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Appeals Court Considers Overturning Tobacco Case

Posted on October 14, 2008
The Washington Post reports that a federal appeals court appeared skeptical Tuesday that a landmark tobacco judgment could be supported under racketeering laws, questioning whether cigarette makers had conspired to hide the dangers of smoking and would continue deceiving the...

Lack of Compensation Can Tempt Doctors to Tailor Their Care to a Patient's Coverage

Posted on October 14, 2008
The Washington Post reports that it's not uncommon for patients with no insurance or poor insurance to receive different treatment. A study shows that in nearly one in four encounters, physicians reported adjusting their clinical management based on a patient's...

AIDS Vaccine Focus Shifts After Disappointments

Posted on October 13, 2008
The Washington Post reports that a global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments...

Pediatricians Double Vitamin D Recommendations

Posted on October 13, 2008
The Washington Post reports that the nation's leading pediatricians group says children (from newborns to teens) should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases. Lindsey Tanner writes, To...

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Financial Crisis May Hit AIDS Funding

Posted on October 12, 2008
The Washington Post reports that the two French researchers who shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the AIDS virus are voicing fears that the world financial crisis will hurt funding to fight the disease. The Washington Post writes,...

Cost Estimates Vary on Mental Health Parity Law

Posted on October 12, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that agencies predict that health insurance costs could increase from 0.2% to 5%, depending on the type of plan. Tammy Worth writes, Will the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity...

Oklahoma Is Sued Over Required Ultrasounds for Abortions

Posted on October 11, 2008
The New York Times reports that an advocacy group is suing over an Oklahoma law that prohibits a woman from having an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound and the doctor describes to her what the fetus looks like....

Cancer Vaccine Used by 25% of Girls 13 to 17

Posted on October 11, 2008
The New York Times reports that one in four teenage girls have received the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, Gardasil, according to federal health officials. The New York Times writes, The figures represent the government?s first substantial study of...

Law Equalizes Coverage For Mental, Physical Care

Posted on October 10, 2008
The Washington Post reports that an estimated 113 million Americans, including hundreds of thousands in the Washington region, will receive better insurance coverage for their mental health and substance abuse problems because of landmark legislation that for the first time...

John McCain and Barack Obama on Healthcare

Posted on October 10, 2008
The Los Angeles Times discusses the presidential candidates' health reform plans. Susan Brink writes, John McCain and Barack Obama's health reform plans are different both in their approaches to solving problems and their potential effects on voters. But to choose...

F.D.A. Says Cancer Test Failed to Get Its Approval

Posted on October 09, 2008
The New York Times reports that the FDA has told the Laboratory Corporation of America that it is illegally marketing OvaSure, a blood test to detect ovarian cancer. Andrew Pollack writes, The test, introduced in June, has raised hopes among...

Financial Crisis May Increase Mental Health Woes

Posted on October 09, 2008
The Washington Post reports on the World Health Organization's warning that the global financial crisis is likely to cause increased mental health problems and even suicides as people struggle to cope with poverty and unemployment. Stephanie Nebehay writes, Hundreds of...

Congress Vows $100 Million to Red Cross After It Asks for Aid

Posted on October 08, 2008
The Washington Post reports that Congress will give the American Red Cross $100 million in emergency funding to replenish its disaster relief reserves, which were depleted as the charity plunged into debt to provide shelter, food and other services during...

Small Type and Large Loopholes in New Labeling Laws

Posted on October 08, 2008
The New York Times reports on the new labeling laws that will give retailers until March 30 to label the country of origin for different fruits and meats. Marian Burros writes, AFTER six years of political skirmishing, labeling laws that...

Food Stamp Participation Increases as Economy Lags

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Washington Post reports that latest federal statistics indicate that participation in the low-income nutrition supplement program has risen sharply, highlighting economic troubles. Michael E. Ruane writes, Almost a million more people participated in the federal government's food stamp program...

Supreme Court Seeks Consultation on Food Labeling Law

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Justice Department on Monday for advice on a bid by the nation's largest grocery chains to block customers from suing over violations of government food-labeling rules. The Los...

Bailout Provides More Mental Health Coverage

Posted on October 06, 2008
The New York Times reports that more than one-third of all Americans will soon receive better insurance coverage for mental health treatments because of a new law that, for the first time, requires equal coverage of mental and physical illnesses....

Infertility Patients Caught in the Legal, Moral and Scientific Embryo Debate

Posted on October 06, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that an estimated 500,000 embryos are in cryopreservation in the US, showcasing the debate about what to do with unused embryos and the ambiguity of when life actually begins. Shari Roan writes, Six years of...

EPA Makes No Rule On Chemical in Water

Posted on October 05, 2008
The Washington Post reports that the EPA has refused to set a drinking-water safety standard for perhclorate, finding that in 99% of public drinking water systems, perchlorate was not at levels of public health concern. Juliet Eilperin writes, The Environmental...

Largest study of US children to begin in January

Posted on October 05, 2008
The Washington Post reports that the largest study of U.S. children ever performed, aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21, will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January. The Washington Post reports, The ambitious...

Federal Court Upholds San Francisco Healthcare Program

Posted on October 04, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that a federal appeals panel upheld San Francisco's citywide healthcare program, concluding that the law does not violate federal regulations on employee benefit programs. Marc Lifsher writes, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ongoing effort to create a...

FDA Sets Safety Threshold for Contaminant Melamine

Posted on October 04, 2008
The Washington Post reports that the FDA, concerned with the amount of melamine in food coming from china, has set 2.5 parts per million as the maximum "tolerable" amount of melamine that could be safely consumed in other foods. Marc...

FDA: No Quick Decision on Cold Medicines for Kids

Posted on October 03, 2008
The Washington Post reports that FDA officials said they were uncomfortable with the lack of solid scientific data to support continued use of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for young children. Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar writes, A top government health official Thursday...

California to Cover Cost of Screening for H.I.V.

Posted on October 03, 2008
The New York Times reports that Gov. Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill requiring private health insurance providers to cover the cost of HIV testing regardless of a primary diagnosis, making California the closest state to instituting routine HIV screening...

New Law Will Require California Chain Restaurants to Display Calorie Counts

Posted on October 02, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that Gov. Schwarzenegger plans to sign a bill that will require food chains with 20 or more locations to post calorie information, making California the first state to enact such a regulation in the battle...

Medicare Won?t Pay for Medical Errors

Posted on October 02, 2008
The New York Times reports that Medicare has compiled a list of ten "reasonably preventable" conditions and will not reimburse hospitals if a patient develops one of those conditions while in the care of the hospital. Kevin Sack writes, If...

Study Finds Association Between Hepatitis B and Pancreatic Cancer

Posted on October 01, 2008
The New York Times reports on a study that shows people with pancreatic cancer are more likely than those without the disease to have been infected with the hepatitis B virus. Denise Grady writes, The finding suggests that hepatitis B...

Applying Science to Alternative Medicine

Posted on October 01, 2008
The New York Times reports that the federal government is working hard to raise the standards of scientific evidence for alternative medicines to more accurately distinguish what is effective, useless, and harmful. William J. Broad writes, More than 80 million...

Violations Reported at 94% of Nursing Homes

Posted on September 30, 2008
The New York Times reports that federal investigators said, in a report issued on September 29, that more than 90% of nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, and for-profit homes were more...

Tuskegee, a Cloud Over Clinical Research

Posted on September 30, 2008
The Washington Post reports that today, minority patients are underrepresented in clinical trials. African American, Latino and Asian populations account for about one-third of all Americans, but less than one-tenth of U.S. clinical trial participants come from these groups...

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