Sebelius Confronts Health Insurance Companies
(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is confronting big health insurance companies. Speaking at a convention of industry executives, Sebelius said increasing numbers of people are dropping health coverage because they can no longer afford it ...Read & Hear More
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Once A Week Diabetes Treatment May Win FDA Approval
(San Diego, CA) -- Life could become far simpler for diabetes sufferers this week. San Diego, California based Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Waltham, Massachusetts based Alkermes are hoping the FDA will approve a drug they've developed that will ...Read More
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Obama Continues Big Healthcare Reform Pitch
(St. Louis, MO) -- For the second time this week, President Obama hit the road to pitch healthcare reform. At a campaign-style rally in St. Louis, Obama put healthcare atop a long list of things that need to be reformed ...Read & Hear More
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CBS "Early Show" Co-Host Undergoes On-Air Colonoscopy
(Undated) -- Harry Smith, co-host of the CBS "Early Show," underwent a colonoscopy live on the air Wednesday morning. Dr. Mark Pochapin, director of New York's Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, performed the screening and said Smith's colon looked healthy ...Read More
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Test For Prostate Cancer Called "Public Health Disaster"
(Washington, DC) -- The man who discovered the most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer is now calling it a "hugely expensive public health disaster." Doctor Richard Ablin is calling the PSA screening test too costly and ineffective ...Read More
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Kidney Donors Just Fine, Even Years Later
(Chicago, IL) -- Good news for kidney donors. A new study says healthy Americans who donate a kidney aren't at any higher risk of dying than anyone else. A team headed by a researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore began tracking more than 80-thousand living kidney donors in 1994 ...Read More
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