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Arizona Gov. Brewer secures Medicaid expansion
PHOENIX (AP) — Ending a six-month legislative session, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a key element of President Barack Obama's health care law in a huge political victory for Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, after a lengthy fight over Medicaid expansi...

Pfizer to spin off Zoetis stake to shareholders
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it will spin off its majority stake in animal health business Zoetis Inc to shareholders by allowing them to swap Pfizer stock for Zoetis stock at a 7 percent discount. Pfizer, the largest drugmaker, sold Z...

Surgeons-in-training dislike new work hours: survey
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most surgeons-in-training dislike new rules that limit how many hours they can work, according to a new study that also found the majority said they skirt the restrictions. Researchers surveyed 1,013...

Lawsuit filed to block new Arkansas abortion law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion rights advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to overturn the more restrictive of Arkansas' two new abortion laws, saying its near-ban of abortions beginning in the 12th week of pregnancy is unconstituti...

Statins tied to lowered liver cancer risk with hepatitis C
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People infected with chronic hepatitis C are less likely to develop liver cancer if they are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, new research from Taiwan suggests. The report doesn't prove statins ...

New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law
By Jason McLure LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire is set to become the final state in New England to allow medical marijuana after negotiators from the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House agreed Tuesday on...

Ohio residents held disabled woman in slavery, government charges
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Three Ohio residents are accused of holding a cognitively disabled woman and her daughter against their will and forcing the woman to perform physical labor for them, threatening her with snakes if she didn'...

Industry-backed studies more prominent at meetings
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Studies that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or involve industry-backed scientists tend to be more prominent at cancer meetings than independent studies, a new report suggests. "Figuring o...

Exclusive: Japan's Astellas looks to sell dermatology assets - sources
By Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc is looking to sell its dermatology portfolio, which could be worth between $500 million and $1 billion, according to three people familiar with the situation. Astellas ...

FDA probes deaths of two patients on Lilly schizophrenia drug
By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the cases of two individuals who died after injections with Eli Lilly and Co's long-acting treatment for schizophrenia, Zyprexa Relprevv. Both patients died thre...