http://www.mail.com/subjects/506-health.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/506-health.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1862168-obama-offers-faith-groups-birth-control-rule.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a wave of lawsuits over what government can tell religious groups to do, the Obama administration is proposing a compromise for faith-based nonprofits that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans. Some of the lawsuits appear headed for the Supreme Court, threatening another divisive legal battle over Presid... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1862168-obama-offers-faith-groups-birth-control-rule.html 2013-02-02T07:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1862032-healthier-schools-goodbye-candy-greasy-snacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Goodbye candy bars and sugary cookies. Hello baked chips and diet sodas. The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make sure all foods sold in schools are more healthful, a change that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high-calorie sports drinks and greasy foods on campus. Under new r... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1862032-healthier-schools-goodbye-candy-greasy-snacks.html 2013-02-01T21:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862770-cnns-sanjay-gupta-adds-fiction-to-workload.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — When doctors get called on the carpet by other doctors, it's productive but not always pretty, as neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta describes it. Closed-door meetings in which physicians candidly dissect cases that went awry can verge on "dignified versions of street fights," said CNN's globe-trotting correspondent. He drew on such sessions — c... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862770-cnns-sanjay-gupta-adds-fiction-to-workload.html 2013-02-01T19:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862536-what-school-foods-what-foods.html The Agriculture Department is proposing new nutritional rules that would apply to most all foods sold in schools. The rule would apply to "a la carte" lines in school cafeterias, vending machines, snack bars and any other food sold regularly on campus. It wouldn't apply to fundraisers, after-school concession stands, class parties or foods brought from home. Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862536-what-school-foods-what-foods.html 2013-02-01T22:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862108-va-report-22-veterans-commit-suicide-day.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has previously estimated, but the problem doesn't appear to be getting worse for veterans compared to the rest of the country, according to a VA study released Friday. Indeed, the overall percentage of suicides by vet... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862108-va-report-22-veterans-commit-suicide-day.html 2013-02-01T16:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1861964-news-summary-pfizer-animal-health-unit-ipo-soars.html GOOD START: Drugmaker Pfizer's initial public stock offering of its animal health business, Zoetis, raised $2.2 billion, the largest IPO by a U.S. company since Facebook Inc. raised $16 billion last May. Shares jumped 19 percent from their initial $26 price, closing at $31.01. PFIZER STAKE: For now, Pfizer Inc. retains ownership of at least 80 percent in ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1861964-news-summary-pfizer-animal-health-unit-ipo-soars.html 2013-02-01T21:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861592-generic-competition-charges-cut-merck-q4-profit.html Merck & Co.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 7 percent because of hits from generic competition and one-time charges, and the company pushed back plans for seeking approval of a key experimental osteoporosis drug. The quarterly results beat Wall Street expectations, but Merck shares fell Friday as investors learned the company is reviewing safety and efficacy... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861592-generic-competition-charges-cut-merck-q4-profit.html 2013-02-01T20:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858392-menendez-reimbursed-donor-2-jaunts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez's office says he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58,500 on Jan. 4 of this year for the full cost of two of three trips Menendez took on the donor's plane to the Dominican Republic in 2010. More details about the New Jersey senator's trips emerged as his office said unsubstantiated allegations that the... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858392-menendez-reimbursed-donor-2-jaunts.html 2013-01-31T22:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860582-ark-senate-passes-measure-to-ban-abortions.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to prohibit most abortions if a heartbeat is detected, ignoring warnings from opponents that banning the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy would invite lawsuits. If enacted, the ban would be the most stringent in the nation. The Ohio House passed a similar ban in 2011, but it was s... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860582-ark-senate-passes-measure-to-ban-abortions.html 2013-01-31T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1860326-pfizer-disputes-suit-claiming-zoloft-work.