ThinkProgress

US doctor group votes to recognize obesity as a disease Reuters By Nick Carey. CHICAGO, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:49pm EDT. CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted on Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease and ... AMA House Votes Against Council, Calls Obesity a DiseaseMedPage Today Medical group recognizes obesity as a diseaseUSA TODAY AMA: Patients Responsible For 24 Percent Of Medical BillForbes New York Times (blog) -Examiner.com all 32 news articles »

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 6:54 pm

CBS News

Etheridge on Jolie: Her mastectomy not 'brave choice' KETK ATLANTA (CNN) — Rock legend and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge is taking issue with Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy. "I wouldn't call it the brave choice," Etheridge said in a recent interview with the Washington Blade, ... Rocker, Cancer Survivor Criticizes Angelina Jolie as Not 'Brave'ABC News Melissa Etheridge: Angelina Jolie's mastectomy decision was "fearful," not "brave"CBS News Melissa Etheridge: Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy was a 'fearful choice,' not ...New York Daily News LAist -People Magazine -New York Post all 269 news articles »

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 6:54 pm

Wall Street Journal

Jenkins: The Young Won't Buy ObamaCare Wall Street Journal Media outlets lately have emphasized the challenge of enticing healthy young adults to sign up for ObamaCare, “exactly the type of person insurance plans, states and the federal government are counting on to make health reform work,” as the L.A. Times put ... Report: Slowdown in US health care costs may turn into a trend, not a pauseMinneapolis Star Tribune PwC projects slower health care cost increasesTriangle Business Journal Local Governments Reeling Under ObamaCare CostsInvestor's Business Daily WDEF News 12 -U.S. News & World Report -CBS News all 169 news articles »

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 6:08 pm

MedPage Today

Organ Donors Will Sign Up on Facebook MedPage Today Despite years of media and public service campaigns appealing for organ donations, donor rates remained static while demand increased -- until Facebook, researchers reported. On May 1, 2012, the social media website launched its organ donor initiative ... Facebook's organ donor status sends registrations soaringPlattsburgh Press Republican Governor push for student organ donor programmeTimes of India Social media might solve the shortage of organ donorsWDAY KHTS Radio -CBS News -TIME all 62 news articles »

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 5:31 pm

MedPage Today

MRI May Spot Meningitis from Tainted Steroids MedPage Today A screening MRI may provide early warning of spinal or paraspinal meningitis in patients who received contaminated steroid injections, researchers reported. The imaging modality showed abnormalities in 21% (36) of 172 patients screened, according to ... MRI may help find infection from tainted injectionReuters MRIs Spot 'Hidden' Fungal Infections From Tainted Steroid ShotsU.S. News & World Report MRI Spots Indolent Spinal Infections From Contaminated MPAMedscape WDIV Detroit -Infection Control Today -Doctors Lounge all 9 news articles »

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 3:31 pm