Court upholds block on graphic cigarette warnings
(AP)—An appeals court on Friday upheld a decision barring the U.S. government from requiring tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill.
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Aug 24, 2012 |
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S. Korea court upholds abortion punishment
South Korea's top court Thursday struck down a challenge calling for an end to tough legal punishments for midwives and others administering illegal abortions.
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Aug 23, 2012 |
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Down's syndrome testing hits several European markets
A new prenatal test for Down's syndrome hit the market in Germany and several other European countries Monday, the manufacturer said, amid a controversy over whether it could lead to more abortions.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 20, 2012 |
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Psychology gives courts, policymakers evidence to help judge adolescents' actions
Determining when a teenage brain becomes an adult brain is not an exact science but it's getting closer, according to an expert in adolescent developmental psychology, speaking at the American Psychological Association's ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 2012 |
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ACOs find risks, opportunities in quest for reduced costs, improved quality
Many health care systems across the US have declined to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program, developed under the Patient Protection and Affordable ...
Health
Aug 02, 2012 |
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Court: Namibia HIV sterilizations violated rights
(AP) — Namibia's government sterilized three women infected with HIV without getting proper consent, forcing them to sign forms they didn't understand as they suffered through the pains of labor, a judge ruled Monday.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 30, 2012 |
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Controversial Down's syndrome testing gets Swiss go-ahead
Switzerland has given the green light for a new prenatal test for Down's syndrome amid controversy over whether this will lead to more abortions, a Swiss newspaper reported Sunday.
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Jul 29, 2012 |
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Budget office: Obama's health law reduces deficit
(AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase America's huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting ...
Health
Jul 25, 2012 |
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UAHuntsville professor explains logic behind healthcare ruling, shares top five Supreme Court decisions
Thanks to the speed of media archivists, on June 28, right after The U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision upholding the majority of President Obama’s controversial Affordable Healthcare Act, America was reminded ...
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Jul 20, 2012 |
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German doctors seek urgent action on circumcision row
German doctors are seeking an urgent clarification from the government over religious circumcision after a court ruling calling it a criminal act prompted an international outcry.
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Jul 15, 2012 |
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Canada to appeal ruling on assisted suicide
(AP) — Canada's justice minister says the federal government will appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling that said federal laws banning doctor-assisted suicide are unconstitutional.
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Jul 13, 2012 |
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Court: State can't scare smokers with gross images (Update)
(AP) — New York City cannot try to scare smokers by requiring grotesque images of diseased lungs and decaying teeth at stores that sell cigarettes because the federal government gets to decide how to ...
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Jul 10, 2012 |
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US health insurer WellPoint buys Amerigroup
US health insurer WellPoint is buying Amerigroup, a manager of publicly funded health programs, for about $4.9 billion, the companies said Monday.
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Jul 09, 2012 |
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Roberts 'wrote both sides of US health care ruling'
Chief Justice John Roberts flipped late in the game on the Supreme Court ruling on "Obamacare" and ended up writing both the majority opinion and most of the opposing dissent, sources said Tuesday.
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Jul 04, 2012 |
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Worry over drug-resistant TB
On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the national health care law, medical researchers from around the globe gathered at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT for the annual New England Tuberculosis ...
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Jul 02, 2012 |
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