http://www.mail.com/subjects/3140-health-issues.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3140-health-issues.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2161498-study-wiser-medication-use-cut-health-costs.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude. The new findings by the IMS Institute for Healthca... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:43:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2161498-study-wiser-medication-use-cut-health-costs.html 2013-06-19T18:43:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2159948-nonprofit-launches-campaign-to-reach-uninsured.html CHICAGO (AP) — A nonprofit group helping to spread the word about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul launched a campaign Tuesday that will target states with high numbers of uninsured Americans and tackle their skepticism with straightforward messages. The "Get Covered America" campaign will include door-to-door visits by volunteers, brochures ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:54:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2159948-nonprofit-launches-campaign-to-reach-uninsured.html 2013-06-18T19:54:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2158604-report-slowdown-health-care-costs-to-continue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause. A report Tuesday from accounting and consulting giant PwC projects lower overall growth in medical costs for next year, even as the economy gains strength and mi... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:12:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2158604-report-slowdown-health-care-costs-to-continue.html 2013-06-18T09:12:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2157012-court-pay-to-delay-generic-drugs-illegal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can sometimes be illegal and therefore can be challenged in court, the Supreme Court said Monday. The justices voted 5-3 to allow the government to inspect and challenge what it calls... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:33:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2157012-court-pay-to-delay-generic-drugs-illegal.html 2013-06-17T20:33:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2156466-to-ease-shortage-organs-grow-them-lab.html NEW YORK (AP) — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery. Her cystic fibrosis was threatening her life, and her case spurred a debate on how to allocate donor organs. Lungs and other organs for transplant are scarce. But wha... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:02:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2156466-to-ease-shortage-organs-grow-them-lab.html 2013-06-17T19:02:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2149564-coverage-unaffordable-low-wage-workers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants, retail stores and hotels. That might seem strange since the law requires medium-sized and large employers to offer "affordable" coverage or face fines. ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:56:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2149564-coverage-unaffordable-low-wage-workers.html 2013-06-13T18:56:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2148492-girl-who-took-transplant-rules-lungs.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis was recovering from a transplant of adult lungs after a judge's ruling expanded her options for lifesaving surgery. Sarah Murnaghan underwent a six-hour surgery Wednesday at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a procedure her aunt said resulted because of the larger list of available organs.... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:56:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2148492-girl-who-took-transplant-rules-lungs.html 2013-06-13T16:56:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2146842-pa-girls-double-lung-transplant-deemed-success.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, the girl's family said. Sarah Murnaghan, who suffers from severe cystic fibrosis, received new lungs from an adult donor at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:03:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2146842-pa-girls-double-lung-transplant-deemed-success.html 2013-06-13T02:03:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2143200-lung-transplant-vote-children-seeks-balance.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — Faced with a federal judge's order in the heart-wrenching cases of two terminally ill children seeking lung transplants, a national review board sought a balance that will keep such decisions in the hands of doctors, not lawyers or judges. The executive committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network held an emergency tele... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:48:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2143200-lung-transplant-vote-children-seeks-balance.html 2013-06-11T10:48:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2142696-us-transplant-network-resists-lung-rule-changes.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — The national organization that manages organ transplants on Monday resisted making emergency rule changes for children under 12 who are waiting on lungs but created a special appeal and review system to hear such cases. The executive committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network held a teleconference to consider children... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:39:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2142696-us-transplant-network-resists-lung-rule-changes.html 2013-06-11T02:39:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2136118-obama-pitches-health-care-law-california.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday encouraged the uninsured or those paying high prices for health insurance to sign up for coverage under his health care law and urged opponents to stop wasting time continuing to fighting its implementation. Obama used a trip to California to highlight how the state is implementing the Affordable Ca... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:04:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2136118-obama-pitches-health-care-law-california.html 2013-06-07T21:04:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2137256-health-care-thorny-issue-immigration-debate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Health care coverage for newly legalized immigrants is emerging as a thorny issue in Congress' drive to remake the nation's immigration system, posing hard-to-solve problems for Senate negotiators and threatening a bill-writing effort in the House. The question is how much access to taxpayer-subsidized care should be granted to immigrant... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:22:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2137256-health-care-thorny-issue-immigration-debate.html 2013-06-07T20:22:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2135270-judges-ruling-challenges-us-transplant-system.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a life or death matter: Who gets the next scarce donated organ? In an unprecedented challenge to the nation's transplant system, a federal judge has allowed one dying child — and a day later another — to essentially jump the line in rulings that could have ramifications for thousands of people awaiting new organs. Over and over, the... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:35:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2135270-judges-ruling-challenges-us-transplant-system.html 2013-06-07T08:35:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2133060-pa-girl-lung-donor-list-boy-sues.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A dying Pennsylvania girl has been placed on the adult waiting list for donated lungs amid a court fight over the nation's transplant rules with help from a judge who granted another petition Thursday from a boy at the same hospital. