by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 10, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – An African-American medical association said Monday it will partner with African-American churches to help educate and enroll African-Americans in the Affordable Care Act. The National Medical Association, a group that promotes equality in medicine for...
by Ellen Garrison | Mar 7, 2014 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley might be a 79 year-old Republican, but he knows how to connect to young American voters better than many of his younger colleagues — via Twitter. “People make fun of him because he has typos and he has weird misspellings and it...
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,...
by Sophia Bollag | 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...
by Christophe Haubursin | Mar 5, 2014 | Business, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Tech magnate Elon Musk wants in on the Defense Department’s satellite space race, for capitalism’s sake. At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Musk, the CEO of electric car maker Tesla Motors, pushed for opening up satellite launch services to free market...
by Sophia Bollag | Mar 4, 2014 | Health & Science
Although the Affordable Care Act initially called for all states to expand Medicaid by Jan. 1, the Supreme Court ruled states could decide for themselves whether to expand Medicaid. Click the map for more information on Medicaid expansion by state. Status of Medicaid...
by Sylvan Lane | Mar 4, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—The House Subcommittee on Government Operations took its best shot Tuesday at untangling mixed messages stemming from the White House’s policy that marijuana should remain illegal and some states’ decisions to legalize it. But in the end, the subcommittee...
by Sara Olstad | Feb 26, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – An unlikely combination of advocates, comedian Seth Rogen and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, came together to urge Congress to provide more funding for Alzheimer’s research Wednesday. The pair and other experts testified before a...
by Ellen Garrison | Feb 26, 2014 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON – Amid revelations of government surveillance, the Food and Drug Administration found itself in front of a House committee Wednesday dealing with allegations of unreasonable computer monitoring of whistleblowing FDA employees. The Republicans on the...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 26, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Labels offering nutrition facts may be unclear to consumers because of skewed serving sizes and a lack of ingredient breakdowns, according to experts. But the Food and Drug Administration is expected to propose improvements when the agency releases...
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...
