AP – President Barack Obama is lauding the passage of historic anti-smoking legislation that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate tobacco products, pledging to quickly sign the measure into law.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) — Stars from the world of
entertainment and finance spoke out at a gala benefit this week in New
York City with one goal in mind: to help lift the stigma around
stuttering, and to further research into a condition affecting millions of
Americans.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration on Friday requested that the makers of a class of asthma
drugs called leukotriene receptor agonists place a “precaution” on the
drugs’ labeling, warning of the potential for neuropsychiatric events.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) — You can help lower your
odds of becoming an unfortunate highway statistic this summer by making
sure you are rested before you hit the road, says the National Sleep
Foundation.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) — Post-meal surges in blood
sugar can cut a man’s level of circulating testosterone by about a
quarter, new research shows.
AP – President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to help pay for his health care overhaul by slowing Medicare and Medicaid spending, but hospitals, medical technicians and others are resisting.
Reuters – Britain will invest almost $500 million in an international scheme to encourage pharmaceutical firms to develop vaccines against some of the common diseases which plague poorer nations.
AP – State health officials are looking into the latest HIV case reported in California’s multibillion-dollar porn industry, fearing that reckless practices on film sets might be raising the risk of new infections.
AP – The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to take an active role in preventing bullying in schools and violence among dating teenagers.
AFP – US President Barack Obama said Saturday he had found more than 300 billion dollars that could help his government make health care available to all Americans.