America’s Health Insurance Plans officials on Tuesday met with the Senate Finance Committee to propose rules that would stop aggressive marketing tactics for Medicare Advantage plans, CQ Today reports. Insurers finalized the request for new rules at an AHIP board meeting on Monday.

The following highlights recent state news about women’s health-related legislation. Arizona: On Monday, the House voted 34-25 to approve a bill (HB 2769) that would ban so-called “partial-birth” abortion in the state, the

By applying a public health approach, researchers at three universities have discovered a key indicator for increased risk of mental retardation in the general population. The study assessed population-level risk factors by linking birth records of 12-14-year-old children in Florida with their respective public school records, over the course of a school year.

Women taking combination hormone replacement therapy have a slightly increased risk of cancer three years after ending treatment, but initial increases in cardiovascular risks appear to fade, according to a follow-up study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Wednesday, the

Rates of diabetes, obesity and smoking remain consistent across income levels among American Indians living in urban areas, according to a study released Wednesday by the Urban Indian Health Institute, the AP/Contra Costa Times reports.

New results from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) confirm that the health risks of long-term use of combination (estrogen plus progestin) hormone therapy in healthy, postmenopausal women persist even a few years after stopping the drugs and clearly outweigh the benefits.

The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and the Honourable Michael M. Fortier, Minister of Public Works and Government Services today announced the launch of the first component of the prevention-focussed mass media campaign under the National Anti-Drug Strategy.

World Health Organization (WHO) figures show that each year an estimated 9 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) arise in the world. The growth of this disease remains particularly strong in Africa owing to a high proportion of HIV patients (nearly 13% compared with less than 1% in Asian countries for example).

Newer, more costly controller therapies for asthma are being dispensed more frequently, but it has been difficult to say whether or not they are cost-effective. Robert S. Zeiger, MD and colleagues compared the medical costs and relative effectiveness of single asthma controller therapy with other asthma drug regimens.

Edward M. Bernstein & Associates, one of Nevada’s leading Personal Injury Law Firms has been retained by former patients of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, who have in fact, tested positive for a Hepatitis C Infection in Las Vegas. The firm has filed individual lawsuits as well as a class action lawsuit.