politicsGOP Admits There Will Be No ACA Replacementa oeThere’s no single …

The history of the development of the Republican alternative to Obamacare since the beginning of the health-care debate, in 2009, has been an endless loop of loud promises that a full plan will be announced soon, followed by quiet admissions that it will not. Seventeen days ago , Donald Trump promised a vote to repeal the law “probably some time next week” with a vote for a replacement “very quickly or simultaneously, very shortly thereafter.”

Driver fitness: ‘Fear makes them coachable’

… lap belt across her.” To Baleka, drivers have a unique lifestyle that makes them susceptible to weight gain and poor health. They sit all day, rarely exercise, endure stress and make poor food choices. “Long-haul truck drivers are ground zero in the …

Diagnosis: Diabetes

… a lifelong advocate for diabetes research. The condition is highly treatable, but it can still take a toll on overall health. According to WebMD, men with type 1 diabetes have a life expectancy 11 years shorter than men without the disease. For the …

Infection from BaliMeasles cases in babies alarm doctorsDoctors are…

Doctors are warning about the risks to babies when older children are not vaccinated, after a spate of cases of measles in the past two months, including two infants infected. WA Health Department figures show two infants have contracted measles in the past fortnight after coming into contact with three infected young children from a “non-vaccinating” family.

Minnesota poultry farmers warily watch bird flu outbreaks

Minnesota Public Radio reports that the World Health Organization is on “high alert” because the virus has been found in 40 countries around the world since last fall and is spreading quickly. Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, says the spring waterfowl migration will increase the risk of the virus coming to Minnesota.

Nonpartisan Report Offers Menu of Options to Policymakers for…

In an ambitious new report , the National Academy of Social Insurance provides detailed, evidence-based analyses on a range of policy options for modernizing the nation’s social insurance system. The Report to the New Leadership and the American People on Social Insurance and Inequality takes stock of policy challenges facing the social insurance infrastructure, then discusses potential new directions that policymakers might take to strengthen the programs.

Ventricle Assist Device Market Share 2016-2026

Heart failure is one of the most common cause of deaths worldwide, it is a condition when the heart cannot pump blood properly throughout the body. In most of the cases the left ventricle gets affected but sometimes the right ventricle gets affected and the heart cannot pump oxygen rich blood to the lungs.

pig-embryo

… organisms the more valuable for research purposes they become, says Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in health law and policy. “But of course the more we humanize an animal, the more we raise questions about animal ethics,” he said. The work …

Beximco profits rise as it begins US exports

… to manufacture Bristol-Myers Squibb’s new hepatitis C drug, Daclatasvir. It also received product approval from Health Canada for the Olopatadine eye drop, which was another first time achievement for a Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company. Two …

Lowell High School hosting a diabetes fundraising game

The Lowell High boys hockey team will hold its second annual Hockey Fights T1D fundraising game when it hosts Wayland High at the Tsongas Center on Saturday at 1 p.m. Proceeds from the game will benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation , which is working to cure, treat and improve the lives of children and adults with type 1 diabetes. Helping to raise money for JDRF has special meaning for the Red Raiders’ program since senior captain Casey Sheehy and sophomore forward Thomas Hassett are type 1 diabetics.

Lung transplant

Melissa Benoit’s lungs had been weakened by cystic fibrosis and ravaged by bacterial infections for three years. Then, last February, a bout of swine flu sent her spiraling toward death.

South Carolina: ASO grant, Prime Timers

Lowcountry AIDS Services announced that it has received a $35,400 grant from the Roper Saint Francis Physicians Endowment and will use the funds to expand HIV testing and prevention efforts into rural areas of Berkeley and Dorchester Counties, as well as into high-risk areas of Charleston. In a partnership between the Medical Society of South Carolina and Coastal Community Foundation, the endowment provides annual grants to non-profit organizations for the express purpose of improving health, wellness and access for tri-county area residents.

Cigarettes costs the same as a trolley full of groceries

Will this finally convince you to quit? How rolling your own cigarettes costs the same as a trolley full of groceries Looking at a trolley filled to the brim with groceries next to a packet of roll-your-own tobacco, you wouldn’t imagine they would cost the same. But a startling post by Reddit user HeinigerNZ titled ‘What $90 buys you in 2017’ proves that these two very different purchases have one very significant quality in common.

Slim’s America Movil reports surprise 4th-qtr loss

Mexican telecoms company America Movil on Thursday said it swung to an almost 6 billion peso net loss in the fourth quarter. ), which is controlled by the family of billionaire Carlos Slim, said the 5.972 billion peso loss compared to a net profit of 15.663 billion pesos in the year-earlier quarter.

Hands off ACA – Fri, 27 Jan 2017 PST

… motivated and has nothing to do with improving it or with actually helping the people who rely on it for their health care. This is shameful behavior for so-called public servants who already have sufficient means at their disposal for their own …