News tagged with law
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Penalty could keep smokers out of health overhaul
(AP)—Here's a possible new cost for people with the cigarette habit.
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Jan 24, 2013 |
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Immigration fallout from saying no to 'Obamacare'
(AP)—There's another quirk in the federal health care law.
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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Forced treatment for crack addicts in Sao Paulo
About 50 Brazilian health officials and law enforcement agents are rounding up crack addicts in the city of Sao Paulo and forcibly putting them in treatment if deemed necessary.
Addiction
Jan 21, 2013 |
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Smoke-free law linked to 12% decrease in child asthma hospital admissions, study finds
The introduction of smoke-free legislation in England was immediately followed by a fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma symptoms, a new study has found.
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Jan 21, 2013 |
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EAST: Stand-your-ground law linked to more gun injuries
(HealthDay)—States with a Stand-Your-Ground (SYG) law have significantly more pediatric assault injuries due to firearms, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Association ...
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Jan 18, 2013 |
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Following mammography, physicians must notify of breast density, NY law states
A New York state law that goes into effect Jan. 19, 2013, could impact up to half of all women who get annual mammograms, according to Avice O'Connell, M.D., director of Women's Imaging at the University ...
Cancer
Jan 18, 2013 |
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Health and law expert: NFL not alone in handling concussions as 'benign' problems
More than 2,000 former football players are suing the National Football League, saying the league should have taken action earlier to deal with injuries related to concussions more seriously.
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Jan 17, 2013 |
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Only Miss. abortion clinic can't comply with law
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 ...
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Jan 12, 2013 |
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Sweden ends forced sterilisation of sex change patients
Sweden will no longer require sex change patients to be sterilised after a law banning the practice entered into force on Thursday.
Health
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Israeli law aims to make ultrathin models obsolete
(AP)—When Margaux Stelman began modeling a few months ago, she always had her sister Aline in mind.
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Indian court to rule on generic drug industry
(AP)—From Africa's crowded AIDS clinics to the malarial jungles of Southeast Asia, the lives of millions of ill people in the developing world are hanging in the balance ahead of a legal ruling that will ...
Medications
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Philippine president approves contraceptives law
(AP)—The Philippine president has signed a law that will promote contraception, sexual education and family planning programs vigorously opposed by the country's Roman Catholic Church.
Health
Dec 29, 2012 |
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Judge temporarily blocks Ga. abortion law
(AP)—A state judge has suspended a Georgia law banning abortions for women who are more than 20 weeks pregnant.
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Dec 24, 2012 |
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Court blocks California law banning gay therapy
(AP)—A federal appeals court on Friday put the brakes on a first-of-its-kind California law that bans therapy aimed at turning gay minors straight.
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Dec 22, 2012 |
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High court asked to block morning-after pill rule
(AP)—Hobby Lobby Stores is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block part of the federal health care law that requires it to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills.
Medications
Dec 21, 2012 |
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