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Some at FDA Oppose Rules Against Suing Drugmakers

Posted on October 31, 2008
The Washington Post reports that congressional investigators said Wednesday that top scientists and career employees at the FDA opposed agency regulations that weaken consumers' ability to sue drugmakers. The Washington Post writes, At issue is language in a drug labeling...

Nobelist Sees US Accepting Universal Health Care

Posted on October 31, 2008
The Washington Post reports that Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman believes universal health care may soon become an accepted feature of American life. The Washington Post writes, In an interview with the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, the Princeton...

Obama Jumps on McCain Adviser's Health Remarks

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Washington Post reports that Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign claimed Tuesday that comments by a top adviser to John McCain reinforced Obama's contention that millions would be worse off if they lose employer-sponsored health coverage and end up buying...

FDA's Stance on Bisphenol A is Questioned

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that an independent panel of scientific advisors said the FDA's conclusion that bisphenol A is safe for use in food containers is badly flawed because the agency did not consider all the data. The Los...

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How Obama would Change Health Care

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Washington Post reports on Sen. Barack Obama's health care reform proposals. Amy Goldstein writes, On the ninth floor of an office building just off the Boston Common, a group called Health Care for All runs a help line that,...

How McCain would Change Health Care

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Washington Post reports on Sen. John McCain's health care reform proposals. Amy Goldstein writes, When Diane Derichs's husband was retiring from his assembly-line job making fruit bars for ConAgra Foods, the couple invited over an insurance agent to help...

California High-Risk Pool for Medically Uninsurable Helps Fewer Residents

Posted on October 28, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that a $75,000 benefit cap, high deductible and costly premiums make the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program unavailable, ineffective or unaffordable for many. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently vetoed a bill to expand the pool...

Diabetes Drug Costs Soaring, Topping $12.5 Billion Last Year

Posted on October 28, 2008
The Washington Post reports that Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their spending on drugs for the disease in just six years, with the bill last year climbing to an eye-popping $12.5 billion. Carla K. Johnson writes, Newer, more costly drugs...

Fresh Hopes and Concerns As Fetal DNA Tests Advance

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Washington Post reports that doctors have started using powerful new DNA tests to screen fetuses for a wider range of genetic abnormalities, spotting more problem pregnancies early but stirring fears that the results will increase abortions as well as...

AIDS Treatment Should Start Sooner, Study Finds

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Washington Post reports that a large new study could change the care of hundreds of thousands of Americans, suggesting that people who have the AIDS virus should start drug treatments sooner than current guidelines recommend. Marilynn Marchione writes, The...

A Plan to Improve Health Care and Limit Costs

Posted on October 26, 2008
The New York Times provides an interview with Scott Serota, President and CEO of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, about the association's newly adopted four-point initiative aimed at containing health care costs and improving care. Elizabth Olson writes,...

Is Going Public with your DNA too Revealing?

Posted on October 26, 2008
US News discusses an interesting initiative by Harvard professor, George Church, called the Personal Genome Project, which seeks 100,000 volunteers to publish their genomes online in an attempt to advance science. Although commendable, these volunteers, however, could potentially waive their...

Medicare Officials to Review Insurers' Commissions

Posted on October 25, 2008
The Washington Post reports that federal health officials, on Friday, said that they will soon address growing concerns about the lucrative commissions that some Medicare insurers plan to pay their agents and brokers this year. Kevin Freking writes, In Medicare,...

Kennedy Focuses from Home on Health Care Overhaul

Posted on October 25, 2008
The Washington Post reports that Sen. Edward Kennedy is trying to lay the groundwork for a breakthrough on health care reform next year, though many believe the enormous undertaking has been made even more difficult by the troubled economy. Kevin...

On Health Plans, the Numbers Fly

Posted on October 24, 2008
The New York Times questions whether the statistics and forecasts cited by both presidential candidates in their proposals will carry any weight in the future. Kevin Sack writes, Economics, it is said, is the dismal science. Anyone paying close attention...

