“The worst law ever enacted in the United States,” stated Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices, a national nonprofit group that states it seeks to “empower health-care consumers to preserve individual freedom and the quality of care in America’s health-care system.”
Scandlen believes most people should provide for their own health insurance, […]

The findings, which stem from a review of 72 published studies from the United Says and United Kingdom, challenge concerns expressed by medical professionals that reducing the hours that residents work would be detrimental to patients and doctors-in-training alike.
The study was published on the web March 22 in BMJ.
The researchers also tried to assess the […]

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Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79
Following six weeks of hospitalization for congestive heart failure, Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 79.
The Oscar-winning actress recently suffered a number of complications but her condition had stabilized and it […]

Memory Problems
Candidates for this study must be aged 50 to 80 and have memory problems. Participants will receive at no cost study-related evaluations, medication, physical exams and routine lab work.
The research site is in Brooksville, FL.
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Type 1 Diabetes (Ages 12-17)
Candidates for this two-year study of newly-diagnosed type […]

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Study Participants Riddled With Metal Particles
Hundreds of tiny particles of the heavy metal tungsten were left in the chest muscles and breast tissue of about 30 U.S. breast cancer patients who took part in a study of new radiation […]

If you have symptoms of depression, you may qualify for this study.
The research site is in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Flu
This study will evaluate an investigational medication to treat flu. The study will last one month and involve seven clinic visits.
The research site is in Henderson, Nev.
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Shingles Vaccine
This study is for […]

The controversial treatment, known as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), involves ablating, or removing, the patients’ immune and other blood cells, then replacing it with new bone marrow stem cells from the same patient.
The idea is to “reset the thermostat and begin fresh,” stated Dr. Aaron Miller, chief medical officer for the National Multiple Sclerosis […]

“Eyelid weight placement, lower eyelid suspension, and brow ptosis [drooping or sagging of the eyelid] correction are frequently performed to protect the eye,” they noted.
The study — published in the March issue of the journal Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery — included 37 patients with paralytic inability to completely close their eye who were […]

Cochlear implants are small electronic devices that are surgically implanted and stimulate the auditory nerve to enable the deaf or severely hard-of-hearing to process sound.
The study included 264 kids born before universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) became mandatory in Illinois in 2003 and 127 children born after screening became mandatory.
Children born after the UNHS law […]

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New Yorkers Consume Too Much Salt: Study
New York City residents consume twice as much salt as they should, states a study by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The study found that the average New Yorker takes in […]