Reuters – President Barack Obama pushed on Wednesday for swift congressional action on healthcare reform as a Senate panel took that chamber’s first step on a plan to overhaul the $2.5 trillion industry.
AFP – Japan has banned smoking from most public places, including many city streets, but one company has given refuge to the dwindling ranks of tobacco addicts — by opening smokers-only cafes.
AFP – South Korea has called off international festivals and told hundreds of schoolchildren to stay home as the number of swine flu infections rises, officials said Wednesday.
AFP – Scientists in Germany found a group of more than 400 nuns the perfect sample group for an investigation into links between education and senility, the lead researcher said Wednesday.
Reuters – The Senate health committee on Wednesday approved its version of legislation to overhaul the U.S. health industry, which is to be combined with a bill yet to be written in the Senate Finance Committee.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) — Seven months after receiving
a near-total face transplant, Connie Culp is doing well, according to one
of her surgeons, Dr. Maria Siemionow, from the Cleveland Clinic.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — People with obsessive-compulsive disorder
have uncontrolled thoughts that compel them to develop habits or rituals
to ease their anxiousness.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — An occasional glass of beer or wine may help
you relax, but excessive alcohol consumption is dangerous.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — Certain types of
circulating blood cells appear to be important predictors of the spread of
cancer in children, say French researchers.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. National
Institutes of Health (NIH) announced last week their new guidelines for
stem cell research funding, including allowing some previously ineligible
stem cell lines to receive federal grants, provided they were obtained in
an ethical manner.