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  • Boys stem cells successfully treat cerebral palsy

    Doctors have been able to successfully treat a 2.5-year-old boy who had suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, putting him in a vegetative state, using his own cord blood containing stem cells. The symptoms improved significantly; over the following months, the child learned to speak simple sentences and to move. "Our findings, along with those from a Korean study, dispel the long-held ...

  • Insurers limit doctors hospitals in state-run exchange plans

    Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state agency running California's new health insurance exchange, announces the plans and prices that will be offered by private ...

  • Russia’s Birth Rate up 5.6 in 2012 - Health Minister

    MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - The birth rate in Russia grew by 5.6 percent year-on-year in 2012, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said on Friday. "In 2012, birth rate increased by 5.6 percent - from 12.6 to 13.3 [births] per 1,000 people," she said. She added that the number of abortions fell by 5.5 percent, or by 53,900, due to state measures to support pregnant women ...

  • Minister Calls For Involvement Of Society At Every Level During 66th World Health Assembly

    Bandar Seri Begawan - To ensure the realisation of Global Health Objectives, it is imperative for the health sector to involve cooperation from the non-health sector and every level of society through evidence-based advocacy in addition to continued efforts in health ...

  • States settle with Cigna over long-term disability insurance

    California and four other states have reached a settlement of up to $2.3 million with Cigna over handling practices for long-term disability insurance. Insurance officials found the insurer did not give due consideration to the medical findings of independent physicians, discounted information provided by Social Security disability decisions and failed to give appropriate consideration to ...

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Chungking Express (Chongquing Senlin)

This movie would probably never have made it to video in America without the help of Quentin Tarantino. He is using his new production label, Rolling Thunder, to bring obscure and foreign films to the local video stores that otherwise wouldn't have ever seen the light of day. "Chunking Express" was the first to come out under this new label, and due to the exciting sound of the title, and the fact ... ...

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  • Court upholds retroactive Medi-Cal cuts

    A federal appeals court has denied a request from California providers to have a full panel of judges rehear their lawsuit to block retroactive cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees. A federal appeals court has denied a request from California providers to have a full panel of judges rehear their lawsuit to block retroactive cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees. In December, a three-judge panel of the 9th ...

  • Congressional Republicans question insurers about Sebelius

    Kathleen Sebelius asked for funds for a healthcare non-profit group. The leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to 15 major insurance firms and other groups as part of their probe of Sebelius' involvement in Enroll America, a non-profit group aimed at educating the public about new coverage options following the implementation of ...

  • Fast-food menu labeling results in fewer calories purchased

    U.S. adults and teens who used calorie information posted on menus purchased up to 143 fewer calories than those who did not see the calories, researchers say. ...

  • Survey Swedes having less sex than in the 1990s

    A national survey found Swedes are having 24 percent less sex than in 1996 and a university professor said "desire disorder" is a public health problem. The United Mind poll of 3,000 Swedes, conducted in partnership with newspaper Aftenbladet, found respondents reporting having an average 3.8 sexual encounters per month, down from five when the survey conducted in 1996, The Local.se ...

  • IQ of children may be affected by what pregnant mothers eat

    Pregnant women in Britain who didn't consume much fish or dairy products had children with lower IQ and reading ability than women who did, researchers said. Study leader Margaret Rayman of the University of Surrey and colleagues at the University of Bristol analyzed mother/child pairs from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children study by measuring urinary iodine concentration ...

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