Archive for the Category ‘health’

Obama calls morning-after pill call `common sense’ (AP)

Obama calls morning-after pill call `common sense’ 
    (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed but said he did not steer his administration’s decision to halt the over-the-counter sale of an anti-pregnancy drug to girls under 17, saying it was common sense to keep a morning-after pill away for children who may misuse it. Citing his own daughters, he said: “I think [...]

Obama: Morning-after pill decision ‘common sense’ (AP)

Obama: Morning-after pill decision ‘common sense’ 
    (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his health secretary’s decision to stop the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms.[Read more...]

Morning-after pill stays behind counter after all (AP)

Morning-after pill stays behind counter after all 
    (AP)

AP - It’s the morning after and the controversy over how to sell emergency contraception still looms.[Read more...]

Block of OTC morning-after pill sparks debate (AP)

Block of OTC morning-after pill sparks debate 
    (AP)

AP - It’s the morning after and the controversy over how to sell emergency contraception still looms.[Read more...]

Rare gene links vitamin D and MS

Rare gene links vitamin D and MS

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Bowel screening ‘does cut deaths’

Bowel screening ‘does cut deaths’

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Bowel screening ‘does cut deaths’

Bowel screening ‘does cut deaths’

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US: No to over-the-counter morning-after pill (AP)

US: No to over-the-counter morning-after pill 
    (AP)

AP - In a surprise move with election-year implications, the Obama administration’s top health official overruled her own drug regulators and stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms.[Read more...]

Breast-Cancer Drugs Raise Hopes

Breast-Cancer Drugs Raise Hopes

SAN ANTONIO—Two drugs significantly extend the time that women with advanced breast cancer can live without their tumors growing, potentially changing the landscape for 80% of patients with the disease, according to two separate studies released Wednesday. Enlarge ImageClose Jesse Neider for The Wall Street Journal Suzanne Hebert, 46 years old, of South [...]

What The Health Care Law Will Mean for Your Small Business

What The Health Care Law Will Mean for Your Small Business

As a small-business owner, you may find your head spinning when trying to figure out what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may bring. How the new provisions impact you, if at all, depends on the outcome of a high-profile Supreme Court case and potentially on the results of the 2012 election. [...]

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