The consumer advocacy group Citizens for Economic Opportunity on Wednesday filed suit in a Connecticut court alleging that limited-benefits health insurance plans sold by Aetna subsidiary Strategic Resources Company mislead consumers into thinking they have more comprehensive coverage than the plans provide, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. [click link for full article]
A new study investigating the effects of chemotherapy on cognitive function in mice has confirmed what many cancer patients receiving treatment have often complained about - a decline in their memory and other cognitive functions, sometimes characterized as “chemobrain”.The study, led by Dr. Gordon Winocur of the Baycrest Research Centre for Aging and the Brain, in collaboration with Drs. [click link for full article]
The consumer advocacy group Citizens for Economic Opportunity on Wednesday filed suit in a Connecticut court alleging that limited-benefits health insurance plans sold by Aetna subsidiary [click link for full article]
Several features of credit cards make them different from traditional forms of lending and encourage high levels of consumer debt by taking advantage of “consumers’ cognitive and behavioral vulnerabilities,” Adam J. Goldstein wrote in the latest issue of the University of Illinois Law Review. Goldstein is a former editor at the review who now works for a Chicago law firm. [click link for full article]
The “scientific community, AIDS activists and Libyan government would do well to recognize … [click link for full article]
Each year enormous effort goes into producing influenza vaccines and delivering them to appropriate sections of the population. But a review of the evidence in this week’s BMJ suggests that they may not be as effective as we think. [click link for full article]
FDA’s decision to approve Barr Laboratories’ application for nonprescription sales of its emergency contraceptive Plan B to women ages 18 and older is “welcome news,” but it will not be “enough to overcome our nation’s stalled progress in reducing unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion,” [click link for full article]
Loss of control of professional standards has been a significant factor in the declining morale of doctors, according to an Online/Comment from Professor Ian Gilmore, the President of the Royal College of Physicians.”Doctors are feeling under siege in a rapidly evolving National Health Service (NHS), and it is commonplace to debate the whys and wherefores of rock-bottom morale. [click link for full article]
The National Committee for Quality Assurance and U.S News & World Report on Friday released an annual survey ranking the nation’s health insurance plans, the Akron Beacon Journal reports. [click link for full article]
Small sections of human liver have been created from umbilical cord stem cells, say scientists from Newcastle University, UK. The researchers say this technology could eventually be used to grow small livers that could be used for drug tests - doing away with the need for human volunteers to take risks. Earlier this year six volunteers became dangerously ill during a drug trial in the UK. [click link for full article]