Strong health sign-ups under Obamacare encourage Democrats
Republicans on the campaign trail this year will be eager to tout the potential benefits of their tax cut plan. Voters like Jeanine Limone Draut, a freelance technical writer in Denver, have something else in mind: health care. Failed efforts by congressional Republicans last year to repeal former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act exposed not only deep divisions within the party but also revealed core benefits of the...
Exercise at middle age can protect brain health later in life
Healthy aging of the brain relies on the health of your heart and blood vessels when you’re younger, a new study reports. People with risk factors for heart disease and stroke in middle age are more likely to have elevated levels of amyloid, a sticky protein known to clump together and form plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, the researchers said. MRI scans revealed larger deposits of amyloid in the...
AbbVie cancer drug fails two late-stage trials
AbbVie Inc said on Wednesday that its experimental cancer drug, veliparib, failed to meet the main goals of two late-stage studies. The trials evaluated the effect of veliparib, in combination with a chemotherapy regimen, on patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and triple-negative breast cancer. In one trial, the combination treatment failed to improve the overall survival of NSCLC patients, who had smoked within the past...
Heels for babies? Company defends their controversial product
We know that babies can’t walk, of course, but we insist on putting them in tiny shoes because they’re just so dang adorable. A teeny little loafer or an itty-bitty sandal is enough to send any kid-lover into frenzied cooing — and don’t even get us started on those mini sneakers. But one company is taking baby shoes to a whole new level and some parents are not into it. The Pennsylvania-based company, Pee Wee Pumps,...
‘Inducing panic’: ACLU demands Ohio city stop charging drug overdose survivors
The ACLU is calling on a city in Ohio to stop criminally prosecuting those who outlive drug overdoses under the “inducing panic” law. They argue that the law only discourages individuals from calling for help. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter to the City of Washington Court House on Tuesday, urging officials to end the practice of charging those treated for overdosing on heroin by Emergency Medical Services...
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