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network added 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan to the list Wednesd... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:08:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2133060-pa-girl-lung-donor-list-boy-sues.html 2013-06-06T23:08:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2134126-sebelius-pa-girl-waiting-list-adult-lung.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The organ transplant network has placed a dying 10-year-old girl on the adult waiting list for a donated lung, complying with a judge's unusual order. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that Sarah Murnaghan also remains on the priority list for a lung from a pediatric donor. Sebelius said the Organ Procur... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:46:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2134126-sebelius-pa-girl-waiting-list-adult-lung.html 2013-06-06T15:46:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2113028-medical-pot-laws-treats-send-kids-to-er.html CHICAGO (AP) — Increased use of medical marijuana may lead to more young children getting sick from accidentally eating food made with the drug, a Colorado study suggests. Medical marijuana items include yummy-looking gummy candies, cookies and other treats that may entice young children. Fourteen children were treated at Colorado Children's Hospital in t... Mon, 27 May 2013 22:47:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2113028-medical-pot-laws-treats-send-kids-to-er.html 2013-05-27T22:47:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2107806-kenyas-mental-hospital-drugs-confines-patients.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them in a comatose-like state, factors that may have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients, an advocacy group said Friday. Edah Maina, the chief executive officer, of the Kenya Society For the Mentally Handicapped said the Mat... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:29:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2107806-kenyas-mental-hospital-drugs-confines-patients.html 2013-05-24T15:29:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107410-unions-angry-health-care-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters. But some unions leaders have grown frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the new law — problems that they say could jeopardize the health benefits offered to millions... Fri, 24 May 2013 13:14:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107410-unions-angry-health-care-overhaul.html 2013-05-24T13:14:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104726-hobby-lobby-tests-birth-control-coverage-mandate.html DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argued that businesses — not ju... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:23:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104726-hobby-lobby-tests-birth-control-coverage-mandate.html 2013-05-23T23:23:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104158-vote-pot-shops-lingering-la-issue.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry. The winning ballot measure on Tuesday caps the number of nonprofit dispensaries at about 135 from a high of nearly 1,000 a few years ago. It also imposes higher taxes, regulates hours of ope... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:37:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104158-vote-pot-shops-lingering-la-issue.html 2013-05-22T23:37:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096588-fate-la-pot-shops-left-to-voters.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime. Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide how Los Angeles should handle its high with three competing measures that seek to either limit ... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096588-fate-la-pot-shops-left-to-voters.html 2013-05-19T20:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092928-cultural-attitudes-impede-organ-donations-china.html BEIJING (AP) — China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general population. Almost all donated organs in China used to come from executed prisoners. A growing proportion now come ... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092928-cultural-attitudes-impede-organ-donations-china.html 2013-05-17T14:24:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088536-senate-confirms-nurse-to-medicare.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs. By an overwhelming 91-7 vote, the Senate confirmed Marilyn Tavenner to oversee Medicare, Medicaid, children's health insurance and coverage for th... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:43:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088536-senate-confirms-nurse-to-medicare.html 2013-05-15T21:43:19Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083886-angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-qa.html Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie disclosed Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene mutation that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. A look at the procedure: Q: What kind of surgery did Jolie have? A: Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy, meaning she chose to have both her breasts removed even though ... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:15:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083886-angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-qa.html 2013-05-14T17:15:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083808-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif helped German pharmaceutical and high-tech materials company Merck KGaA post a 54 percent rise in first-quarter profit. Merck also saw stronger sales of materials for liquid-crystal displays and raised its profit forecast, saying it would achieve its 2014 goals this year. Its op... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:47:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083808-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html 2013-05-14T09:47:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay. To try to keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers to charge patients a hefty share of the cost for expensive medications u... Mon, 13 May 2013 07:12:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html 2013-05-13T07:12:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076062-obama-declared-health-care-law-is-to-stay.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect. With his legacy and the law's success at stake, Obama said: "The law is here to stay." Behind the scenes, the White Hous... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:23:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076062-obama-declared-health-care-law-is-to-stay.html 2013-05-10T21:23:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2074344-health-centers-150-to-help-uninsured.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration announced Thursday that community health centers around the country will get $150 million to help uninsured Americans sign up for health insurance coverage under the new health care law. The money addresses concerns from Congress and advocacy groups that many consumers will have a hard time navigating the health ... Thu, 09 May 2013 18:00:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2074344-health-centers-150-to-help-uninsured.html 2013-05-09T18:00:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073630-ims-us-medicine-spending-rare-dip-2012.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on use of health care services. Patients also benefited from a surge of new, inexpensive generic versions of widely used drugs for chronic conditions like high cholesterol, according to... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073630-ims-us-medicine-spending-rare-dip-2012.html 2013-05-09T15:45:25Z