by Research Team | Nov 6, 2015 | Health News
The Obama administration says it is concerned that some states are restricting access by low-income people to costly, revolutionary drugs for a liver-wasting disease called hepatitis C. In a notice to state Medicaid directors Thursday, the government reminded states...
by Research Team | Nov 6, 2015 | Health News
Dame Joan Collins has told Jonathan Ross she is “still suffering” following the death of her sister, the novelist Jackie Collins. The best-selling author was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer six and a half years ago, and died in September.
by Research Team | Nov 5, 2015 | Health News
Chipotle has been sued by a customer who says she was sickened with E. coli after eating a burrito bowl. Chipotle Mexican Grill has closed 43 restaurants in Washington and Oregon after state health officials linked 22 cases of E. coli to several locations.
by Research Team | Nov 5, 2015 | Health News
But in movies that did depict smoking, only those from Argentina showed smoking on screen for a longer time frame than those from the United States, the study authors said. Previous research found that smoking in movies can lead to smoking by young people.
by Research Team | Nov 5, 2015 | Health News
The Obama administration defended the health care law’s struggling insurance co-ops Tuesday, suggesting to Congress that cutbacks demanded by lawmakers themselves put added pressure on an altruistic alternative to mega-insurers. State regulators have ordered 11...
by Research Team | Nov 5, 2015 | Health News
State health officials say Oklahoma’s adult smoking rate is continuing to decline, dropping nearly 20 percent over the past four years to a new all-time low. Survey results released Tuesday by the Oklahoma State Department of Health show the number of Oklahomans...
