SCOTUS: Some Public Health Workers etc

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Healthcare workers classed as "partial public employees," because they are paid by Medicaid but hired by patients, do not have to pay so-called agency fees for union representation, the Supreme Court ruled. via MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians Read More Here..

Court: Can't make employers cover contraception

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the first time the high court has declared that businesses can hold religious views under federal law.

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Why Some Pets Take Prozac

Depressed Pooches Benefit From Prozac, Vets Say via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

Soccer-Suarez issues apology to Chiellini for bite

(Adds details) RIO DE JANIERO, June 30 (Reuters) - Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has finally apologised for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match and vowed there would never be a repeat of the incident. After initially denying that he bit Chiellini, Suarez issued a carefully worded statement on Monday admitting his offence. "The truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me," Suarez said in a statement published on his Twitter account. His admission came days after he was expelled from the World Cup and banned for Uruguay's next nine competitive international matches and from any involvement in football for four months by FIFA. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

You Consented to Facebook’s Social Experiment

Why Facebook was able to toy with users' emotions without informed consent. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

I Don't Want to Look Like Her

I used to want to be skinny. But then I found myself surrounded by people who valued performance over looks, who saw girls with curves and muscles as admirable and beautiful rather than bulky and manly, and my outlook began to change. And that has made me a much happier and healthier person.

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Supreme Court won't intervene in California ban on gay-conversion therapy

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider arguments against California's ban on a controversial therapy aimed at reversing homosexuality in children, allowing the prohibition to be enforced in the most populous U.S. state. The court's decision not to take up the case follows a ruling by an appeals court last year that the prohibition on so-called "gay conversion therapy" for minors is not a violation of the constitutional rights of counselors or parents, as argued by a conservative religious group that challenged the ban. "The Court’s refusal to accept the appeal of extreme ideological therapists who practice the quackery of gay conversion therapy is a victory for child welfare, science and basic humane principles," said state senator Ted Lieu, who authored the ban. "Those who oppose letting children be what they were born to be can no longer claim that the law infringes the free speech rights of therapists who wish to engage in these dangerous and long-discredited practices." Last year's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District resolved two lawsuits seeking to stop implementation of Lieu's measure, which prohibits therapists from performing sexual-orientation change counseling with children and teens under age 18. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

Pistorius had no mental disorder at time of shooting: report

By Siyabonga Sishi PRETORIA (Reuters) - Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprinter on trial for murder for shooting his girlfriend, was not suffering from a mental condition at the time she was killed, a psychiatric report said on Monday. Pistorius, who competed in the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics, has admitted to shooting dead his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but maintains he mistook her for an intruder hiding in his toilet in an upmarket Pretoria suburb. The trial, which began in March, took a month-long break to allow the 27-year-old to undergo tests at Pretoria's Weskoppies hospital after a forensic psychologist brought by the defence testified he had an anxiety disorder. "At the time of the alleged offences, the accused did not suffer from a mental disorder or mental defect that affected his ability to distinguish between the rightful or wrongful nature of his deeds," Prosecutor Gerrie Nel read from a report submitted to the court.

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Sperm Donor Age May Not Affect Infertility Treatment Success: Study

Sperm quality and woman's age are more important factors in fertility success, researchers say via Resurrection Health Care - Daily News More READ

7 Ways Your Health Is Like a River (And Why We Should Take Care of Both)

As a registered dietitian who helps teach people to keep their bodies healthy, I couldn't help but see a striking resemblance between the delicate dance of human health and that of a river. It is a perspective that I think may help others be more mindful of how we treat our bodies, as well as our precious rivers.

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Videoconferencing linked to reduced stress for some hospitalized kids

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The ability to videochat with family and friends might help relieve stress among some hospitalized kids, according to a new study. The “virtual visits” seemed to help kids who lived closest to the hospital and were hospitalized for the shortest amount of time, an average of five days. “Before starting this research project, we always received positive feedbacks on improved children’s stress and other mental symptoms after using our videoconferencing program,” Yang told Reuters Health in an email. Each family filled out two surveys, one in the first few days of the child’s hospitalization and the other within two days of discharge. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

5 Ways to Live a Happier Life as an Empath

You find yourself crying when returning from the grocery store for no valid reason and wanting nothing to do with the people around you. You know you are an empath, a person who is highly sensitive to emotional energy, and are aware of the mood fluctuations that go along with being empathic, but what can you do to start living a happier life?

