TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A federal judge declared on Wednesday that a Washington state rule requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives against their religious beliefs is unconstitutional.
Feb 222012
PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) – Virginia lawmakers on Wednesday passed a revised ultrasound requirement for women seeking abortions that dropped a mandatory internal scan, after Republican Governor Bob McDonnell shifted his stance on the hotly contested measure.
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) – Experimental obesity drug Qnexa won the backing of U.S. health advisors on Wednesday, raising hopes for approval of the first prescription weight-loss pill in 13 years.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and said a federal government worker should be allowed to enroll her same-sex spouse in her health insurance coverage, the latest rebuke of a law reviled by gay rights activists.
(Reuters) – Advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday will wait for results from a trial of Pfizer Inc’s Prevnar 13 pneumonia vaccine before deciding whether to recommend its use in all adults aged 50 and older.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s plan to fight Alzheimer’s disease aims to harness the nation’s expertise to find real treatments by 2025 and improve the care and treatment of the 5.1 million Americans already afflicted with the brain-wasting disease.
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform “his poll tax” – in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.
Feb 222012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court sent back to a lower court a case on whether Medicaid recipients and medical providers can sue California for cutting reimbursement rates in the healthcare program for low-income Americans.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Broadcasting heart procedures live to doctors at medical meetings may not present a risk to the patient on the table, a new study suggests.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – About 15 percent of surgeons have alcohol abuse or dependency problems, a rate that is somewhat higher than the rest of the population, according to a new survey.
Two of Baby Peter’s social workers committed a “serious error of judgement” during an incident which saw him “disappear” for 12 days, a tribunal hears.
A new study comparing chromosomes in humans and rhesus monkeys suggests genetic decay of the male sex chromosome has all but ended.
How the time of day can increase the risk of dying from an irregular heartbeat has been identified by researchers.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – U.S. troops sent to Iraq or Afghanistan are more likely to start a smokeless tobacco habit than their comrades who stay home — especially if they see combat, a new study finds.
Is it better for us to sleep in four-hour chunks?
We have a division that installs turnkey perimeter security arrays in Florida and other States.