Cancer Death Rates Drop 20 Percent in Last Two Decades
Peak was in 1991
Health
Lawmakers Seek Data on Energy Drinks
Aren't you guys supposed to trying to solve a fiscal crisis? Focus! Maybe an energy drink could help.
Red Bull Sued over Energy Claims
Because they charge more money than coffee. No, it makes no sense.
Federal Money, Spotty Rules Have More States Expanding Medicaid
Why have principles when you can just cash checks?
Arizona Woman Defends Fish Pedicures After She Was Forced to Stop Offering the Treatment
Board of Cosmetology says the fish must be thrown out or sanitized between sessions because they are "tools"
Wife of Aurora Shooting Victim Sues James Holmes' Psychiatrist
Says he should have been placed on psychiatric hold
LA Voters May Have Three Pot Initiatives on Ballot in May
Including one by the unresponsive City Council not happy with current public efforts
Proposed NY Gun Law Could Hamper Mental Healthcare
Mandates therapists to contact law enforcement if a patient poses a threat to himself and others, and could lead to confiscation of guns
Hospitals Turning Away Visitors with Flu Symptoms
They've got enough illness to go around
Drug Overdoses Overtake AIDS as Top Killer of Homeless
Findings from five-year study
NYC Public Advocate Wants Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
People shouldn't have to manage their own problems!
Calif., Ore.Require Insurers Cover Transgendered Patients
Doesn't require them to cover particular treatments, but must pay for the same services they pay for others
Condom Law Challenged By Porn Company
It's not like politicians use protection when they screw us
Insurer Says Compensation Settlements Place an Unsustainable Burden on the NHS
Billions of pounds spent
NIH: NFL Player Junior Seau Had Degenerative Brain Disease When He Committed Suicide
The National Institutes of Health studied his brain
Boston Mayor Declares "Public Health Emergency" Over Flu Outbreak
Health officials say flu season worst since 2009-2010 H1N1 outbreak
New Mexico Will Participate in Medicaid Expansion
Republican governor only second GOP leader to support
Calif. Supreme Court Sets Date to Hear Pot Shop Ban Case
Will consider whether municipalities can ban marijuana dispensaries
Judge Prevents Oakland Pot Dispensary Eviction
Determines Harborside operating within state and local laws
Idaho Rejects Medicaid Expansion
The program should be reformed, not made bigger, says governor
Feds Allow Limited Reductions in Maine's Medicaid
Not as much as the state needs, but it helps
