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[Health breakthrough] Nation’s first uterus transplant a success

The recipient of the nation’s first uterus transplant said Monday that she prayed for years to be able to bear a child, and is grateful to the deceased donor’s family and surgeons who’ve given her that chance. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic said Monday that the 26-year-old woman is recovering… Read More

Staggering prescription prices have doubled over 7 years

The average cost for a year’s supply of a prescription drug doubled in just seven years to more than $11,000 — about three-quarters of the average annual Social Security benefit. That’s according to the latest study of price trends for widely-used drugs conducted by AARP, the senior citizens advocacy group…. Read More

Why is this American state terrified of the Zika virus?

On a farm in the heart of Hawaii’s ongoing dengue outbreak, coffee grows wild among the ferns, and vanilla vines climb guava trees. It’s hard to know where nature ends and the farm begins, and that’s the way organic farmers there like it. But state efforts to combat the outbreak… Read More

Senate confirms Obama’s nominee to be to be head of FDA

The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday despite frustration over the agency’s response to the abuse of opioid painkillers. The vote was 89-4 for Dr. Robert Califf, a prominent cardiologist and medical researcher at Duke University for more… Read More

Liberal NYC to issue fines for not warning about salty food

Large chain restaurants and fast-food eateries in the nation’s most populous city can be fined up to $600 beginning next week for not posting salt warnings on menu items that contain more than the recommended daily dose of sodium, a judge ruled Wednesday. “Some people love salty food and are… Read More

Obamacare website may be riddled with fraud

With billions in taxpayer dollars at stake, the Obama administration has taken a “passive” approach to identifying potential fraud involving the president’s health care law, nonpartisan congressional investigators say in a report released Wednesday. While the Government Accountability Office stopped short of alleging widespread cheating in President Barack Obama’s signature… Read More

An odd, desperate plea for a kidney donor pays off

A Maine woman’s unorthodox approach to finding a kidney donor has paid off. WABI-TV reports Linda Deming was so desperate for a kidney transplant that she posted signs along the side of the road and advertised from her car. At least 50 people have reached out to her and she… Read More

Zika outbreak! Over a dozen more cases found in US

U.S. health officials are investigating more than a dozen possible Zika infections that may have been spread through sex. The 14 cases all involve men who visited areas with Zika outbreaks, and who may have infected their female sex partners, who had not traveled to those areas. Zika virus is… Read More

Mosquito madness! Will the Zika virus disrupt the Olympics?

The head of the World Health Organization’s Zika response team is predicting that Brazil will host a “fantastic Olympics” and that the mosquito-borne virus will be “way down” by the time the Summer Games begin in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5. Dr. Bruce Aylward, WHO’s executive director for outbreaks… Read More