Sunday, August 31, 2014

Judge Blocks Abortion Law in Louisiana

A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of Louisiana’s new abortion law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics.


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Well: Don’t Catch What Ails Your House

It doesn’t take a flood to encourage the growth of mold in a home. A moist environment will do. A runny nose, coughing and all the rest typically follow.








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Well: Don’t Catch What Ails Your House

It doesn’t take a flood to encourage the growth of mold in a home. A moist environment will do. A runny nose, coughing and all the rest typically follow.








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Cholesterol Drug Halves Heart Attack and Stroke in Early Test

The results, though not conclusive, provide the first evidence that targeting a protein known as PCSK9 could reduce cardiovascular risks for millions of patients.


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Saturday, August 30, 2014

End-of-Life Talks May Finally Overcome Politics

Medicare may cover advance care planning that was once decried as “death panels,” and some private insurers are not waiting for the political process.








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New Novartis Drug Shows Striking Efficacy in Treating Heart Failure

The drug reduced the risk of dying from cardiovascular causes and the risk of being hospitalized for worsening heart failure by about 20 percent in a large trial.








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Friday, August 29, 2014

Judge Rejects Texas Stricture on Abortions

A federal judge in Austin, Tex., blocked a stringent new rule that would have forced more than half of the state’s remaining abortion clinics to close.


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Federal Judge Approves California Plan to Reduce Isolation of Mentally Ill Inmates

The state, adhering to a court order, is proposing to stop keeping most mentally ill prisoners in their windowless cells for 23 hours a day.


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AIDS Progress in South Africa Is in Peril

Though few Americans realize it, South Africa owes much of its success in the fight against AIDS to a single United States program — one that is now moving elsewhere.








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