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New health law could push individual medical claim cost…
A new report says the national health law will push up the cost of medical claims in both Missouri and Illinois. The study by the Society of Actuaries says the amount paid by ...
Myriad languages, cultures challenge health reform
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - While new marketplaces are being created for buying health insurance, many states are facing cultural and language hurdles in trying to promote and explain t...
Early number sense plays role in later math skills
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earlies...
Officials urge parents to get kids vaccinated
SPRINGFILED, IL (AP) - State health officials are urging parents to make sure their children have received all their recommended vaccinations. The Illinois Department of Pub...
Health officials: 1 in 50 school kids have autism
NEW YORK (AP) — A government survey of parents says 1 in 50 U.S. schoolchildren has autism, surpassing another federal estimate for the disorder. Health officials say the new nu...
Report finds lax oversight of specialty pharmacies
WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional investigation finds that specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year have little state oversight. ...
MORNING-AFTER PILL USE UP TO 1 IN 9 YOUNGER WOMEN
NEW YORK (AP) -- About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its appro...
STUDY QUESTIONS KIDNEY CANCER TREATMENT IN ELDERLY
In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small kidney tumors were much less likely t...
