The Institute for Justice sued Attorney General Eric Holder over the ban on compensating bone marrow donors, arguing marrow resembles renewable donations like blood and plasma. The piece also lays out the objections, from dishonest donors to extortion and unequal access.
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Lifestyle
Study Shows Relationship Between Adolescent Obesity and MS
Harvard researchers followed 238,000 nurses for 40 years; among the 598 later diagnosed with MS, women obese at 18 had twice the risk of slimmer women. Obesity in childhood or adulthood showed no such link, and the team says more work is needed to explain how the two connect.
Disease
Dense breast tissue raises risk of breast cancer recurrence
Reviewing the records of 335 women who had lumpectomies, Women's College Research Institute scientists found that breast cancer survivors with dense breast tissue face a higher risk of recurrence and could benefit from radiation, while those with low density may not need it.
Healthcare
Primary care visits increase in quality - study
Analysing 46,250 primary care visits from 1997 to 2005, researchers found the average visit lengthened from 18 to 20.8 minutes and quality improved on several counselling, screening and medication measures. They attribute the extra time to an older, sicker patient population.
Miscellaneous
Medical marijuana: Do state laws matter?
California's 1996 Compassionate Use Act lets residents possess and grow marijuana on a doctor's recommendation, yet federal law still bans it. A 2007 federal appeals court rejected an Oakland woman's claim to a constitutional right to use it medically despite her doctor's support.
Government
FDA Warns Online Sellers: No More Flavored Cigarettes
The FDA warned online sellers still offering candy and clove flavored cigarettes, banned in September, to stop and file written compliance plans. Teenagers are three times more likely than adults over 25 to smoke flavored cigarettes.
Healthcare
Doctors and ERs Flooded with Patients
Worry over swine flu has packed doctors' offices and ERs, mostly with mild cases, making it hard to tell swine flu from seasonal flu. WebMD reports most providers give antivirals without testing. Warning signs listed for children include fast breathing, bluish skin and fever with a rash.
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Minnesota Boy Now Cancer Free
Daniel Hauser, the 13-year-old who fled Sleepy Eye, Minnesota with his mother to avoid treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma, finished his last round of radiation on November 6. A court took custody from his parents, and that order stands until Family Services files its report.
Drug
Eggs Vital to Vaccine Manufacture
Flu vaccine virus grows in fertilized eggs, which is why providers ask about egg allergies. This year's H1N1 seeds grew more slowly at the manufacturers than expected, contributing to a shortage: 32 million doses had been released against the CDC's promised 120 million by mid-October.
Lifestyle
Quitting smoking with help from your cell phone
A Tobacco Control study of more than 30,000 smokers found a history of switching to light or low-tar brands carried 46% lower odds of quitting. Separately, Columbia researchers are building Lit, a phone game played by breathing into the microphone as a substitute for smoking.
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US jobless rate hits 10.2 percent
The Labor Department reported unemployment hit 10.2 percent in October, the highest in 26 and a half years, with employers cutting 190,000 jobs, fewer than September's 219,000. President Obama said his administration was weighing infrastructure spending and a business tax cut.
Disease
2009-2010 Influenza Season Week 43 ending October 31, 2009
During the week ending October 31, 2009, 37.2% of tested specimens were positive for influenza, and over 99% of subtyped influenza A was 2009 H1N1. Eighteen pediatric deaths were reported, and 48 states reported geographically widespread activity.
Miscellaneous
An Email from President Obama: Making History
A fundraising email sent under President Obama's name by Organizing for America, thanking supporters after the House passed its health insurance reform bill and asking for donations for the Senate fight ahead.
Healthcare
Majority of H1N1 flu Vaccine Seekers Could not Get It
A Harvard School of Public Health poll of 1,073 adults found 70 percent of those who sought H1N1 vaccine did not get it, and 49 percent could not find a location offering it. Only about a third of parents and high-priority adults succeeded.
Lifestyle
Exercise Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk
Among 190 men biopsied for suspected prostate cancer, those walking the equivalent of three to six hours a week were two-thirds less likely to be diagnosed than sedentary men. The study shows an association, not that exercise caused the drop.
Disease
Obesity Linked to 100,000 Cancer Cases a Year
The American Institute for Cancer Research put numbers to obesity's cancer toll, attributing to body fat 49% of endometrial cancers, 35% of esophageal, 28% of pancreatic, 24% of kidney, 21% of gallbladder, 17% of breast and 9% of colorectal cases.
Miscellaneous
The Ft. Hood Tragedy: What can We Learn?
The Fort Hood shooting renews questions about PTSD among returning troops. The piece notes Guard members sent to Iraq psychologically unready and repeated tours even after injury, and argues psychiatrists are not immune: they are the physicians most likely to attempt suicide.
Miscellaneous
Discord Within the AMA
President Obama announced AARP and AMA endorsements of his health care bill, but Senator Bob Corker accused the administration of buying the AMA's with a Medicare payment adjustment, and some AMA members object that the House of Delegates never agreed to it.
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