Prescription Drug Injuries and Deaths Reach Record Levels

Posted on October 24, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that a watchdog group reports that 4,825 deaths and nearly 21,000 injuries occurred in the first three months of 2008. The drugs heparin and varenicline are cited as the most dangerous. Thomas H. Maugh II...

Big Issue: Voters Look for Answers on Health Care

Posted on October 23, 2008
The Washington Post reports on a survey that shows that 78% of voters say health care is a very important or extremely important issue. Both presidential candidates have proposed significant changes to the way Americans purchase health insurance. Julie Pace...

The Battle of the Medical Bills

Posted on October 23, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that doctors and insurers blame each other for an administrative headache that is driving up the nation's healthcare costs. Daniel J. Costello, Lisa Girion and Michael A. Hiltzik write, In late 2007, Centinela Hospital in...

FDA: Incontinence Surgery Linked to Complications

Posted on October 22, 2008
The Washington Post reports that federal officials say a type of mesh used in surgeries to treat severe incontinence, cases of prolapsed uterus and other women's health problems has been linked to serious but infrequent complications. The Washington Post writes,...

Health Insurers Reinvent Themselves as Money Managers

Posted on October 22, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that many people rush to open banks as more Americans open health savings accounts, a tax-sheltered way to pay medical bills. Managing that money is more profitable than offering health insurance. Michael A Hiltzik writes,...

An Eroding Model for Health Insurance

Posted on October 21, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that working Americans once could rely on employer-based benefits. But more people are now being forced into the individual market, where coverage is costly, bare-bones and precarious. Lisa Girion and Michael A. Hiltzik write, Jennifer...

Many Holes in Disclosure of Nominees? Health

Posted on October 21, 2008
The New York Times reports that fifteen days before the election, serious gaps remain in the public?s knowledge about the health of the presidential and vice-presidential nominees. The limited information provided by the candidates is a striking departure from recent...

Gaps Seen in Maryland Drug Treatment

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Washington Post reports on a recent report commissioned by the Maryland General Assembly has concluded that state services for drug addicts and alcoholics falls far short of the need, a problem it says is most profound in Prince George's...

Parents Press States for Autism Insurance Laws

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Washington Post reports that parents and an advocacy group, Autism speaks, are encouraging the passing of laws requiring health insurers to cover intensive and costly behavior therapy for autism. Carla K. Johnson writes, In Washington state, Reza and Arzu...

As Budgets Tighten, More People Decide Medical Care Can Wait

Posted on October 17, 2008
The Washington Post reports that the global economic crunch is forcing a growing number of Americans to scale back on medical care as they push off seemingly less urgent services in the hope their financial health will improve. Ceci Connolly...

States Ask Baby Product Companies to Avoid BPA

Posted on October 17, 2008
The Washington Post reports that attorneys general from Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware sent letters Friday to eleven companies that make baby bottles and baby formula containers, asking that they no longer use the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in their...

Infant Deaths Drop in U.S., but Rate Is Still High

Posted on October 16, 2008
The New York Times reports that according to government researchers, infant deaths in the United States declined 2 percent in 2006, but the rate still remains well above that of most other industrialized countries and is one of many indicators...

Hospitals Protest New California Rules on Patient Billing

Posted on October 16, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that hospitals are protesting in court new rules that will bar hospitals and physicians from billing patients for the balance of emergency care not covered by insurers. Lisa Girion writes, Emergency room patients can no....

Researchers Decode the Genome of Two More Malaria Parasites

Posted on October 15, 2008
The New York Times reports that scientists have now sequenced the genome of two more malaria parasites, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi. Donald G. McNeil Jr. writes, Six years after the genome of the most deadly malaria parasite was decoded,...

No Carrots for Federal Workers

Posted on October 15, 2008
The Washington Post reports that while health insurance premiums are slated to rise 8 percent on average for federal employees next year, those enrolled in the most popular federal plan, Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard Option, face a 13 percent...

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