http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Alabama lawmakers have given final passage to a measure placing stricter regulations on clinics that provide abortions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ala-lawmakers-tighten-abortion-clinics.html Health Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:17:59 EST news284181473 Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are preparing for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the toughest bans on abortion in the U.S. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-rivals-legal-abortion.html Health Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:42:09 EST news283956110 The most obese state in the U.S. now says local governments can't restrict the sizes of food or drink portions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-obese-state-food-portion-restrictions.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:55:16 EST news282923706 (HealthDay)—More than half the states in the nation have decided against creating on their own one of the most complex yet vital parts of the massive 2010 health reform law, which was championed by President Barack Obama. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-feds-health-exchanges.html Health Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:50:01 EST news281963123 (AP)—There's another quirk in the federal health care law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-immigration-fallout-obamacare.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:12:30 EST news278176343 Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary Tuesday of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion with a push for yet more restrictions after a string of state moves that narrow access to the procedure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-years-abortion-foes.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:31:56 EST news278083909 Mississippi's only abortion clinic has missed a Friday deadline to comply with a new state law that requires each of its physicians to get hospital admitting privileges—a law the governor said he signed with the hopes of shutting the clinic down. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-abortion-clinic-comply-law.html Health Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:52:22 EST news277188737