There’s a battle going on between U.S. Catholic bishops and the Obama administration over its recent directive requiring religious institutions to offer coverage for contraception in their health care plans. Some have announced they will not comply with the mandate. Others are calling on parishioners to “defend the faith” and speak out against what they [...]
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‘I Wanted To Live’: New Depression Drugs Offer Hope For Toughest Cases
January 31st, 2012 
Buzzy The anesthetic and club drug ketamine seems to lift depression symptoms in a matter of hours. But how does it work? Researchers are searching for the answer in an attempt to make a new class of depression medications. “We can take care of a migraine in hours,” one researcher asks. “So why do we have [...]
Home Births Grow More Popular In U.S.
January 27th, 2012 Buzzy Advocates of home births applaud the trend, but some doctors caution there are risks when deliveries come with complications. The federal data suggest the trend appears to be driven primarily by the choices of older, white women.
How Health Care Dropped Out Of The Presidential Conversation
January 26th, 2012 Buzzy The public remains deeply divided over the law overhauling the health system. And a new poll finds a majority of Americans believe the law’s insurance mandate will be found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Analysis: Landmark Health Overhaul Gets Barely A Mention
January 24th, 2012 Buzzy When it came to health, what was most surprising was how little President Obama had to say in his State of the Union address.
Not Your Grandmother’s Hospital Food
January 24th, 2012 Buzzy Gone are the days when hospital food all looked the same. Now, some hospitals are hiring full-service chefs to accommodate the refined tastes of moneyed clientele. Others have allowed fast food chains like McDonald’s to set up shop in their cafeterias.
Synthetic Windpipe Transplant Boost For Tissue Engineering
January 22nd, 2012 Buzzy Surgeons in Sweden replaced an American patient’s cancerous windpipe with a scaffold built from nanofibers and seeded with the patient’s stem cells. Lead surgeon Dr. Paolo Macchiarini discusses the procedure and the benefits of tissue-engineered synthetic organs.
Administration Stands Firm On Birth Control Coverage
January 20th, 2012 Buzzy Final rules requiring insurance plans to cover prescription contraceptives will give religious-based hospitals and other organizations whose primary purpose is not religious an extra year to come into compliance. But the requirement remains, despite vigorous objections from some groups.
New Restrictions On Abortion Almost Tied Record Last Year
January 19th, 2012 Buzzy The 69 new laws limiting reproductive rights in 2011 were one short of the record set in 1999. And action is already heating up for 2012, with several states looking at “personhood” ballot amendments, which define life as beginning at fertilization.
Seeing Doctors’ Notes Could Help Patients Change Ways
January 19th, 2012 Buzzy For patients, the effect of seeing their doctors’ notes in black and white can be huge. A note labeling a patient as obese, for example, may be much more effective than a physician’s advice to lose weight.
