SFGate US judge upholds state law requiring vaccinationsSFGateA federal judge refused Friday to block California’s new vaccination law, which requires children in public and private schools to be inoculated against 10 contagious illnesses and eliminates an exemption based on their parents’ personal beliefs …Judge won’t block California’s strict child vaccination lawThe Mercury NewsJudge declines to ...
CBS News What people really think of men with hair transplantsCBS NewsBad news for the follicularly challenged: A new survey confirms that balding men are seen by others as older and less good-looking. But when the same men got a hair transplant, observers thought of them as younger and more attractive, the study found.Men with ...
CNN US blood supply should be screened for Zika, FDA saysCNN(CNN) The Food and Drug Administration has recommended screening the entire US blood supply for the Zika virus, it announced today, noting that screening donated blood is already underway in Florida and Puerto Rico. The new recommendation applies …FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated ...
NPR MammaPrint Finds Breast Cancer Patients Who Can Skip ChemoMedscapeIn breast cancer patients who were judged to be at high risk by clinical assessment, and who were thus destined for chemotherapy, use of the 70-gene signature test (MammaPrint, Agendia) found that half (49%) of these women could skip chemotherapy.When DNA and medical tests disagree about ...
New York Times Mylan Raised EpiPen’s Price Before the Expected Arrival of a GenericNew York TimesEpiPens used for training school staff members in Virginia. Mylan is under fire for raising the price of the allergy treatment device. Credit Karen Kasmauski for The New York Times. In 2012, the company behind the EpiPen settled a lawsuit ...
Lincoln Journal Star Excess Weight Tied to Higher Risk for Many Cancers, Experts SayLincoln Journal StarWEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Staying slim throughout your life might lower your risk of developing at least eight types of cancer, an international cancer research group says. Those include cancers of the stomach, liver, gallbladder, …Cancer Risks 2016: ...
Washington Post Orlando hospitals say they won’t bill survivors of Pulse nightclub shootingWashington PostThe Orlando hospitals that treated dozens of people injured in the Pulse nightclub shooting said Wednesday that they would not bill the survivors. One hospital said it would not bill for any treatment it provided Pulse victims, while Orlando Regional …Orlando hospitals ...
NPR Study Of Breast Cancer Treatment Reveals Paradox Of Precision MedicineNPRA major study about the best way to treat early-stage breast cancer reveals that “precision medicine” doesn’t provide unambiguous answers about how to choose the best therapy. “Precision doesn’t mean certainty,” says David Hunter, a professor of cancer …Gene Tests Identify Breast Cancer Patients Who Can ...
CNN Firefighter describes life after historic face transplant: ‘I have hope now’CNN(CNN) Patrick Hardison can now drive his children to school in the morning. He can swim in a pool, run his fingers through his hair and blink his eyes. He can walk in crowds without strangers staring and pointing at him, and children running ...
New York Times The Senator’s Daughter Who Raised Prices on Anti-Allergy EpiPenBloombergMembers of Congress are in an unusual position as they demand an explanation for Mylan NV’s 400 percent price hike for the EpiPen and focus attention squarely on its CEO: Heather Bresch. If lawmakers follow the usual script, Bresch could get called up …US ...
