Obama signs health care bill amid partisan triumph
President Barack Obama signed the nearly 1 trillion health care overhaul, claiming a historic victory. The bill extends insurance as a right, expands Medicaid, and imposes taxes and reforms set to begin in 2014, while Republicans vow legal challenges and a political price in November elections.
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Psychiatrists urged to break culture of industry ties
Dr. Thomas Insel of the National Institute of Mental Health calls for transparency and disclosure to curb bias in prescribing favoring brand name drugs. He argues for reforms in psychiatry-industry collaboration reported in Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Older women need hourlong workouts, study says
Chicago AP reports that about an hour of moderate activity daily is needed for healthy weight older women and even more for those already overweight. The study of 34,079 middle aged women over 13 years found those at healthy weight who gained little or no weight exercised about an hour daily.
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