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House votes to repeal Obama healthcare law, again
Wed,11 Jul 2012 05:57 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives, on a near party-line vote of 244-185, on Wednesday once again passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama's overhaul of the healthcare system. Just like previous House efforts to end the two-year-old healthcare law, the bill is certain to be stopped by Obama's fellow Democrats who control the Senate. Regardless, the fight over the landmark law, which has divided Americans and rallied the Democratic and Republican political bases, will likely rage on into the November 6 elections. ...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for "mood disorder"
Wed,11 Jul 2012 05:33 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is receiving intensive treatment for a "mood disorder" and is expected to make a full recovery, his doctor said on Wednesday, responding to mounting political pressure for more information on his condition. Jackson, 47, has been on a month-long leave of absence from his job. Until Wednesday, the nature of the illness had not been disclosed. Rumors that the veteran Democratic congressman from Illinois was being treated for alcohol or drug abuse are not true, his chief of staff Rick Bryant said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
Israeli man gets 2-1/2 years in U.S. kidneys-for-cash case
Wed,11 Jul 2012 05:17 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Israeli man who pleaded guilty to illegally brokering kidney transplants for profit in the United States, the first such conviction under federal law, was sentenced on Wednesday to 2-1/2 years in prison, prosecutors said. Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, a 61-year old Israeli citizen who lived in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty last October to charges that he brokered kidney transplants between paid donors and recipients on three occasions. Prosecutors said Rosenbaum charged between $120,000 and $150,000 to help three New Jersey residents find kidneys for transplant between 2006 and ... Full Story | Top |
Medicaid patients turn to hospitals for emergencies, not routine care
Wed,11 Jul 2012 04:02 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most people covered by government health insurance for the poor visit hospital emergency rooms for perceived emergencies, not for routine care, much like those with private insurance, according to a study released on Wednesday. Researchers said the study helps dispel the notion that poor patients are clogging hospitals for routine treatment - for a bad cold, for example - that others receive at lower cost in a clinic or at a doctor's office. ... Full Story | Top |
Judge extends halt to new Mississippi abortion law
Wed,11 Jul 2012 03:37 PM PDT
Reuters -  JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday extended a temporary restraining order blocking Mississippi from enforcing a new state law that tightens requirements on abortion clinics, saying he wanted time to review how the law will be applied. The new law, which took effect on July 1, has threatened to close the state's last abortion clinic and make Mississippi the only U.S. state without such a facility. Abortion rights advocates say it is a thinly veiled attempt to ban the procedure in Mississippi. Supporters of the measure argue it is necessary to ensure women's safety. ...
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Romney speech to NAACP draws boos, raises questions on strategy
Wed,11 Jul 2012 03:36 PM PDT
Reuters -  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was booed by a mostly African-American crowd on Wednesday, as a speech before a civil rights group became the latest episode to raise questions about his strategy in battling Democratic President Barack Obama. Appearing before the annual convention of the NAACP - a group whose members are among Obama's strongest supporters - Romney gave what amounted to his standard campaign pitch, emphasizing his ability to create jobs. ...
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Melinda Gates pledges $560 million for contraception
Wed,11 Jul 2012 03:07 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Melinda Gates has pledged $560 million as part of a campaign to expand access to contraception for women in some of the poorest countries in the world. The funding commitment was unveiled on Wednesday at the London Summit on Family Planning alongside pledges totaling $4.3 billion from the British government and leaders from African nations wrestling with the health and social problems brought on by high rates of unplanned pregnancy. ...
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California county wants drug makers to pay for pill disposal
Wed,11 Jul 2012 02:42 PM PDT
Reuters - OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical companies selling drugs in parts of the San Francisco Bay area would be required to submit plans for incinerating or safely disposing of unused medication under a plan advanced by county officials this week. The measure, billed by supporters as the first of its kind in the United States, is designed to force pharmaceutical companies to bear the cost of collecting and safely discarding unused prescription drugs that might otherwise foul waterways or fall into the hands of substance abusers. ... Full Story | Top |
Scientists trace timeline of Alzheimer's slow, deadly path
Wed,11 Jul 2012 02:34 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first Alzheimer's-related changes begin to develop some 25 years before memory and thinking problems appear, according to a new study that may offer a valuable guide for companies looking to test new treatments in people at an earlier stage. The study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, offers a timeline of changes in spinal fluid, brain size, the appearance of brain plaques and other factors that precede the onset of Alzheimer's in people who are genetically predestined to develop the brain-wasting disease. ... Full Story | Top |
OxyContin abuse down with time-release formula
Wed,11 Jul 2012 02:03 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's more evidence that the new formulation of OxyContin, the time-release version of oxycodone, is discouraging abuse of the powerful drug. But the reformulation, introduced in August 2010 to make it harder to crush the medicine into powder, limiting the ability to snort, inject or smoke it, may be causing other problems, researchers warn. Interviewed recently, only about 13 percent of addicts with an opioid dependence said it was their primary drug of abuse, compared to about 36 percent prior to the new version hitting the shelves. ... Full Story | Top |
Smartphones may aid eye diagnoses in emergency room
Wed,11 Jul 2012 01:50 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sending patient images to ophthalmologists via smartphone may be an option for emergency room doctors looking to make a quick eye-related diagnosis, a new study suggests. Two ophthalmologists gave higher quality ratings to inner-eye photos when they looked at the images on an iPhone as compared to a desktop computer, according to results published Monday in the Archives of Ophthalmology. That may mean the phones can be used to diagnose and plan treatment for more obvious eye conditions - even when an ophthalmologist isn't available at the hospital, researchers ... Full Story | Top |
Patients reluctant to disagree with doctor's advice
Wed,11 Jul 2012 01:34 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although most people who participated in a new survey preferred making medical decisions together with their doctor, the majority said they wouldn't speak up if what they wanted conflicted with their physician's recommendations. The findings are based on an online panel of 1,340 adults who were told to imagine they had heart disease and were then asked about how they wanted to be involved in their own treatment. ...
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Ipsen scraps planned sale of French site
Wed,11 Jul 2012 11:56 AM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - French drugmaker Ipsen said on Wednesday it had scrapped the planned sale of its primary-care plant in Dreux, west of Paris, on the back of better-than-expected sales since the start of the year. The statement came a day after Ipsen's stock slumped 11 percent, hit by the company's announcement that it was putting two late-stage clinical trials for an experimental hemophilia drug on hold. "There's been a change in the economic environment ... ... Full Story | Top |
Estrogen after ovary removal safe for young women
Wed,11 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women under 40 who use estrogen to ease menopause symptoms after having their ovaries removed do not have an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a new study. "Their findings do provide reassurance for the safety of taking estrogen if a woman has had her ovaries out," said Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, a medical oncologist at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, who was not involved in the research. For women over 45, however, the hormone therapy is linked with a 20- to 26-percent jump in breast cancer risk. ... Full Story | Top |
Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. urged to explain mystery illness
Wed,11 Jul 2012 10:46 AM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr.'s month-long leave of absence from his job due to undisclosed health problems has prompted pleas from colleagues for the 47-year-old Democrat to reveal what his illness is. Jackson's father, civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., told a Chicago television station on Wednesday that it would be inappropriate to provide more information about his son's condition. He would only say that he was regaining strength and "going through a tremendous challenge. ... Full Story | Top |
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