Author: elegant
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Planned Parenthood asks judge to halt Texas Medicaid cuts
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Planned Parenthood has asked a federal judge to stop Texas from cutting it from the state’s Medicaid program, which the nation’s largest abortion provider says would reduce health services for nearly 11,000 low-income women.
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With Trump’s victory, GOP hopes to overhaul Medicaid
When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, Republicans will have the opportunity to pull off something they have wanted to do for years — overhaul Medicaid, the program that provides health …
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Obstetricians balk at FDA warning on anesthesia in pregnant women
By Ronnie Cohen (Reuters Health) – – Repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs in infants, toddlers and pregnant women in their third trimester might damage children’s developing brains, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned this month. Upset that the warning about pregnant women was based solely on animal studies, the…
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Kansas Parents of 2 Girls With Microcephaly Share Joys, Struggles of Family Life
From the very beginning, Scott and Gwen Hartley from Kansas knew there was something very different about their daughter, Claire. “Literally she was born and there was a lot of commotion,” Gwen Hartley said.” I remember thinking what's going on? It took months to get a diagnosis: Microcephaly – a neurological condition in which babies’…
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Actress Carrie Fisher suffers medical emergency on London-to-L.A. flight
By Steve Gorman and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood actress and writer Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movies, suffered a cardiac episode on Friday during a flight from London to Los Angeles, where she was rushed to a hospital after landing. Fisher, 60, was…
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Actress Carrie Fisher suffers ‘cardiac episode’ on flight: L.A. Times
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Carrie Fisher suffered a “cardiac episode” on Friday during an airline flight from London to Los Angeles and was rushed to a hospital in critical condition after landing, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing emergency officials. Fisher, 60, who has been on a tour promoting a new…
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Residents in China’s north complain as smog alert enters fifth day
Northern China was shrouded in smog for a fifth straight day on Wednesday as citizens complained that the state's emergency measures were still not being implemented properly. Residents in Shijiazhuang, the capital of heavily industrialized Hebei province that surrounds Beijing, complained that schools were still open even though the city remained on red alert with…