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75 health workers could keep unapproved payments – Irish Independent

  • May 29, 2015
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Irish Independent75 health workers could keep unapproved paymentsIrish IndependentThe Department of Health is considering whether or not to allow the top-up payments to continue after several organisations submitted business cases for the retention of the arrangements. The revelation means the long-running controversy over health …St Vincent's group row with HSE hurts health service, says VaradkarIrish Timesall 14 news articles »

Lung cancer treatment hope raised

  • May 29, 2015
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A new type of treatment could double the chances of survival for some patients suffering from the most common type of lung cancer, according to scientists. Drug company Roche has been carrying out tests on an immunotherapy treatment, with early results suggesting it could be a better option than chemotherapy for those with non-small cell lung cancer.

Michigan law requires notification about dense breast tissue

  • May 28, 2015
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A Michigan law effective Monday says women with dense breast tissue must be notified in writing and encouraged to consider additional tests, requirements supporters say could help detect cancer earlier. Advocates say such breast density can obscure early detection of breast cancer in mammograms.

Judge Considers House GOP’s Case Against Obama’s Health Law – Wall Street Journal

  • May 28, 2015
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U.S. News & World ReportJudge Considers House GOP's Case Against Obama's Health LawWall Street JournalHouse Republicans filed a lawsuit in November claiming administration officials overstepped their authority by paying back insurers for discounts on health-plan deductibles they are required to offer low-income enrollees. The lawmakers allege that …Administration asks judge to toss House health care suitU.S. News & World ReportHouse, Obama Administration Clash Over Health Care LawThe National Law Journal (registration)First hearing in House lawsuit over Obama health lawMedical Xpressall 221 news articles »

Buying chicken at a Somerset supermarket? Three quarters of them are…

  • May 28, 2015
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Nearly three-quarters of supermarket chickens are contaminated with a potentially deadly bug, making it the biggest food safety concern in the UK, the Food Standards Agency has said. The FSA tests found Asda had the highest rate of contamination in its fresh whole chickens at 80{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d}, followed by Co-op with 78{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d}, Morrisons with 76{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d}, Waitrose with 74{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d}, and Tesco and Marks and Spencer with 67{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d}.

Florida: Pot strain likely available later this year

  • May 28, 2015
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Florida officials are predicting that a strain of low-potency marijuana should finally be available for medical purposes later this year. Legislators in 2014 voted to legalize a strain of marijuana known as Charlotte’s Web to treat epilepsy and cancer patients.

AARP survey: Many generic medicine prices have risen sharply

  • May 28, 2015
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Reversing a long-term trend, prices for more than one in four generic medicines widely used by older Americans increased in 2013, some very sharply, according to a survey by AARP. Generic drug prices on average are still falling, but the increases for certain classes of drugs may be a sign of more to come, the advocacy group says, because industry consolidation is reducing competition, manufacturing quality problems are causing shortages and the number of blockbuster brand-name medicines going off patent has fallen since a huge surge a few years ago.