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Some doctors still mistaken on IUD safety - study
Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:30 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Many U.S. doctors and other health providers may have mistaken beliefs about the safety of IUD contraceptives, thinking they are less safe than they are - especially for women who have never given birth, according to a U.S. government study. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveyed almost 2,000 health care providers and found that nearly one-third either thought IUDs were unsafe for women who had never given birth or were unsure of their safety. ... Full Story | Top |
Skeptical justices question Obama healthcare law
Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:29 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration faced skeptical questioning from a U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservatives on Tuesday during a tense two-hour showdown over a sweeping healthcare law that has divided Americans. A ruling on the law's key requirement that most people obtain health insurance or face a penalty appeared likely to come down to Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, two conservatives who pummeled the administration's lawyer with questions. ...
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Factbox: Healthcare issues at Supreme Court
Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:05 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hold its second day of arguments on President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare law, which aims to provide health coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans. Following are three sets of issues that surround this week's hearings and the high court's ultimate ruling expected in June. A central issue is that of the individual mandate requiring nearly all Americans to have health insurance. ... Full Story | Top |
Man hugs doctors after seeing face transplant in mirror
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:59 PM PDT
Reuters -  BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center on Tuesday detailed what they said was the world's most comprehensive face transplant - allowing a 37-year-old man to emerge from behind a mask 15 years after a gun accident almost killed him. Richard Norris of Hillsville, Virginia, was shot in the face in 1997 and lost his nose, lips and most movement in his mouth. Since then, he has had multiple life-saving and reconstructive surgeries but none could repair him to the extent where he felt he could return to society. ...
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Broccoli, cellphones and the Obama healthcare law
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:59 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Congress has the power to require that Americans obtain health insurance, U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday asked hypothetical questions on what would be next - insisting that people eat broccoli, buy a cellphone or get burial insurance? During a second day of arguments over President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare law, conservative Chief Justice John Roberts likened healthcare services for the sick to such emergency services as police, fire and ambulance assistance. "You don't know when you're going to need it. You're not sure that you will. ...
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Twitter coverage of court gets struck down
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:56 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer discovered how far the U.S. Supreme Court will go to close itself off from the public when it hears a case, no matter how many people on Twitter may be interested. Casey Mattox went to the court on Tuesday to see historic arguments over whether to strike down the Obama administration's healthcare law. His plan was to give live updates and the idea appeared to work as descriptions from the arguments showed up on the Twitter feed of the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group where Mattox is a senior counsel. ...
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U.S. judge bars import of drug used in death penalty
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:26 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday barred U.S. authorities from importing an anesthesia drug used in carrying out death sentences because the Food and Drug Administration never approved the drug for use in the United States, and he ordered supplies be confiscated. A group of death row inmates had sued the FDA last year over improperly allowing shipments into the country of sodium thiopental, a sedative used as the first of three drugs administered in carrying out executions. ... Full Story | Top |
Hepatitis B program helps cut infant infections
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:14 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A program to prevent chronic hepatitis B infection in newborns seems to be working, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They found that more babies exposed to hepatitis B through their moms have gotten vaccinated right away, and fewer have ended up with chronic infections, since the program started in 1990. That's important because the virus can be passed between mother and child during birth, and over the long run chronic infection increases the risk of liver failure and cancer. ... Full Story | Top |
"Pink slime" ire has hurt beef demand: Tyson exec
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:06 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The controversy over the ground beef filler dubbed "pink slime" has hurt U.S. ground beef demand, a Tyson Foods Inc executive said on Tuesday. Heightened awareness and debate over the product, which the industry calls lean finely textured beef, has "put a fair amount of pressure on ground beef consumption," Tyson Chief Operating Officer Jim Lochner said during a presentation at an investor conference hosted by Morgan Stanley. ... Full Story | Top |
Some doctors still mistaken on IUD safety
Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:44 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many U.S. doctors and other health providers may have mistaken beliefs about the safety of IUD contraceptives, a new government study suggests. "IUDs are safe for nulliparous women," said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Crystal P. Tyler, who led the study, referring to women who've never given birth. "And IUDs are as effective as sterilization, but they're a reversible form of contraception. ... Full Story | Top |
Co-pays may affect which kids get their meds
Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:36 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids with asthma end up in the hospital slightly more often when co-pays for their medications are higher, suggests a new report. In the study of close to 9,000 kids, families with higher out-of-pocket costs also filled fewer prescriptions for asthma control medications for school-aged children -- a difference that worked out to five fewer days with drugs per year. The findings suggest that the cost-saving strategy of shifting more drug expenses on to patients might have some downsides when it comes to young patients' health. ... Full Story | Top |
Getting a doctor's appointment tougher on Medicaid
Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:24 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Americans on Medicaid have a harder time getting a prompt doctor's appointment, which may help explain why some end up going to the ER, a new study finds. The problem is likely to grow, researchers say, as more people go on Medicaid as part of national healthcare reform. So simply expanding coverage may not be enough to improve low-income Americans' access to primary care. "Insurance coverage does not necessarily mean better access," said senior researcher Dr. Adit A. Ginde, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine. ... Full Story | Top |
Europeans are world's heaviest drinkers: WHO report
Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - People in Europe drink more alcohol than in any other part of the world, downing the equivalent of 12.5 litres of pure alcohol a year or almost three glasses of wine a day, according to report by the World Health Organisation and the European Commission. But while the title of world's heaviest drinkers goes to the European Union as whole, where consumption is almost double the world average, there are also wide variations in drinking levels between sub-regions, as well as big differences in how frequently, where and when people drink. ...
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Residents as safe as senior MDs in appendix surgery
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:53 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors who are still receiving their surgery training can remove the appendix just as safely as fully qualified surgeons, according to a new study from The Netherlands. Although there have been some concerns that patients might suffer from having such doctors in training -- medical school graduates known as residents -- operate on them, the findings show that health problems and death related to surgery were unrelated to the seniority of the surgeon. ... Full Story | Top |
Consumer groups demand GMO labeling, question food safety
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:14 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Critics of genetically modified crops are making new demands for government mandated labeling to identify foods on grocer shelves that contain ingredients from transgenic corn, soybeans and other crops. Labeling drives are underway on both state and federal levels, and on Tuesday several U.S. consumer groups released a survey and results of a petition drive that they say shows overwhelming consumer support for labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMO). ... Full Story | Top |
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