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Angelina Jolie Says She Had Double Mastectomy

Posted on 05/14/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | Personal HealthLOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. See Also: Why Angelina Jolie Chose a Preventive Mastectomy Supreme Court Case Could Decide Costs, Availability of Testing for Breast Cancer Gene   The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday’s New York Times under the headline, …

More Than Just a Mother, Now She’s Your ‘Friend’

Posted on 05/10/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & FamilyBy Martha Mendoza, National Writer, The Associated Press Josh Knoller, a young professional in New York City, spent years refusing his mother’s “Friend Request” on Facebook before, eventually, “caving in.” Today they have an agreement: she’ll try not to make embarrassing comments, and he can delete them if she does. “We actually got into some pretty big fights over this,” says Knoller, 29. “I love my Mom to death but she’s a crazy, sweet Jewish mother and I was a …

Obama Wades Back into the Health Care Debate

Posted on 05/10/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Julie Pace, White House Correspondent, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul and staving off yet another challenge from Republicans. The president will specifically target women and young people, groups that backed him overwhelmingly during his presidential campaigns. During a Mother’s Day-themed event at the White House on …

3 Suspected Cases of SARS-Related Virus in France

Posted on 05/10/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Greg Keller of The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French health officials said Friday they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, in people who had close contact in the hospital with France’s only confirmed case. Beatrice Degrugillers, a spokeswoman for the regional health agency in France’s Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, said a nurse at the hospital where the man was hospitalized in late April has herself been under watch at the hospital in …

GOP Won’t Play Ball on Obamacare Advisory Panels

Posted on 05/9/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsBy Jim Abrams, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John Boehner, who joined Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in boycotting the Independent Payment Advisory Board, also said that the House next week will vote again to repeal the …

Some Hospitals Charge Vastly More for Same Care

Posted on 05/8/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & Savings | Personal HealthBy Connie Cass and Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals within the same city sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same procedures, according to figures the government released for the first time Wednesday. The federal list sheds new light on the mystery of just how high a hospital bill might go — and whether it’s cheaper to get the care somewhere else. There are vast disparities nationally. The average charges for joint replacement range from about $5,300 …

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