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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome lose more weight when they take two drugs

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, lost significantly more weight when they took two drugs that are traditionally used to treat diabetes, rather than either drug alone, a study from Slovenia demonstrates. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

18 Jun 2013

Exposure to domestic violence has long-term effects on young children's aggressive behavior

Aggression in school-age children may have its origins in children 3 years old and younger who witnessed violence between their mothers and partners, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study.

18 Jun 2013

Community-based intervention programs more effective at preventing obesity in children

When it comes to confronting childhood obesity, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conclude that community-based approaches are important

18 Jun 2013

Eli Lilly, BIPI support ADA's call for independent review of incretin-based therapies

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company support the American Diabetes Association call for an independent review of the safety data of incretin-based therapies.

17 Jun 2013

Texas scrambles to find money for approved health care projects

In Texas, revenue woes are hampering a series of health care experiments, including ones for its poor and uninsured. Federal approval for the projects came in May. In California, lawmakers get set to add some dental coverage for the state's poorest residents.

15 Jun 2013

Distress Helpline 1-800-985-5990 responds to people who need crisis counseling after experiencing tragedy or disaster

A disaster or tragedy is unexpected and often brings out strong emotions. The Disaster Distress Helpline 1-800-985-5990 can provide immediate counseling to anyone who needs help in dealing with the severe storms making their way through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, D.C., Kentucky and Virginia.

15 Jun 2013

Immigrants' health care costs are hot topic on Capitol Hill

Other media reports detail Sen. Ron Wyden's proposal to allow accountable care organizations to focus on the sickest, most costly patients; questions from Rep. Darrell Issa, R.-Calif., about the navigator program's funding; and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's, D-Calif., angry response to a reporter's question about late-term abortions.

15 Jun 2013

MemoryShape Breast Implants receive FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the MemoryShape Breast Implant to increase breast size (augmentation) for use in women at least 22 years old and to rebuild breast tissue (reconstruction) in women of any age.

15 Jun 2013

Gene variants may predict which women are most likely to benefit from breast cancer therapy

In women at high risk for breast cancer, a long-term drug treatment can cut the risk of developing the disease in half. Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have now identified two gene variants that may predict which women are most likely to benefit from this therapy—and which should avoid it.

14 Jun 2013

Surgeon General to step down

Politico: Surgeon General To Step Down Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced today that she plans to step down from her post, which she has held since 2009. "I loved serving as #SGReginaBenjamin, putting prevention in all we do. I leave next month confident we created a more healthy & fit nation," she posted on her Twitter account (Haberkorn, 6/12).

14 Jun 2013

MAXIMUS signs new contract with Maryland Health Benefit Exchange

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, announced that it has signed a new contract with the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to operate the Consolidated Service Center, which includes call center, fulfillment and command center services.

14 Jun 2013

SLU professor to study treatment services offered to young mothers and children

Through a $300,000 grant from Administration of Children and Families, part of Department of Health and Human Services, Debra Zand, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University, will study treatment services offered by a local community provider to St. Louis area women who abuse illegal substances, and for their infants and toddlers.

14 Jun 2013

Nonsurgical abortions to resume in Wis. as lawmakers there pass pre-abortion ultrasound bill

In Wisconsin, a judge's ruling is allowing nonsurgical abortions there to resume. In the state Senate, lawmakers passed a bill requiring women get an ultrasound before they get an abortion.

14 Jun 2013

Xgeva receives FDA approval for treating giant cell tumor of the bone

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Xgeva (denosumab) to treat adults and some adolescents with giant cell tumor of the bone, a rare and usually non-cancerous tumor.

14 Jun 2013

Researchers create guidelines to reduce staph infections after surgery

Staph infections in hospitals are a serious concern, so much so that the term Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is as commonly known as MRI. Far less known is that in many of these cases, patients are infecting themselves.

13 Jun 2013

First Edition: June 13, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how employers are preparing for some parts of the health law to kick in.

13 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: Administration 'finally' comes around on Plan B; 'Legal loophole' creates another compounded drug scare

Reluctantly yielding to a federal-court decision, the Obama administration announced on Monday that it will take steps to allow a version of the so-called morning-after pill, known as Plan B One-Step, to be sold over the counter to girls and women of all ages. They will not need a prescription, nor will they be required to show any identification to obtain the emergency contraceptive. There will be no restrictions on where the drug can be sold; it will be up to the manufacturer to propose appropriate venues (6/11).

13 Jun 2013

The health law's implementation gains and pains

As Democrats begin campaigns to tout the health law's benefits and states work to implement some of the overhaul's central provisions, concerns about state budget pressures, program costs and civil liberties draw headlines.

12 Jun 2013

Obama administration changes course on Plan B

Monday afternoon, the Justice Department announced it would accept recent court rulings and begin putting into effect a judge's order to have the Food and Drug Administration certify the Plan B pill for use without prescription and without age restrictions on sales.

12 Jun 2013

Insider probe over Medicare rate decision hits Congress

News outlets report on developments in the story of alleged insider trading after a Medicare rate decision.

12 Jun 2013

Health and Human Services News and Research

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome lose more weight when they take two drugs

Exposure to domestic violence has long-term effects on young children's aggressive behavior

Community-based intervention programs more effective at preventing obesity in children

Eli Lilly, BIPI support ADA's call for independent review of incretin-based therapies

Texas scrambles to find money for approved health care projects

Distress Helpline 1-800-985-5990 responds to people who need crisis counseling after experiencing tragedy or disaster

Immigrants' health care costs are hot topic on Capitol Hill

MemoryShape Breast Implants receive FDA approval

Gene variants may predict which women are most likely to benefit from breast cancer therapy

Surgeon General to step down

MAXIMUS signs new contract with Maryland Health Benefit Exchange

SLU professor to study treatment services offered to young mothers and children

Nonsurgical abortions to resume in Wis. as lawmakers there pass pre-abortion ultrasound bill

Xgeva receives FDA approval for treating giant cell tumor of the bone

Researchers create guidelines to reduce staph infections after surgery

First Edition: June 13, 2013

Viewpoints: Administration 'finally' comes around on Plan B; 'Legal loophole' creates another compounded drug scare

The health law's implementation gains and pains

Obama administration changes course on Plan B

Insider probe over Medicare rate decision hits Congress

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