White House open to compromise over contraception: adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is willing to work with Catholic universities and hospitals in implementing new rules that require health insurance to cover birth control, a top adviser to the president's re-election campaign said on Tuesday. ...
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Komen VP steps down after Planned Parenthood flap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior executive of the breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure has resigned after a public outcry over the group's decision to cut funding to women's health organization Planned Parenthood. ...
POSTED 02/07/2012 at 11:40 AM --
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Obama administration to spend $50 million more on Alzheimer's
(Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it will spend an additional $50 million immediately to bolster research for Alzheimer's, a fatal, brain-wasting disease that affects 5 million Americans. ...
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Walmart to label healthier food as "Great For You"
(Reuters) - After a lengthy debate, Walmart decided that eggs are indeed healthy. ...
POSTED 02/07/2012 at 12:17 AM --
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"Malaria cure" claim sparks Vienna probe
VIENNA (Reuters) - A Vienna hospital is searching for long-retired staff who might hold clues to a man's claim that he was deliberately infected with malaria when he was a psychiatric patient nearly half a century ago. ...
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 01:08 PM --
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Diet supplements recalled on unlabeled drug worries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said. ...
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 04:50 PM --
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FDA staff unsure about new use for Amgen's Xgeva
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reviewers from Food and Drug Administration said they were not sure whether Amgen Inc's Xgeva bone drug should be also approved as a treatment to delay the spread of cancer to the bone. ...
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 05:08 PM --
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Ovarian cancer screening popular despite guidelines
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would offer it to patients, according to a new survey. ...
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 05:20 PM --
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Blurry line in diagnosing early Alzheimer's: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The revised definition of a brain condition called mild cognitive impairment means that many people now considered to have mild or early Alzheimer's disease could easily be given that diagnosis instead, suggests a new study. ...
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 05:23 PM --
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Skepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Objections to Express Scripts' $29 billion plan to buy rival pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions are accumulating as U.S. antitrust regulators weigh whether they have enough evidence to stop the megamerger. ...
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