Hillary Clinton leaves New York hospital with family, aide

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left New York-Presbyterian hospital on Wednesday and was driven away with her husband, Bill, and daughter, Chelsea, and an aide, a Reuters photographer witnessed.It was unclear where she was going or whether she had been discharged from the hospital, where she had been admitted for treatment of a blood clot behind her right ear.A hospital spokeswoman...

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Senate’s “fiscal cliff” bill adds $4 trillion to deficits: CBO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday said Senate-passed legislation to avert the “fiscal cliff” would add nearly $ 4 trillion to federal deficits over a decade, largely because it would extend low tax rates for almost all Americans.The congressional scorekeeper’s analysis was released as a number of Republicans in the House of Representatives voiced opposition to the bill,...

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Naloxone reverses overdoses without hefty price tag

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Distributing a drug that reverses drug overdoses in heroin users would save lives and be cost-effective, according to a new analysis.U.S. researchers, who published their findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, calculated that one death may be prevented for every 164 naloxone injection kits they distribute to heroin users.That, the researchers say, works...

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Democrats, Republicans apart on key “fiscal cliff” issues: Reid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday that Democrats and Republicans still had key differences in talks to avert a looming year-end “fiscal cliff,” and he had not been able to make a counteroffer to the latest Republican proposal.“I’ve had a number of conversations with the president and at this stage we’re not able to make a counteroffer,” Reid said on the Senate...

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Hospitals, red tape may be limiting tubal ligations

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women in California and Texas have varying access to “getting their tubes tied” immediately after giving birth, according to a new study, but the reasons are still unclear researchers say.Analyzing the records of nearly 890,000 mothers across 499 hospitals in both states, they found that more women in Texas got the voluntary sterilization procedure after delivery in 2009...

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Senator McConnell says still time to avert “fiscal cliff”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican in the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, on Thursday said that there is still time to avert the “fiscal cliff” and a “wholly preventable economic crisis.”In a speech on the Senate floor McConnell warned, however, that Senate Republicans “aren’t about to write a blank check for anything Senate Democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of...

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Web-based info may not increase cancer screening

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Offering women information on colon cancer screening via the web does not get them to take up screening any more effectively than printed materials, according to a new study.“It’s disappointing that the web didn’t have more effect,” said Dr. David Weinberg of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, the report’s lead author.Although the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force...

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One in 12 in military has clogged heart arteries

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Just over one in 12 U.S. service members who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars had plaque buildup in the arteries around their hearts – an early sign of heart disease, according to a new study.None of them had been diagnosed with heart disease before deployment, researchers said.“This is a young, healthy, fit group,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Bryant Webber,...

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Little change in overtreatment at doctors’ offices

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although some Americans are getting more of beneficial treatments that were underused in the past, including drugs for heart disease, others are still being overtested or overtreated for a range of conditions, according to a new study.Researchers found U.S. doctors’ offices made progress on six of nine “quality indicators” for recommended and underused therapies but only...

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Fear, finger-pointing mount over U.S. fiscal cliff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. lawmakers voiced rising fear on Sunday that the country would go over “the fiscal cliff” in nine days, triggering harsh spending cuts and tax hikes, and some Republicans charged that was President Barack Obama‘s goal.“It’s the first time that I feel it’s more likely that we will go over the cliff than not,” Senator Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, said...

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Federal appeals court rules against Hobby Lobby on contraception

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a claim by an arts and crafts chain that wants to be exempted from a requirement to provide emergency contraceptives to employees because it violates the religious principles of its owners.The Court of Appeals in Denver ruled against family-owned Hobby Lobby‘s assertion that the religious beliefs of its owners should relieve them...

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Diagnostics Research Group Introduces Holiday Gift Ideas for Allergy Sufferers

Diagnostics Research Group in San Antonio, Texas uses the knowledge and experience of its team of physicians to recommend holiday gift ideas for allergy sufferers. The clinic educates consumers about environmental irritants that exacerbate allergies and asthma and encourages participation in their current study of a product to relieve the symptoms of dust mite allergies.San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) December...

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The eye-opening costs of America’s insomnia

By Quentin FottrellIn yet another sign Americans are sleeping less, the number of sleep clinics has reached an all-time high. And while sleeplessness is big business, worth over $ 32 billion, it’s an even bigger economic problem — costing nearly twice that in lost productivity.More Americans are seeking help for sleep-related conditions like insomnia and sleep apnea. On Wednesday, the American Academy...

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24HR HomeCare Now Offers All Services in Walnut Creek

24-Hour Care announced to day that they now offer all in-home care services in Walnut Creek.Walnut Creek, Ca (PRWEB) December 19, 201224-Hour Care announced to day that they now offer all in-home care services in Walnut Creek. 24-Hour Care is a leading provider of in-home services to those in need.On July 21, the Walnut Creek office opened its doors at 1399 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, California....

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Many have ovary surgery even with negative gene test

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many women who test negative for gene mutations that heighten the risk of ovarian cancer still get their ovaries removed despite a lack of evidence that it reduces the risk of dying, says a new study.“A higher number than expected went through with the surgery, and it probably has to do with doctors in the community not having enough information on their patients’ risk...

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Workplace Bullying Common, Could Lead to Medication Use

Dec 16, 2012 7:00amIf you’ve ever felt bullied at work, you’re not alone. A new study suggests workplace bullying is common, and so is the need for medical intervention.The survey-based study of more than 6,000 Finns found that one in eight men and one in five women reported being bullied at work. And self-reported bullying victims were more likely to use of antidepressants,...

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First Responders Face Haunting Memories

Police and paramedics who descended on the scene of the massacre at a Connecticut grade school face haunting memories and nightmares in the days and weeks to come, particularly if they have children of their own, experts say.Twenty children and seven adults were killed Friday after a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The shooter, identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza,...

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Confused by medication guides? You’re not alone

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The information sheets that come stapled to certain prescriptions picked up at the pharmacy are too complex and difficult for people to understand, according to a new study.“Anyone who’s seen these are not going to be surprised by the fact that they’re difficult to read,” said Michael Wolf, the study’s lead author and an associate professor at Northwestern University’s...

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More pressure to justify cost of cancer drugs versus benefits

(Reuters) – Medical providers have begun to think more about cost, as well as safety and effectiveness, when they decide on cancer treatments.In the past, pharmaceutical companies could launch a high-priced drug with little push back. But now, there is more pressure from insurers as well as doctors to justify using drugs that provide only incremental benefits. Products that offer clear-cut advances...

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Lilly plans another study for Alzheimer’s drug

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eli Lilly‘s experimental Alzheimer’s drug has flashed potential to help with mild cases of the disease, but patients and doctors will have to wait a few more years to learn whether regulators will allow the drugmaker to sell it.Lilly said Wednesday that it will launch another late-stage study of the drug, solanezumab, no later than next year’s third quarter. The company’s stock...

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