Year: 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee will take up bipartisan legislation next week to spur generic drug development, the committee's chairman Representative Greg Walden said on Thursday. "Specifically the bill will require FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to prioritize, expedite and review generic applications of drug products that are currently in shortage, or where there are few manufacturers on the market," Walden said at a health subcommittee hearing. (Reporting by Susan Cornwell; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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Are you exhausted from trying all sorts of weight loss methods and always running out of luck? Tired of losing weight the conventional way—eating …
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About 1,300 psychiatric patients were moved from a unit of the Life Healthcare Group to charities during last year in a cost-cutting bid by the health department in Gauteng province, the commercial hub where Johannesburg and Pretoria are located. Experts say mental health care takes the backseat in funding and public hospitals do not have enough equipment or staff.
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Individual insurance created by former U.S. president Barack Obama's health reform law, often called Obamacare, has been a difficult business for Anthem and other large insurers, which say the enrollment rules skew the pool of patients toward those who are sick. U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to repeal and replace the program, and his fellow Republicans have begun the process. Insurers, which had been seeking changes from Democrats under Obama, are now talking to Republicans.

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MILWAUKEE — You're trying to eat healthy — but just not experiencing slimming results. It could be that you're falling for healthy eating myths.
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By Susan Cornwell and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday boycotted a planned committee vote on two of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, Steve Mnuchin to be Treasury secretary and Tom Price to head the Health and Human Services department, delaying the vote. At least one Democrat must be present for the committee votes to take place.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday boycotted a planned committee vote on two of President Donald Trump's nominees, Steve Mnuchin to be Treasury Secretary and Tom Price to head the Health and Human Services department, making it impossible for the vote to go forward. Democrats said they were delaying the vote because they wanted more information on Price's stock trades in an Australian medical company and reports that Mnuchin's former bank, OneWest, used automated "robosignings" of foreclosures, which apparently contradicted statements he made to senators. …

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