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Extra pounds mean insurance fees for Ala. workers (AP)
AP - Alabama, pushed to third in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat. Original post by AP...
Face transplants can work, studies show (Reuters)
Reuters - New faces given to a Chinese man after a bear tore off part of his face and a French-Caribbean man disfigured by a rare tumor show that such transplants can work and are not medical oddities, researchers said on Thursday. Original post by ...
Face transplant patient can smile, blink again (AP)
AP - Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. Two of the world’s three teams that have done partial face transplants reported Friday that their techniques were s...
New drug shows promise in cystic fibrosis (Reuters)
Reuters - A new kind of cystic fibrosis drug, designed to bypass a genetic defect to treat the disease, has produced promising results in mid-stage clinical trials, Israeli researchers said on Thursday. Original post by Reuters...
3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare ‘Doughnut Hole’ (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) — In 2007, about 3.4 million Americans enrolled in the Medicare Part D drug plan reached a gap in their prescription coverage known as the “doughnut hole,” leading some of them to stop ...

