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Could the PPACA's Medicaid Expansion be Unconstitutional?
While most of the public debate on the constitutionality of the health reform law has centered on the "individual mandate" - the requirement to obtain government-approved health insurance or pay a penalty - the Supreme Court has also agreed to consider another, far less discussed issue: whether the law?s expansion of Medicaid eligibility might be ...
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Ron Paul's Plan for Medicare Reform: Legalize Pot
Libertarians are constantly lecturing the rest of us about the purity of their principles. Conservatives are just as statist as liberals, goes the refrain: conservatives simply want to use government intervention as an instrument for their own ends. So, then, why is it that the libertarian champion in the GOP Presidential race, Ron Paul, has the field's weakest stance on Medicare reform?
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Combativeness Doesn't Equal Seriousness about Entitlement Reform
Last week, I wrote about the curious phenomenon of right-wing populists who say that they're the true believers in limited government, while opposing the candidates who actually make substantive proposals to that end. Dan McLaughlin of Redstate.com has put forth a rebuttal that helps illuminate the problem. Dan incorrectly surmises that I "equate having position papers with being serious about reform," when he in fact makes the opposite mistake, by equating a combative personality with being serious about reform.
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What Are The Costs And Benefits of Patents for Prescription Drugs?
By , CAIA On January 23, the Journal hosted an interesting debate between Josh Bloom, Phd,??of the American Council on Science and , and Dr. Else Torreele of the Open Society Foundation. (The link is here, and was free when I last checked. If it disappears behind a wall, the citation is: Josh Bloom & ...
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State of the ... Health Care Reform
President Obama?s largest legislative accomplishment to date was the passage of the health care reform law, which has been going into effect in stages, with regulations currently being written for the most substantial changes due to take effect in 2014. So it is odd the President mentioned health care only briefly, and in passing, in ...
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U.S. detains orange juice imports after finding fungicide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators on Friday detained nine shipments of orange juice from Brazil and Canada that contained traces of an illegal fungicide, and rejected industry calls to overhaul the way they test for the banned substance.
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China cadmium spill threatens drinking water for millions
BEIJING (Reuters) - A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from the river, state media reported on Friday.
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Obama lawyers argue rest of health law can survive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday that nearly all of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul can survive if the court declares unconstitutional the law's centerpiece provision requiring health coverage.
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Gel lubricant reduces pain during vaginal exams
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Next time you get a vaginal exam, you might want to ask your doctor to use a lubricant gel.
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One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
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Mathematical Model Suggests When to Shoot in Basketball
SATURDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- National Basketball Association players who have a tendency to hesitate too long before making shots may be missing scoring opportunities, according to a new mathematical model created by experts from the Univ...
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Winter Doldrums Got You Down? Here's How to Bounce Back
SATURDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- For some people a change in the seasons can trigger a loss of energy or even clinical depression, according to an expert who describes how to cope with seasonal affective disorder.
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Romanians take to streets in austerity winter
BUCHAREST, Jan 27 - In December 1989, art student Titi Amzar risked his life to join the demonstrations in University Square that brought down reviled communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Now 43, Amzar is back on the square demanding much the sam...
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Infinity stops cancer trial as drug fails to show
(Reuters) - Infinity Pharmaceuticals said it stopped a mid-stage trial of its experimental pancreatic cancer drug following an interim analysis that showed it would not meet its main goal. Data from the preliminary analysis showed that patients re...
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Spike in deaths blamed on 2003 New York blackout
(Reuters) - A vast electricity blackout in the United States and Canada in 2003 led to the deaths of nearly 100 people, a study found, linking the deaths -- higher than official estimates -- to not only accidents caused by lack of power, but also ...
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Report: Electronic health records still need work
America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.
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Saputo warns of cleaning solution in milk
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian dairy products producer Saputo Inc is warning customers not to consume one of its milk products because it could be tainted with a cleaning solution. Saputo said on Friday it is recalling Neilson Trutaste 2% Microfilte...
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Rivals see no need to match Roche's big gene bet
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's rivals Sanofi SA and Novartis AG see no need to match the Swiss drug maker in buying a gene-decoding business like Illumina Inc and reckon they can do partnerships instead. The relaxed attitude...
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Illumina sets response timeline to Roche offer
(Reuters) - U.S. gene sequencing company Illumina Inc said on Friday it will tell shareholders within 10 business days of its position on a $5.7 billion takeover bid from Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG. In the meantime, Illumina advised sharehol...
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Experts Offer Tips on Avoiding iPad-Linked Shoulder, Neck Strain
FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- If working with your iPad or other tablet computer gives you shoulder or neck pain, there are ways around it, a new study suggests.
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James Murdoch to quit GSK board
LONDON (Reuters) - News Corp executive James Murdoch, under pressure from a phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World tabloid, is to quit the board of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline as he spends more time on his new role in the United States. Mur...
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Brazil OJ industry wants US to ease fungicide limit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's orange juice industry said on Friday it is urging U.S. authorities to permit a higher level of the fungicide carbendazim in its shipments, several of which have been detained by the United States. Industry repres...
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Japan making progress on U.S. trade concerns: USTR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday that Japan has improved market access for a broad range of U.S. goods and services, as Washington continues to consider Tokyo's application to join a proposed free trade pact in the Asia ...
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Gel lubricant reduces pain during vaginal exams
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Next time you get a vaginal exam, you might want to ask your doctor to use a lubricant gel. According to a new study, three in 10 women feel no pain during a vaginal exam when the speculum is smeared with gel, while onl...
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