Tag: Health

Washington Secrets

CDC wants more cigarette taxes, regs as tobacco usage flattens, teens experiment

Paul Bedard · June 25, 2014 6:38 pm

FDA warns of allergic reactions with acne products

Matthew Perrone · June 25, 2014 6:37 pm

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said the student loan billÃÂ would be paid for by closing a tax loophole that would have all individuals earning more than $1 million annually to pay a tax rate of at least 30 percent. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

When it comes to importing diseases, Chuck Schumer sees the tree, misses the forest

Becket Adams · June 24, 2014 12:04 pm

Schumer requests US health alert for virus

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2014 1:16 pm

In a wrongful birth suit, the claim arises from some disability the child has, and the parents blame their physician(s) for not alerting them to some test or test results that could have revealed the disability. (iStock Photo)

Two fundamental problems with wrongful-birth suits

Walter Weber · June 20, 2014 4:02 pm

Big Government politicians want to throw more funding at the VA, as usual. (AP Photo)

A fed-up veteran blasts Veterans Affairs’ ‘lie, delay, deny’ abyss

Michelle Malkin · June 18, 2014 2:56 pm

VIDEO: Daytime TV’s Dr. Oz grilled over weight loss products

Ed Sykes · June 17, 2014 10:00 pm

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Washington Secrets

Doctor: Obama still chewing nicotine gum, Vitamin D deficient

Paul Bedard · June 12, 2014 9:44 pm

Study: Red meat possibly linked to breast cancer

Maria Cheng · June 11, 2014 10:41 am

In this photo taken Monday, June 9, 2014, an inmate is moved after a session with a psychologist at the the mental health unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. Lawmakers working on the state budget are debating whether California should emphasize treatment over incarceration particularly for the mentally ill. Democrats in both the Senate and the Assembly are seeking additional money for mental health courts and other facilities to aid the mentally ill and substance abuse offenders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Mental health becomes key in corrections budget

Don Thompson · June 10, 2014 9:40 pm

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2010 file photo shows the seafood counter in Whole Foods is shown in Hillsboro, Ore. The government is reminding pregnant women to stay away from certain fish that can be high in mercury. But the agency won't require package labeling on mercury content, which is what consumer groups had sought. The draft advice issued Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency is unlikely to clear up confusion over exactly what seafood pregnant women and young children should eat and what they should avoid. Consumer groups have sued the agency, saying its warnings haven't been clear enough about what fish could pose a risk. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FDA: Pregnant women should eat low-mercury seafood

MARY CLARE JALONICK · June 10, 2014 6:10 pm

FILE - In this May 30, 2014 file photo, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg answers questions during an interview at The Associated Press in Washington. While Hamburg acknowledged that opioids are overprescribed, she again emphasized the importance of keeping the drugs accessible to Americans with chronic pain _ a group estimated at about 100 million, or about 40 percent of all U.S. adults (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Federal views diverge on proper use of painkillers

Matthew Perrone · June 10, 2014 5:07 pm