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| FDA proposes rules requiring restaurants to post calorie counts on menus Los Angeles Times The FDA's proposed calorie rules would also apply to vending machines, coffee shops and convenience and grocery stores, but would not apply to movie theater concession stands. By Andrew Zajac, Los Angeles Times In the latest attempt to gain ground ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| K-V Pharma Slashes Price of Drug Amid Outcry Wall Street Journal By PETER LOFTUS KV Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday that it would slash the list price of its new premature-birth prevention drug Makena by 55% after a public outcry over the treatment's original price tag of $1500 per shot. The St. Louis-based company ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arizona Asks to Set Fines for Health Risks New York Times By MARC LACEY PHOENIX — Arizona's Medicaid program, criticized last year when it halted some organ transplants to save money, has come up with another cost-saving measure that has people talking. Following the lead of some private health plans, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Standards Set for Joint Ventures to Improve Health Care New York Times By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — The Obama administration proposed long-awaited regulations on Thursday encouraging doctors and hospitals to band together, coordinate care and cut costs. In return, the government offered financial rewards to health care ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Many women have kids with multiple fathers UPI.com WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- It is surprisingly common for US women of all levels of income and education to have more than one father for their children, researchers found. Demographer Cassandra Dorius, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Funding provided for drug Provenge The Seattle Times Providing the drug Provenge to Medicare patients who have prostate cancer is yet another example of the irresponsible, wasteful spending by our government ["Medicare will cover cost of Dendreon's cancer drug," Business, March 21]. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| April is Child Abuse Prevention Month Carmi Times Carmi Mayor David Port signed a document Thursday proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Looking on (left to right) were State's Attorney T. Scott Webb; Diana Tharp, victims' advocate for the state's attorney's office; Amanda Moore, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mass.: Very slight radiation found in air sample Boston Herald By AP Health officials in Massachusetts say a very low level of radioiodine has been detected in a routine air sample collected this week. The state health department said Friday the March 29 sample was only slightly above the lowest detectable level, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Parents share strategies for helping autistic children Dayton Daily News By Meredith Moss, Staff Writer 6:42 PM Friday, April 1, 2011 • I have a 13-year-old son with autism and served as the president of the Dayton Chapter of the Autism Society of America from 2006-11. For someone who suspects his/her child is autistic, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Study: Fresh food can lower your BPA Chicago Sun-Times People can reduce their exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals, including bisphenol-A, by eating more fruits and vegetables and less food from plastic containers and metal cans, a new study says. A group of 20 San Francisco residents had 66 percent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Area doctors, advocates push for organ donor registration Monitor MCALLEN – When 17-year-old Hidalgo High School student Abby De Anda died in a car accident five years ago, her family made the tough decision to donate her organs. "We thought about her and what she would want…Abby was a giver," said her father Luis De ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| VIDEO & Spotted®: Relay for Life in Richmond Hill Savannah Morning News By Savannah Morning News Walkers came out to JF Gregory Park Friday night for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event. Survivors, caregivers and other community members will go around the clock in the battle against cancer. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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