by Research Team | Mar 15, 2015 | Health News
The Treasury should hand over some of the cash it earns from tobacco taxes to English councils to help with the cost of clearing up cigarette litter, MPs have recommended. New laws should also be introduced forcing shops, fast food chains and restaurants to keep the...
by Research Team | Mar 15, 2015 | Health News
In a rare show of unity, top House Republicans and Democrats are working toward a $200 billion agreement revamping how doctors are paid for treating Medicare patients, a package that would be largely financed by adding to the federal deficit, lobbyists said Friday....
by Research Team | Mar 15, 2015 | Health News
The number of confirmed measles cases in Quebec is up to 136 from 119 earlier in the week and health officials are bracing for even more. They said in an update Friday all of them are people from northeast of Montreal who have not been vaccinated against the...
by Research Team | Mar 15, 2015 | Health News
Several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance will get a second chance to sign up starting Sunday, and that could ease the sting of rising penalties for being uninsured. But as the enrollment window reopens, it’s unclear...
by Research Team | Mar 15, 2015 | Health News
People who perceive sex as unimportant in old age exhibit weaker cognitive functioning than those who prioritize sex, according to new research. In a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, researchers discovered a link...
by Research Team | Mar 15, 2015 | Health News
A dangerous new bird flu strain has affected turkey flocks in Minnesota, Missouri and Arkansas. That’s sending experts and farmers scrambling to determine how it arrived – and to stop it from spreading.
