Trump action on health care could cost Planned Parenthood

One of President-elect Donald Trump’s first, and defining, acts next year could come on Republican legislation to cut off taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood. Trump sent mixed signals during the campaign about the 100-year-old organization, which provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services.

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… can do about those costs. Healthcare costs for the average over-65 household is $5,756 per year, including $3,900 for health insurance and another $672 for drugs. If your costs are higher, make sure to adjust your spending projection upward. If …

West Michigan High School students deliver gifts to kids with cancer

Children with pediatric cancer who will be staying at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital over the holidays received some very special care packages from a group of Jennison High School students. It all started with a group of students taking part in the ‘Bigger Than You’ class at the high school which is best described as a philanthropy class where students pick out something they are passionate about, get into groups, and do something that betters the community.

How to prevent kidney stones

… nerally low in oxalate. For more information on diet changes that can lower your risk for kidney stones, talk to your health care provider or a dietitian. He or she can help guide your dietary choices to reduce your risk.

Top finishers hit brakes as conditions sap energy

Like everybody else who competed in Saturday’s Jacob Wells 3 Bridges Marathon in Little Rock, top finishers Tyler Pake and Tia Stone worked up a good sweat. At 7 a.m., a field of 403 began their journey with temperatures nearly 40 degrees higher than typical for a mid-December morning in central Arkansas.

COLUMN: Be prepared for the festive season

… Finally, I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust. I would also like to say thank you to all of our wonderful staff who work together to provide a 24/7 service, and who …

Zoos shut down as bird flu approaches Seoul

… in the country’s disease control system. As a result, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said that health authorities are entitled to close any chicken farm or cote if necessary. On Sunday, a chicken farm in Gimpo, Gyeonggi …

Global Vaccine Partnering Terms and Agreements: Deal Trends, Players and Financials Outlook 2010-16

Global Vaccines Partnering Terms and Agreements 2010 to 2016: Deal trends, players and financials report provides a detailed understanding and analysis of how and why companies enter infectious vaccines partnering deals. The majority of deals are development stage whereby the licensee obtains a right or an option right to license the licensors vaccine technology.

Duterte painkiller use draws concern in Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission that he used a powerful painkiller has prompted concern about his health, with lawmakers urging him Sunday to undergo a medical examination and disclose the results. Duterte on Monday revealed that he used to take fentanyl, often prescribed for cancer pain and other chronic ailments, because of a spinal injury from previous motorcycle accidents.

Family of 7-month-old refuse to get son’s liver operation done in Mumbai

With Mumbai unable to match Chennai’s success rate in liver transplants, patients prefer the south for the high-risk surgery; doctors say there are very few specialists in the city While the city is hoping to perform a record-breaking surgery on the world’s heaviest woman, when it comes to life-saving liver surgery, Mumbai lags far behind Chennai. The family of seven-month-old Parth Rajwade is testimony to this.

Diabetic women using IUDs less prone to heart attacks, strokes

New York, Dec 18 : Diabetic women who use contraception measures such as intrauterine devices and under-the-skin implants are less likely to have strokes and heart attacks, researchers have found. [NK Health] The study found these birth control measures are the safest options for women with diabetes than using hormonal contraception.

Clean rivers campaign ramps up for summer

… Management, set in 2014, included a requirement for regional councils to manage freshwater bodies so people’s health is safeguarded, and carries a bottom line that applies to “wading” and boating. Smith told the lecture audience the Government was …

Job in the Dock

… cruise liner than a refinery of souls, while the default state of the pilgrim is one of largely unwavering joy, health, and abundance. Should we be surprised that this caricature of the Cross intersects with “nuts and bolts” Christianity at no …

Henry Heimlich, inventor of Heimlich maneuver,a

Henry Heimlich, namesake of the maneuver that has saved the lives of an estimated 100,000 potential choking victims, has died. The famed Hyde Park physician was 96. Henry Heimlich, inventor of Heimlich maneuver, dies at 96 Henry Heimlich, namesake of the maneuver that has saved the lives of an estimated 100,000 potential choking victims, has died.

Japan culling 210,000 birds amid spreading avian flu

Japan has begun slaughtering about 210,000 farm birds in northern Hokkaido to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, an official said Sunday. It is the fifth mass cull this winter in Japan with hundreds of officials working to prevent the spread of the virulent H5 strain, which has been detected at several farms across the country.

About more than just the diet

Nutritionist Kinita Kadakia Patel book The Athlete In You was unveiled by sporting personalities like Sunil Gavaskar and Zaheer Khan along with Dr Aashish Contractor, Head of Department, Sports Medicine, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital. The book is inspired from Patel’s personal journey to get fit.