Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
Exposure to an increased level of air pollutants, especially nitrogen dioxide, has been associated with lower likelihoods of successful pregnancy among women undergoing in vitro fertilization, according to a team of fertility researchers. The team examined the outcomes of the first pregnancy attempt of 7,403 women undergoing IVF at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
Dawn Johnsen, President Obama’s pick to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, withdrew on Friday, citing Republican opposition to her nomination, the New York Times reports…
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
Republican-led state legislatures in six states “want to deny women insurance coverage for abortions, even those willing to pay for a special rider with their own dollars,” despite the national health reform law’s (PL 111-148) ban on federal funding for abortion services, Business Week columnist Ann Woolner writes…
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
Over the course of his 35 years on the Supreme Court, retiring Justice John Paul Stevens became the leader of the court’s liberal bloc, a fact he often described as the result of “the court’s evolution more than his own,” the Washington Post reports…
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
There is “no question” that a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will be seated in time for the court’s fall term, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the New York Times reports. Leahy predicted that the Senate would confirm a new justice by [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) announcement Friday that he will not seek re-election left both parties fighting to frame the cause of his decision and the fate of his district in November’s election, Roll Call reports. Over the weekend, Democrats “dismiss[ed] the suggestion that other beleaguered Democrats will follow him toward the exits…
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
Demand for Indian surrogate’s has surged among foreigners seeking a lower-cost, less-regulated alternative to U.S. surrogacy, Mother Jones reports. However, some Indian clinics are attracting scrutiny for cloistering surrogates in small dormitories, a practice the clinics say allows them to better monitor patients’ pregnancies and ensure that surrogates have good living conditions…
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — A Senate vote Monday night clearing a procedural hurdle will allow a vote — expected this week — to put off the 21% cut in Medicare reimbursements until May 1.
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
The pervasive claim that secondhand smoke is 23 times more toxic in cars than in the home does not appear to be based on scientific evidence.
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Health News
ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) — The FDA on Monday launched the start of a two-year process to reauthorize the landmark Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) program, which charges drug companies fees to fund the agency’s research into drug safety and efficacy.
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