Tuivasa-Sheck ready to test season-ending knee injury

NZ Warriors fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck feels like he’s nearing top speed again, after spending most of the past 12 months rehabilitating a season-ending knee injury. Tuivasa-Sheck ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee in the Warriors’ 24-20 win over Canterbury Bulldogs last April, just seven games into his first season with the Auckland-based club.

Trump vows – insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan

President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of ”insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid. Trump declined to reveal specifics in the telephone interview late Saturday with The Washington Post, but any proposals from the incoming president would almost certainly dominate the Republican effort to overhaul federal health policy as he prepares to work with his party’s congressional majorities.

Brain study: Can we ‘see’ depression?

… Ultimately, she hoped identified changes in sensory neural plasticity could be used as bio-markers of general brain health in depression. The study would also be one of the first in the world to search for these changes with the simultaneous use of …

Planned Parenthood Saved Me from Cancer

… were even vegetarians for a while. Not long after my dad’s funeral, I decided that I should be proactive about my health. At a Planned Parenthood checkup, I told the doctor about my family history and said I wanted to get genetic testing done. But …

Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in ACA replacement plan

President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid. Trump declined to reveal specifics in the telephone interview late Saturday with The Washington Post, but any proposals from the incoming president would almost certainly dominate the Republican effort to overhaul federal health policy as he prepares to work with his party’s congressional majorities.

Mums embrace whooping cough vaccine

… for her to have her two daughters Olivia and baby Lucy vaccinated against meningococcal W strains this week. WA Health Department figures show 78 per cent of pregnant women had the vaccine in 2016, up from 70 per cent in 2015. When the free vaccine …

Hutchison China MediTech (Chi-Med) Release: Fruquintinib Combination Study In 1st-Line NSCLC

London: Monday, January 16, 2017: Hutchison China MediTech Limited today announces that it has initiated a Phase II study of a combination therapy using fruquintinib and Iressa in the first-line setting for patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in China. Fruquintinib is a highly selective and potent oral inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors .

Sanpower Release: Week in Review: China’s Company Pays $820 For…

Sanpower Group, a China conglomerate, paid $820 million to acquire Dendreon, which makes Provenge, the world’s first immunotherapy, from Valeant Pharma . Approved as a treatment for prostate cancer in 2010, Dendreon never lived up to expectations because it combined high cost, limited insurance approvals and mediocre improvement over competitors.

Sunday newspaper round-up: Hard Brexit, Putin, Hammond

Theresa May will announce that Britain is seeking a clean and hard Brexit in a speech this week that will promise to create a “strong new partnership” with the European Union. The prime minister will finally lay her cards on the table, making clear that the UK is set to pull out of the single market and the European customs union in order to regain control of immigration and end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.

Goalie nods: Dubnyk goes for Wild in first place showdown with Blackhawks

It was exactly two years ago that a struggling Minnesota Wild team made what seemed to be a desperation trade, acquiring Devan Dubnyk for a third-round draft pick to fix what was at the time disastrous goaltending situation. Dubnyk used the fresh start to turn his career around after a tough finish in Edmonton that saw him bounce around to Nashville and Arizona, and it solidified a position that had become a huge trouble spot for the Wild.

Concussions may Accelerate Alzheimer’s Disease

Concussions can accelerate Alzheimer’s disease-related deterioration and cognitive decline in people who are already at risk of the disease, according to a new study by Boston University School of Medicine. Concussions have long been associated with causing changes in the brains of people.

A solution to fix the chaos in Medicare

… A decision about how these services were to be delivered is critical to understanding the contentious debates around health care. Could Bismarck have given vouchers for care as needed? Alternatively, should the government control the needed health …