Archive: 19/01/2017
Arkansas panel OKs restrictions on 2nd trimester abortions
An Arkansas legislative committee voted Thursday to outlaw an abortion procedure that opponents call "savage" and "barbaric" while others deem it the safest way to end a pregnancy in the second trimester.
Jan 19, 2017
'FishTaco' sorts out who is doing what in your microbiome
A growing body of evidence indicates that the trillions of microbes that live on and inside our bodies affect our health. Collectively, these resident microbes form our microbiome.
Jan 19, 2017
Oregon faces obstacles expanding health insurance to all residents, study finds
Creating a Medicare-like public health insurance option for residents of Oregon may be the easiest system to extend health coverage to more people in the state, but other proposals such as single-payer plan or a system to ...
Jan 19, 2017
Access to anesthesia care is not improved when states eliminate physician supervision
Patient access to anesthesia care for seven common surgical procedures is not increased when states "opt-out" of the Medicare rule that requires anesthesia to be administered with physician supervision, reports a study published ...
Jan 19, 2017