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Runners: Professional Compliment Dodgers

Running may be a sport made up of individuals, but it is the collaborative sense of accomplishing great things and reaching new physical and mental limits that binds us as a group. We love to support one another, so why can't we accept the support from others?

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Robert Downey Jr's son arrested on suspicion of drug possession

Actor Robert Downey Jr's son has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession in West Hollywood, California, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy said. Indio Falconer Downey, the 20-year-old son of the "Iron Man" actor, was arrested on Sunday afternoon with what authorities believe was cocaine and a pipe used to smoke it, Sergeant Dave Valentine said. Downey appeared in the 2005 crime comedy "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in which his father, who has also struggled with drug addiction in the past, starred alongside Val Kilmer. Downey Jr said in a statement that he believes his son likely has genetic predisposition to addiction. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

Videoconferencing linked to reduced stress for some hospitalized kids

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The ability to videochat with family and friends might help relieve stress among some hospitalized kids, according to a new study.

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Sperm Donation Should be Allowed in Men Up to Age of 45 Years

A new study has suggested that the maximum age of men donating their sperm should be increased to 45 years as it is the quality of the sperm, and not its age, that is important. The study was conducted by researchers at Newcastle Fertility at the Centre for Life who found that as IVF clinics select donors based on the quality of the sperm, their age was not important as a 40 year old was as capable of producing a healthy child as a 20 year old. The study has been presented ...

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BMI Test may Not Identify All Obese Children

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have warned that BMI test may not be completely accurate after finding that the test may fail to identify all those with excess fat. The researchers conducted a review of over 37 studies involving more than 53,500 patients between 4 and 18 years of age. They compared the results of the BMI test in identifying excess body fat with other techniques such as skin-fold thickness measurements and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and ...

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Fear, suspicion undermine West Africa's battle against Ebola

KENEMA Sierra Leone (Reuters) - When Mohamed Swarray contracted the deadly Ebola disease in June, he was confined to a tented isolation ward at Kenema in eastern Sierra Leone. But he didn't stay there long.

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Fear, suspicion undermine West Africa's battle against Ebola

By Umaru Fofana KENEMA Sierra Leone (Reuters) - When Mohamed Swarray contracted the deadly Ebola disease in June, he was confined to a tented isolation ward at Kenema in eastern Sierra Leone. There, he was nursed in a private home for a week before being traced by officials and hurriedly returned, weak and frightened, to the Kenema unit. With West Africa facing the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever, with 400 dead so far, this kind of fear and mistrust is driving dozens of victims to evade treatment, frustrating foreign and local doctors trying to contain the epidemic. The outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia has left some of the world's poorest states, with porous borders and weak health systems undermined by war and misrule, grappling with one of the most lethal and contagious diseases on the planet. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

White House says Supreme Court ruling jeopardizes women's health

By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that some business owners are not required to provide birth control coverage to employees puts women's health at risk, the White House said on Monday, and called on Congress to make contraception widely available. "Today's decision jeopardizes the health of women who are employed by these companies," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at a briefing. "We will work with Congress to make sure that any women affected by this decision will still have the same coverage of vital health services as everyone else," he said. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

Pledge to Remember the Ones We've Lost

Substance abuse and eating disorders are both mental illnesses. We are prone to blame the sufferer, to dwell in ignorance and shame those who suffer. We forget that lives are lost, we forget that families mourn each day. The nation mourns when we lose great talent, but we do not mourn when we lose the unknown.

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Ashamed of How You Look in a Swimsuit? Women: Please Read This

Just like you can be disappointed with your kids and still love your kids anyway, you can be disappointed with your body and still love your body, anyway. Disappointment does not have to "erase" your love.

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Selfie Psychology: Is There an Age Expiration Date for This New Trend?

There is a pleasurable and spontaneous quality about selfies. It can reflect an intimate yet idealized image of one's self. It is an image that can alter how we see ourselves and our lives for the better and add humor to an all too dour moment.

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Could You Actually Be A Bartender?

Bartenders deserve good tips just for remembering all these cocktail recipes.

Blood Thinning Drugs may Reduce Risk of Repeated Miscarriages

A fertility clinic in Britain has found that providing blood thinning drugs such as aspirin can help reduce repeated miscarriages in women. Researchers at IVF treatment clinic Care Facility found that around 44 percent of their patients seeking IVF treatment carried a faulty gene, called C4/M2 that was responsible for repeated miscarriages. Providing the blood thinning treatment can fix the faulty gene, significantly reduce the risk of repeated miscarriages and increase ...

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