Texas now requires fetal remains to be buried after abortions and other top stories.

• Texas now requires fetal remains to be buried after abortions

  

  Texas now requires fetal remains to be buried after abortions Jeremy Baker, KENS , WTSP 11:24 PM. EST December 03, 2016 Texas now requires fetal remains to be buried after abortions (Photo: KENS) In a matter of weeks, rules covering how fetal remains can be disposed of will get an overhaul in Texas.Aborted fetuses will now have to be either buried or cremated.It's a blow to abortion rights groups who are concerned with women not being able to cover the cost of the p..

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• What it's like to take the hallucinogenic psilocybin as medicine

  

  Lightworkerpeace/Wikimedia Commons For the researchers that are trying to see if hallucinogenic substances like psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can be used safely as medicine, it's essential to make sure that patients are prepared to have a safe experience. After all, the resurgent current interest in psychedelics — including the belief that they can be safe and profoundly medically effective — goes against the opinions that the medical and l..

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• Flu or flu vaccine in pregnancy not tied to autism in kids, study suggests

  

  Researchers analyzed data on 196,929 children born from 2000 through 2010 in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California healthcare system after at least 24 weeks gestation.During follow-up periods ranging from two to 15 years, 1.6 percent of the children were diagnosed with ASD. Among the mothers of that 1.6 percent, fewer than 1 percent had the flu while pregnant, and about 23 percent had gotten a flu vaccine.Neither influenza infection nor vaccination during pregnancy were tied to children bein..

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• New York Adds Chronic Pain as Qualifying Condition for Medical Marijuana Program

  

  Drug Policy Alliance | December 2, 2016 NEW YORK—The New York State Department of Health announced Thursday that they will expand New York’s beleaguered medical marijuana program by adding chronic pain as a qualifying condition under New York’s Compassionate Care Law. This decision by the Department of Health is a victory for patient advocates and for all New Yorkers who suffer from debilitating pain,  which medical marijuana has been proven to help treat. “Medical marijuana is a scientificall..

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• Michelle Herren, anesthesiologist, loses job after offensive Facebook post about Michelle Obama

  

  An anesthesiologist who suggested Michele Obama resembles a monkey lost her positions at the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine and a Denver hospital this week after her comment caused a commotion within the local medical community.Dr. Michelle Herren, a pediatric anesthesiologist, landed in hot water on Wednesday after the Denver Health Medical Center got wind of a remark she had posted from her personal Facebook account in response to a post containing a photograph of the first lady.“..

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• After Jan. 1, smoking banned in Hillsborough public housing; already the rule in Pinellas

  

  TAMPA — Byron Jenkins likes to start his day with a cigarette. The demolition worker who lives in Robles Park Village has smoked for more than 30 years and gets through a pack and a half of Newport each day. But beginning Jan. 1, the 47-year-old will be banned from lighting up in his home and even on his porch because of a new federal rule to make public housing across the United States smoke-free. "I hate it. You can't sit in your house and smoke; you can't sit on your porch and smoke," he said..

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• Risk of Zika minimal in U.S.

  

  Dear Doctor: We live on a lake in Minnesota where mosquitos are a way of life. Now that Zika has come to the United States, are we at risk when the weather heats up this spring?Dear Reader: The spread of the Zika virus to the U.S. is cause for concern but not alarm. It's a complex issue, so the best way to answer your question is to lay out the basics.You're correct that Zika has been locally transmitted in two areas in South Florida. However, health officials say that a wide outbreak is unlike..

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