Special Report: Court let Merck hide secrets about baldness drug's risks - Reuters

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 18:07

reuters.com - PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - By the time Kelly Pfaff got home from driving her son to school that morning, it was too late. Her husband, John, was supposed to be taking their 4-year-old…

Category: Health

Fact-Checking Facebook: Pro-Life Doctors Say ‘Abortion Is Never Medically Necessary’

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 13:37

ncregister.com - Pro-life doctors are speaking out in defense of the pro-life group Live Action after Facebook marked a claim, featured in two of the group’s videos, that “abortion is never medically…

Category: Health

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Prevent Mental Illness?

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 12:08

forbes.com - Technology entrepreneur David Plans knows first hand the risks of ignoring mental health. While going through security at Brussels Airport in 2003, he suddenly passed out, was rushed to…

Category: Science

IIT grads lead the way in mental health technology

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 10:24

economictimes.indiatimes.com - Kolkata: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) graduates are known to have founded the highest number of billion-dollar startups in India. However, what is less well-…

Category: Education

Cancer patients 'prescribed exercise' in trial

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 10:04

bbc.co.uk - Cancer patients are being offered one-to-one exercise sessions before, during and after treatment as part of a two-year pilot scheme in North Yorkshire. Active Against Cancer is being…

Category: Science

Planned Parenthood Shuts Down Clinics that Do Not Perform Abortions

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 09:10

breitbart.com - Officials at Planned Parenthood Southwestern Ohio announced the organization will shut down its clinics in Springdale and Western Hills on September 20: It is with great sadness that…

Category: Politics

There Are 27.5 Million People in the U.S. Without Health Insurance

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 08:58

splinternews.com - The segment of the U.S. population without health insurance increased in 2018, according to an annual report from the Census Bureau released Tuesday. It’s the first time in a…

Category: Business

No, Medical Errors Are Not the Third Leading Cause of Death

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 08:30

medscape.com - The supposed fact that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States has become a meme, spreading virally through society from the scientific literature to…

Category: Science

'It is time to stop vaping': Kansas reports sixth U.S. death linked to mystery illness - Reuters

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 06:22

reuters.com - (Reuters) - A Kansas resident was the sixth person to die in the United States of a mysterious respiratory illness related to vaping, state officials said on Tuesday, as public health…

Category: Health

Audit finds Illinois spent $4.6M on Medicare coverage for dead people

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 05:55

illinoispolicy.org - A federal health department audit found Illinois spent $4.6 million in Medicaid payments on behalf of deceased beneficiaries. An audit by the U.S. Department of Health &…

Category: Business