US teen lives 118 days without heart
reuters.com — By Jim Loney MIAMI (Reuters) - An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday......More… (Health)
Don’t Sit Pat With Your Medicare Drug Plan
usnews.com — With large 2009 premium increases from private insurers, especially Humana, subscribers to Medicare's stand-alone Part D plan for prescription drugs are strongly being urged to look carefully at whether there are better packages to meet their needs......More… (Health)
Man Loses Several Pounds of 'Flesh' to Bacterial Infection
foxnews.com — SEATTLE - A Mason County man who lost his penis to flesh-eating bacteria in prison has won a $300000 settlement from the Washington Department of Corrections......More… (Health)
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usnews.com — Breast cancer gene screening is all the rage these days, but women who think they can rest easy if they're told they don't carry one of the two gene mutations—BRCA1 or BRCA2—should think again......More… (Health)
Naval Academy identifies midshipman who died of meningitis
baltimoresun.com — By Rona Marech | rona.marech@baltsun.com The Naval Academy today identified a midshipman who died Monday as Frederick Henry Eissler, 20, and confirmed that he had succumbed to complications from a bacterial infection of Nieserra meningitis......More… (Health)
Weightloss surgery helps with pregnancy: study
reuters.com — By Andrew Stern CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women who get pregnant after weight-loss surgery tend to be healthier and less likely to deliver a baby born with complications compared to obese women, researchers said on Tuesday......More… (Health)
NH prescription privacy law upheld
google.com — CONCORD, NH (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation law that restricts drug company access to some information about doctors' prescription writing habits......More… (Health)
Beverly birth center to remain open
boston.com — Bowing to the impassioned pleas of women across the region, Beverly Hospital's board of trustees today decided to allow deliveries to continue at the North Shore Birth Center, which is one of only two hospital-affiliated centers statewide that offers ........More… (Health)