Thursday, January 26, 2017

Don't look for emergency contraception soon

NBCNews.com: Health care
The Obama administration may have backed down after a decade of fighting over emergency contraception, but don’t expect to see Plan B, or any other morning-after birth control product, out from behind the counter anytime soon.

A woman whose son died of cystic fibrosis in 2009 successfully sued on Thursday to get his younger brother, now 11, on the adult waiting list for a lung transplant.A woman whose son died of cystic fibrosis in 2009 successfully sued on Thursday to get his younger brother, now 11, on the adult waiting list for a lung transplant.


U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reiterated Tuesday that she won’t intervene in the “incredibly agonizing” case involving a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who is waiting for a lung transplant, telling members of Congress that medical experts should make those decisions.U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reiterated Tuesday that she won’t intervene in the “incredibly agonizing” case involving a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who is waiting for a lung transplant, telling members of Congress that medical experts should make those decisions.


NBCNews.com: Aging
Even minimal exercise of the body and mind may improve cognitive function in older adults, a new study suggests.
An elderly woman being cared for at a California retirement facility died following the refusal of a nurse at the facility to perform CPR on the woman after she collapsed, authorities said.
ArticleCity.com - Health
Tonsil stones or zot can be remedied in numerous techniques. As a make a difference of truth, even household remedies prove to be helpful in treating tonsilloliths. Self-treatment method involves plu... [Author: Trent Dennis - Health - November 01, 2011]
Intentional or unintentional, child abuse has a great impact on the physical as well as physiological health of a child. This distressing event can happen anywhere like at homes, schools, organizatio... [Author: Anna J. Stuart - Health - November 08, 2011]
NBCNews.com: Heart health
The controversial diabetes drug Avandia should stay on the market for now, with relaxed restrictions on its use, Food and Drug Administration advisers said on Thursday. Avandia was the world’s No. 1 diabetes drug until research showed in could raise heart risks.
Bottling up emotions is thought to harm both mind and body, but a new study suggests that the opposite extreme may be no better.
Reuters: Health News
(Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's Barr Laboratories Inc has reached a $225 million settlement in an antitrust class action that accused the drugmaker of keeping a generic version of Bayer AG's antibiotic Cipro off the market, court documents showed.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. lawmaker accused the Food and Drug Administration on Friday of failing to hand over documents that would show whether its criminal office is fulfilling the critical mission of protecting public health.
NYT > Health
The president has greatly expanded a policy restricting federal aid to health organizations abroad that talk to women about abortion.
Human stem cells could be implanted in an early pig embryo, making a chimera with human organs suitable for transplant.
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spraH Gear LLC, maker of the Easy Seen Gear® line, congratulates the Clemson University Fighting Tigers football team on its recent NCAA title win over the University of Alabama.

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Led by a challenge from CEO Stan Woodland, CMI/Compas employees joined to donate enough money to provide special educational tools to 50 inner-city Philadelphia students in need, at a cost of $600 per...

(PRWeb January 26, 2017)

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CBC | Health News
America's Pig Farmer of the Year Award Winner

Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs inside animals to transplant into people.

Yellow fever in Brazil

Brazil's Ministry of Health has ordered 11.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccines to reinforce its stockpiles amid outbreak that includes 40 deaths.

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