Some Plans Deny Pregnancy Coverage For Dependent Children

The health care overhaul provides a safety net for young adult children, who can now stay on their parents’ health plans until they reach age 26. But it doesn’t guarantee that their parents’ plan will cover a common medical condition that many young women face: pregnancy. Group health plans with 15 or more workers are […]

Michelle Andrews
By Michelle Andrews
A mother feeds her child in August 2005. (Photo by misocrazy via Flikr)

The health care overhaul provides a safety net for young adult children, who can now stay on their parents' health plans until they reach age 26. But it doesn't guarantee that their parents' plan will cover a common medical condition that many young women face: pregnancy. Group health plans with 15 or more workers are required to provide

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Waivers For Women’s Healthcare Provisions Pulls Plug On Medical Use Of Contraceptives

(MintPress) — As women throughout the country celebrate the elimination of co-pays for preventive medical care visits and services, companies morally opposed to contraception and sterilization are holding their breath in hopes that such provisions will be reversed. While a reversal would free the consciousness of some business owners who oppose the provision on moral […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
In this June 28, 2012 file photo, supporters of President Barack Obama's health care law celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

(MintPress) — As women throughout the country celebrate the elimination of co-pays for preventive medical care visits and services, companies morally opposed to contraception and sterilization are holding their breath in hopes that such provisions will be reversed. While a reversal would free the consciousness of some business owners who oppose

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Palestinian Ends 102-Day Hunger Strike, Israeli Administrative Detention Persists

(NAMIBIA) MintPress — Palestinian hunger striker Akram Rikhawi has ended his 102-day hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) for an early release date. Rikhawi ended his strike Sunday evening after over three months without food, thought to be the longest Palestinian hunger strike in history. While Rikhawi is scheduled […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
By Janessa Schilmoeller
Palestinians hold posters showing Mahmoud Sarsak, center, a former player with the Palestinian national football team, Akram Rikhawi, right, and Samer Al-Barq, left, during a demonstration in support of Palestinians prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Saturday, June 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

(NAMIBIA) MintPress — Palestinian hunger striker Akram Rikhawi has ended his 102-day hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) for an early release date. Rikhawi ended his strike Sunday evening after over three months without food, thought to be the longest Palestinian hunger strike in history. While Rikhawi

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FDA Clears Weight-Loss Drug After Previously Deeming It Unsafe

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical’s anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade. Despite only achieving modest weight loss in clinical studies, the drug appeared safe enough to win the FDA’s endorsement, amid calls from doctors for new […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
This photo provided by Food and Drug Administration shows Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq. (AP Photo/Food and Drug Administration)

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade. Despite only achieving modest weight loss in clinical studies, the drug appeared safe enough to win the FDA's endorsement, amid calls from doctors for

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Scientists Hunt Ways To Stall Alzheimer’s Earlier

Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer’s disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don’t yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed. The most ambitious attempt: An international study announced Tuesday will track whether an experimental drug can […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during the Alzheimer's Disease conference, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed. The most ambitious attempt: An international study announced Tuesday will track whether an experimental drug can stall

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US Rep For Sri Lankan Rebels Faces Sentencing

Nearly six years have passed since U.S. authorities took the unusual step of rounding up a group of Sri Lankan immigrants and charging them with breaking terror financing laws by raising money and trying to get weapons for the Tamil Tigers rebel forces. Since then, 14 defendants charged in New York have been convicted. Some […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Karunakaran Kandasamy. Kandasamy could be sentenced to as much as 20 years in a federal prison on Friday, May, 11, 2012, for violating anti-terrorism laws by raising money for the Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan separatist group who were defeated in a bloody civil war in 2009. (AP Photo/US Marshals Service)

Nearly six years have passed since U.S. authorities took the unusual step of rounding up a group of Sri Lankan immigrants and charging them with breaking terror financing laws by raising money and trying to get weapons for the Tamil Tigers rebel forces. Since then, 14 defendants charged in New York have been convicted. Some were given 25 years

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