AFP – US President Barack Obama said Saturday his health care reform was key to ensuring growth of small businesses in the United States and their ability to create new jobs.
AP – Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said Friday.
AP – Eight months in office, Barack Obama has now pushed closer than any other president in generations to creating a basic health care safety net for working Americans. Yet the fate of legislation delivering on his goal is far from certain: Republicans are nearly unified in opposition, Democrats hardly united in support.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) — Concerns about a swine flu outbreak
this fall are spreading to the nation’s diagnostic laboratories, which
could see a big surge in their testing workload this fall.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — People struggling with a cancer diagnosis
and treatment may need a lot of extra help and support.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Adults aren’t the only ones affected by the
often disabling pain of a migraine. Many children and teens also are prone
to the intense pounding, occasional nausea and “aura” that warns some
migraine sufferers.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) — The smoking cessation drug
varenicline (Chantix) does not increase the risk for self-harm or
depression, according to a new British study.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) — If current life expectancy
trends continue, more than half of babies born in rich nations since 2000
will live to 100 years of age, and they’ll have less disability than
elderly people in previous generations.
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com: