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PBS NewsHour Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reportedPBS NewsHourLung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are suffering from the most advanced form of the disease at a rate ten times higher than the government … Read more

Washington Post Pro-Choice Advocates Hail Federal Judge’s Order Temporarily Blocking Texas Fetal Burial RuleABC NewsA pro-choice advocacy group that is the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against a controversial rule in Texas that would have required fetal tissue to be buried resulting from the circumstances of many miscarriages and abortions hailed a judge’s …Judge … Read more

Metro Woman Gives Birth After Ovary Was Frozen at Age 9MedscapeThe first woman to have an ovary frozen before puberty has given birth to a baby in the UK. When she was 9, Moaza Al Matrooshi from Dubai, needed treatment for a potentially fatal blood disorder. She was told she needed chemotherapy in preparation for … Read more

The Hill Obama administration abandons Medicare drug payment experimentWashington PostThe Obama administration has suddenly decided to abandon proposed experiments aimed at changing how Medicare pays for prescription drugs administered in doctors’ offices or hospital outpatient departments — an attempt to improve care and help slow …Obama Administration Drops Medicare Drug-Reimbursement PlanWall Street JournalThe opportunity in CMS’s … Read more

WBAL Baltimore US drops bold warning from anti-smoking pills Chantix, ZybanU.S. News & World ReportWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Friday removed a bold-letter warning from Pfizer’s anti-smoking drug Chantix about risks of dangerous psychiatric side effects. The Food and Drug Administration action follows nearly a decade of scrutiny …FDA Drops Stringent Warning on … Read more

Huffington Post Obamacare Had Its Biggest Day Ever This Week, President SaysHuffington PostMore people signed up on the Obamacare exchanges Thursday than on any prior single day. 12/16/2016 04:34 pm ET. 690. Jeffrey Young Senior Reporter, The Huffington Post. WASHINGTON ― While the Affordable Care Act faces a looming repeal by …Obama touts ‘biggest day ever’ … Read more

Forbes Getting An Abortion Doesn’t Harm Mental Health — But Being Denied One Does At FirstForbesWomen who tried to get an abortion but were denied one were more likely to experience anxiety and to report lower self-esteem and life satisfaction than women who sought and received an abortion, found a new study. The women who … Read more

CBS News Pilots are keeping mental illness a secret to keep their wingsNew York PostThousands of commercial pilots worldwide are likely clinically depressed — some even suicidal — but don’t seek treatment for fear of being grounded and losing their wings, according to a new study. The Harvard study was conducted in the wake of … Read more

ABC News Judge Blocks Texas From Requiring Fetal Remains Be BuriedNew York TimesAUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Thursday blocked until at least next month hotly debated Texas rules mandating burial or cremation of fetal remains that were set to go into effect within days. The ruling by Austin-based U.S. District Judge Sam …Judge … Read more