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The first plebiscite on the Obama health care law seems likely to be a low-turnout affair among an electorate dominated by Republican primary voters. more >> Regulators in Washington State are attempting to stem what some see as the excessive use of prescribed narcotics. more >> Senator Charles E. Grassley requested data from Zimmer Holdings, a maker of artificial hips and knees, on how it responded to complaints from surgeons. more >> The Food and Drug Administration approved vaccines for the next flu season, and health officials recommend vaccination for everyone 6 months old and older.
 more >>As public health priorities shift, anti-tobacco programs are losing out to the campaign against obesity. more >> An awkward dichotomy exists in states that are challenging the health care act, but are still required to follow it while their cases move through the courts. more >> The Oakland City Council voted in favor of a plan to license four factories where marijuana would be grown and packaged for medical use.
more >>Dr. Donald M. Berwick was named chief of Medicare and Medicaid without a Senate confirmation hearing, and some senators are less than happy about it. more >> The new government’s plan would be the most radical reorganization of the National Health Service since its inception in 1948. more >> Clinics in the Department of Veterans Affairs system will formally allow veterans to use the drug in states where it is legal, though they will not prescribe it. more >> Just about every major company offers some sort of chronic care program, but the quality of offerings can vary widely. more >> Floridians are unsettled by the disease’s impact, and the way the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has publicized it. more >> Health insurers are lobbying over a rule that 80 cents of each dollar in premiums must be spent on patient welfare. more >> The F.D.A. also ordered GlaxoSmithKline to inform the 1,324 people already testing two diabetes drugs that its product Avandia may increase heart risks.
more >>Professors will now be prohibited from giving paid speeches for the makers of medical devices or drugs or accepting gifts, travel or meals.
more >>An advisory committee recommended revoking federal approval of the drug as a treatment for breast cancer.
more >>Two new studies found different ways to sharply cut H.I.V. infections among women: a vaginal gel and a system of cash payments. more >> As the White House begins to enact the new national health care law, the biggest insurers are promoting plans with lower premiums that allow fewer doctors and hospitals. more >> Administration officials say the tax argument is a linchpin of their legal case in defense of the health care overhaul and its individual mandate.
more >>A new type of Alzheimer’s drug study will, in the boldest effort yet, test the leading hypothesis about how to slow or stop this terrifying brain disease.
more >>While most Alzheimer’s research focuses on blocking amyloid and plaque, other scientists are concentrating on another protein, tau.
more >>Ninety-four suspects were indicted, and several doctors and nurses were among those arrested in Miami, New York, Detroit, Houston and Baton Rouge, La.
more >>The charge includes the costs of settling court cases over the antidepressant Paxil and the diabetes drug Avandia.
more >>The advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted 10 to 6 that the safety concerns about Qnexa, from Vivus, overrode the potential benefits.
more >>The majority of panel members voted either to withdraw the diabetes drug Avandia or allow sales with controls.
more >>The White House has issued new rules that involve coverage for many types of preventive care.
more >>A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a state law requiring mental health screenings for women seeking abortions.
more >>Experts predict a two- to threefold increase in the number of people with the disease if new guidelines are adopted, as expected.
more >>Intended to increase efficiency, lower costs and avoid errors, the new rules significantly scale back proposed requirements that the health care industry had called unrealistic.
more >>SmithKline Beecham found in a study as early as 1999 that its diabetes medicine, Avandia, posed heart risks.
more >>At issue is a provision saying that a determination on whether post-traumatic stress disorder is tied to military service can be made only by a federal clinician.
more >>Seventy million Americans will have turned 65 by 2030, and doctors and nurses are struggling to deal with an explosive growth in high-risk older patients. more >> A new analysis affirms earlier data concluding that Avandia may raise the risk of heart attack, stroke and other complications in diabetes patients.
more >>The new law makes the system for challenging denied claims somewhat more consumer friendly, but does not significantly change the existing rules. more >> Local initiatives are trying to meet a central goal of the new health care law: providing more patients with dependable ways to manage chronic illness. more >> Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, said that employers should not wait for the health care bill’s extension of coverage to workers’ adult children. more >> Dental implants are a good medical option for most patients who have lost teeth, but insurance companies typically won't cover the cost, today's Patient Money column reports.
more >>As a primary care doctor in a city hospital clinic, I see patients from all cultures, speaking all languages. But lately there have been patients from a new culture-the recently -laid-off-now-without-insurance culture.
more >>Our Roving Runner columnist Brian Fidelman has been sidelined by injury, but that hasn't stopped him from exploring New York by bicycle. Recently he wrote about tackling three mountain biking trails in the city.
more >>The latest installment of Patient Voices focuses on scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that can lead to hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues.
more >>If recent findings hold up in future research, the consequences of vitamin D deficiency are likely to go far beyond excessive bone loss. more >> A multinational study finds that elderly Americans and their adult children have unusually strained relationships.
more >>New technology is making it possible for adult children to monitor aging parents closely -- perhaps too closely.
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