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The maker of Zoloft is being sued in an unusual case alleging the popular antidepressant has no more benefit than a dummy pill and that patients who took it should be reimbursed for their costs. Zoloft's maker, Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker by revenue, disputes the claim, telling The Associated Press Thursday that clinica... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1860326-pfizer-disputes-suit-claiming-zoloft-work.html 2013-01-31T21:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1860168-nfl-expects-to-neurologists-games-2013.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL general counsel Jeff Pash says he expects independent neurological consultants to be on sidelines during games next season to help diagnose and treat concussions. Speaking at a pre-Super Bowl news conference Thursday, Pash explained that the doctors would not be paid by the clubs or hired as team physicians. There could be more than... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1860168-nfl-expects-to-neurologists-games-2013.html 2013-01-31T20:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1859482-hedgehog-alert-prickly-pets-carry-salmonella.html NEW YORK (AP) — Add those cute little hedgehogs to the list of pets that can make you sick. In the last year, 20 people were infected by a rare but dangerous form of salmonella bacteria, and one person died in January. The illnesses were linked to contact with hedgehogs kept as pets, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Contr... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1859482-hedgehog-alert-prickly-pets-carry-salmonella.html 2013-01-31T19:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858374-pets-to-recess-high-school-stress-relief.html MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (AP) — The four-legged member of the counseling team at the high school in suburban Chicago waits patiently, as a crush of students fills the hallways. Her tail wags with the first pat on the head, then another and another. "Puppy! Ohhh, puppy dog!" one teenager croons, as he affectionately tousles the ears of the 18-month-old golden ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858374-pets-to-recess-high-school-stress-relief.html 2013-01-31T18:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1859716-authors-try-to-separate-fact-fiction-obesity.html Fact or fiction? Sex burns a lot of calories. Snacking or skipping breakfast is bad. School gym classes make a big difference in kids' weight. All are myths or at least presumptions that may not be true, say researchers who reviewed the science behind some widely held obesity beliefs and found it lacking. Their report in Thursday's New England Journal of ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1859716-authors-try-to-separate-fact-fiction-obesity.html 2013-01-31T17:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1467916-aetna-4q-profit-sinks-49-pct-medical-costs-climb.html Aetna's fourth-quarter net income sank 49 percent as higher medical costs squeezed profitability for the insurer's commercial health coverage, and several one-time expenses chipped away at the bottom line. The Hartford, Conn., company said Thursday the amount it paid in medical claims grew more than 9 percent in the quarter to $6.12 billion as a rise in f... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1467916-aetna-4q-profit-sinks-49-pct-medical-costs-climb.html 2013-01-31T15:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858904-eu-proposal-to-protect-bees-stirs-hornets-nest.html BRUSSELS (AP) — An attempt to protect Europe's bee population has kicked up a hornets' nest. On Thursday, the EU's commissioner for health and consumer policy, Tonio Borg, proposed to restrict the use of three pesticides — called nenicotinoids — to crops to which bees are not attracted. The three pesticides were clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858904-eu-proposal-to-protect-bees-stirs-hornets-nest.html 2013-01-31T14:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858322-french-gay-marriage-plans-stir-parenthood-debate.html PARIS (AP) — The French are all for sex and all for family — so long as you're having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a sizable portion of them uncomfortable, as the president's plans to legalize gay marriage have unexpectedly exposed. The debate over whether society and science are overreaching when it comes to parent... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858322-french-gay-marriage-plans-stir-parenthood-debate.html 2013-01-31T14:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858404-roadside-bomb-kills-2-polio-workers-nw-pakistan.html PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani polio workers on their way to vaccinate children in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, an official said. The two men were on their way to Malikhel village as part of the U.N.-backed anti-polio campaign when the bomb hit their motorcycle, said government administ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858404-roadside-bomb-kills-2-polio-workers-nw-pakistan.html 2013-01-31T13:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858640-astazeneca-patent-warning-net-profit-falls.html LONDON (AP) — Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC warned over expiring patents on its medicines as the company announced a 37 percent fall in full-year net profit on Thursday. AstraZeneca said that its net profit fell to $6.3 billion in the year ended Dec. 31, compared with nearly $10 billion in 2011. The company blamed the loss of exclus... