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Food for thought: FDA pushes food transparency measures

Food for thought: FDA pushes food transparency measures

by Lauren Caruba | Mar 18, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Americans see it every day. It appears on cans, boxes and drink containers, on everything from frozen chicken breasts to cans of Coke to boxes of cereal. The nutrition facts label has become integral to the country’s packaged and manufactured food system...
Weeding Washington out: Banking with marijuana distributors

Weeding Washington out: Banking with marijuana distributors

by Lauren Caruba | Mar 17, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Jeff Kahn walked into yet another meeting with a bank that had agreed to meet with him. He sat down with the bank manager and explain everything about his business: a health clinic that treats patients with marijuana. Under laws in the District of...

Health and Human Services Secretary takes heat for implementation of the Affordable Care Act

by Lauren Caruba | Mar 12, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON – Republicans aggressively cross-examined Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the rocky implementation of the Affordable Care Act Wednesday, saying the law isn’t working as promised. At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the...

Infographic: Proposed HHS budget invests in health insurance, mental health

by Lauren Caruba | Mar 10, 2014 | Health & Science

Demonstrators take Keystone XL protest to State Department

Demonstrators take Keystone XL protest to State Department

by Lauren Caruba | Mar 7, 2014 | Environment

  WASHINGTON — Activists protested the Keystone XL oil pipeline outside the State Department on Friday, the last day for public input on the proposal. Opponents of the pipeline including representatives from dozens of environmental and social justice...
Parents, researchers lobby for accelerated Duchenne muscular dystrophy research

Parents, researchers lobby for accelerated Duchenne muscular dystrophy research

by Lauren Caruba | Mar 6, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Marissa Penrod knew something was wrong with her son early on. At 4 years old, Joseph couldn’t run or walk up a flight of stairs normally. He had never ridden a bike. After multiple pediatric consultations, she was referred to a neurologist in Ann Arbor,...
Military medicine can bolster civilian care, experts say

Military medicine can bolster civilian care, experts say

by Lauren Caruba | Mar 5, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Military medical personnel should prioritize new technology and work with private health care providers to improve medicine for both veterans and civilians, a panel of experts at the Reserve Officers Association said Wednesday. Through their use of data...
Senate health committte concerned about overmedicating mentally ill youth

Senate health committte concerned about overmedicating mentally ill youth

by Lauren Caruba | Feb 25, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers  and mental health experts expressed concern Tuesday that doctors may be over-prescribing childhood psychotropic medications and called for increases in school psychologists and early intervention programs. The use of the medications among youth...

California leads in Obamacare implementation, report finds

by Lauren Caruba | Feb 19, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON – Despite technical glitches, a government shutdown and dozens of attempts to repeal the new health care law, implementation of the Affordable Care Act is going strong in the country’s largest state, according to a new report. The study, compiled by the...

Affordable Care Act tax hurting health-care industry, survey says

by Lauren Caruba | Feb 18, 2014 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The medical device excise tax, part of the Affordable Care Act, is hurting jobs, investment and research in the health-care industry, a new survey suggests. Since the beginning of 2013, medical companies have fired 14,000 workers and declined to hire an...
Midsize employer health care mandate delayed again

Midsize employer health care mandate delayed again

by Lauren Caruba | Feb 11, 2014 | Health & Science

Jill Biden calls for improved resources for caregivers

Jill Biden calls for improved resources for caregivers

by Lauren Caruba | Feb 5, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Second lady Jill Biden, a doctor and health care advocate, said Wednesday that family members and friends who are taking on more responsibilities as caregivers as troops return home and the baby boom generation ages need more training and support. Opening...
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