leaders of the health departments at the federal and state level announce their resignations. Also in the headlines this week is the latest Affordable Care Act enrollment figures, announcements on upcoming public hearings and conferences, as well as an interesting story on dramatic improvements on health care delivery in Rwanda.

This week’s Dose is chock-full of news items and leads with a summary of health-related items found in the recently adopted FY2014-15 NYS Budget.