AP – After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits a requirement for businesses to offer coverage to their workers and lacks a government insurance option that President Barack Obama favors, according to numerous officials.
Reuters – A large 15-year study of men who had surgery for prostate cancer found only a small percentage died from cancer, adding to evidence that some men might be able to skip radical surgery to treat the often slow-growing tumors, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Reuters – Health officials trying to make best use of antiviral drugs to fight the new H1N1 flu need to do a better job of tracking and treating cases quickly, Italian researchers said on Monday.
Reuters – Contrary to some earlier findings, children with autism are no more or less likely to have gastrointestinal symptoms, in general, than their unaffected peers, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.
Reuters – New research indicates that low red blood cell blood counts, regardless of other diseases that might be present, is a risk factor for death in very elderly individuals. In the study, anemia was associated with a twofold increased risk of death during follow-up.
Reuters – The U.S. is likely to face a severe shortage of heart surgeons in the next 10 years, say representatives from medical schools and thoracic surgeons’ groups.
AFP – Americans need to change the way they live if they want to beat the obesity epidemic that is robbing the United States of millions of dollars every year and threatening a generation with shorter lives, experts said Monday.