The findings are the latest in a growing body of evidence suggesting that time of day plays an important role in how well various medical treatments work. In other public health news: controversy continues over whether someone who is overweight be healthy; the benefits of being a do-gooder; stem cell treatments; and the link between marijuana and sex.
The Trump administration plans to officially declare a national emergency for the opioid crisis months after President Donald Trump said he would. But experts are worried there won’t be any money to back it up. In other news on the crisis: the challenges of curbing the spread of fentanyl; how the epidemic is affecting older Americans; a special legislative task force is address opioid’s impact in New York; and more.
Since Harvey hit in August, the state has not extended a special disaster benefit to storm victims, loosened financial eligibility guidelines or created a funding pool to help health care providers, according to the Dallas Morning News. In other Medicaid news, officials in both Texas and Virginia warn about the consequences of running out of federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announces a plan to offer higher reimbursements to mental health professionals.
Advertising for hospitals, unlike pharmaceutical companies, doesn’t have to be backed up by data or facts. Cheerful messages of hope can feel like a slap in the face to a dying patient. 
“Just because one event [Medicaid expansion] occurred during a period of increasing opioid deaths, many from illicit sources doesn’t mean that it caused the increase in deaths,” says David A. Fiellin, a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
And officials say they’re not prepared to handle it. In other news, lawmakers want information on a newly controversial law that undermined the DEA’s power amid the opioid crisis and health insurers get a slap on the wrist for their role in the epidemic.
Media outlets report on news from Minnesota, Massachusetts, Texas, New Hampshire, Kansas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia and Ohio.
Each week, KHN’s Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
States are adding a variety of services, including expansions of mental health and substance abuse treatments and dental care, according to a 50-state survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.