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858640-astazeneca-patent-warning-net-profit-falls.html 2013-01-31T10:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1858454-porn-star-ron-jeremy-la-hospital-aneurysm.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spokesman says porn star Ron Jeremy is recovering from surgery at a Los Angeles hospital after an aneurysm near his heart sent him to intensive care. Agent Mike Esterman says in an email to The Associated Press that he and others were waiting for Jeremy to awake Wednesday night after a smooth procedure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1858454-porn-star-ron-jeremy-la-hospital-aneurysm.html 2013-01-31T07:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858236-israeli-astronauts-widow-carries-tragedy.html JERUSALEM (AP) — It's a day Israelis will never forget: Feb. 1, 2003, when national pride abruptly turned to national tragedy. People gathered around their TV screens to watch the anticipated return of Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, from a 16-day journey in space aboard the American Columbia shuttle. A hero's welcome awaited, but as people watched ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858236-israeli-astronauts-widow-carries-tragedy.html 2013-01-31T05:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1856886-suspected-doc-killer-was-patient-with-appointment.html NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A retired barber accused of fatally shooting a California urologist was a patient who had an appointment with the victim and brought the gun with him to the exam room, prosecutors said Wednesday. Stanwood Fred Elkus, 75, was charged with murder in the Monday attack that killed Dr. Ronald Gilbert. The 52-year-old doctor was sho... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1856886-suspected-doc-killer-was-patient-with-appointment.html 2013-01-31T01:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855896-borneo-elephants-dead-toll-rises-to-13.html KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities found remains of another three endangered Borneo pygmy elephants, deepening a mystery surrounding at least 13 such deaths this month. The wildlife department in Malaysia's Sabah state is bracing for the possibility of finding more dead elephants in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, where an unknown number ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855896-borneo-elephants-dead-toll-rises-to-13.html 2013-01-30T23:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1857906-families-to-priced-health-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President Barack Obama's overhaul law. IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped. As a result, some families that can't afford the employer coverage that they are offered on t... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1857906-families-to-priced-health-overhaul.html 2013-01-30T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1857170-ten-years-loss-space-shuttle-columbia.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — He was just 8 when NASA lost the space shuttle Columbia and he lost his astronaut mom. Now, 10 years later, Iain Clark is a young man on the cusp of college with a master's rating in scuba diving and three parachute jumps in his new log book. His mother, Dr. Laurel Clark, loved scuba and skydiving. So did her flight surgeon hus... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1857170-ten-years-loss-space-shuttle-columbia.html 2013-01-30T23:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1857432-crashes-raise-concerns-winter-x-games.html ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — The image was chilling: Snowmobile rider Caleb Moore, launched over his handlebars on a backflip gone wrong, rolled down the landing hill with his 450-pound machine somersaulting behind him. Run over by his sled, Moore lay on the snow for several minutes before being helped off the course. As of Wednesday, he was hospitalized in critic... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1857432-crashes-raise-concerns-winter-x-games.html 2013-01-30T22:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1857608-study-sees-prostate-cancer-treatment-side-effects.html A new study shows how important it is for men to carefully consider treatments for early-stage prostate cancer. Fifteen years after surgery or radiation treatment, nearly all of the older men in the study had some problems having sex. About one-fifth had bladder or bowel trouble, researchers found. The study doesn't compare these men — who were 70 to 89 a... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1857608-study-sees-prostate-cancer-treatment-side-effects.html 2013-01-30T21:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1856386-girl-shot-taliban-to-undergo-final-surgery.html LONDON (AP) — A Pakistani girl whose defiance of the Taliban turned her into an international icon is headed toward recovery once she undergoes a final surgery to reconstruct her skull, doctors said Wednesday. Dr. Dave Rosser of Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital said that 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai needs the operation to replace the bone shattered w... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1856386-girl-shot-taliban-to-undergo-final-surgery.html 2013-01-30T18:49:00Z