Author Archives: Health

Medicaid work requirement in Kentucky gets second approval

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has again approved a waiver for Kentucky to impose a work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid beneficiaries as a condition to receiving the benefit. CMS previously, on January 12, approved Kentucky’s request for a 1115 demonstration project waiver that included work requirements.  However, in June, a district court judge… Read More »

5 Reasons Why Creatine Monohydrate Is the Best

Creatine has been studied extensively as a dietary supplement for many years. In fact, more than 1,000 studies have been conducted, which have shown that creatine is a top supplement for exercise performance (1). Almost all of them used the same form of the supplement — creatine monohydrate. What’s more, most scientists who study supplements… Read More »

‘Negligible’ risk of HIV transmission with a suppressed viral load, Canadian public health officials tell prosecutors

The potential for sexual HIV transmission when a person living with HIV adheres to antiretroviral therapy and maintains an undetectable viral load is ‘negligible’, says the Public Health Agency of Canada, in a review conducted for the country’s Department of Justice. Moreover, the risk of transmission is ‘low’ when a person living with HIV is… Read More »