May 23, 2013

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TMC Medical Minutes: Cervical Cancer

Every year, close to 11,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer. Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Dr. Jeffrey Hermann joins us to discuss the importance of getting screened.


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  • Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

    This undated photo provided by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., shows its co-founders David and Barbara Green who are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses, and not just religious groups, should be allowed to seek exemptions from that part of the health law if it violates their religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Hobby Lobby)DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.


  • Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

    HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:01 A.M. 05/23/13: Graphic shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2011 by stateNEW YORK (AP) — The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.


  • Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

    Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind biodegradable airway made by Michigan doctors using plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer. (AP Photo/Mark Stahl)In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.


  • GSK flu shot may raise adult narcolepsy risk: Finnish scientists
    HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday. Growing evidence of a link between GSK's Pandemrix vaccine and an increase in narcolepsy, a rare sleep disorder, among children who received it in Europe has delayed approval of a similar vaccine in the United States. ...
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    Five people are still hospitalized due to the respiratory illness.