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One of every five kids and 9 of 10 older Americans took at least one prescription drug in the previous month, says a survey taken in 2008.

Excerpt from: Almost Half of Americans Took a Prescription Drug in Past Month

One new study estimates the percentage of workers at firms with 50 or fewer employees offered health insurance will rise to 86% from 60% after health-care overhaul is implemented.

Read the original post:  A Whole Lotta Studies on Small Business and Health Insurance

Did you know “Grade A” on an egg carton doesn’t indicate whether the eggs inside are safe to eat?

Read the original here: Thurs. Egg Recall Roundup: Wider Federal Investigation Underway

Also: NEJM editors say Meridia should be yanked; stem cell plaintiffs explain themselves to the WSJ; are hospital profits the driver of health-care costs?

See the rest here: A.M. Vitals: Allergan Will Settle Off-Label Botox Allegations

DeAngelis will return to Johns Hopkins University when she leaves JAMA next June.

View post: JAMA Editor Catherine DeAngelis to Leave Post Next Summer

Investors were pleased that a CMS announcement didn’t suggest the question of whether or not Provenge should be covered is on the agenda.

Read more here: Dendreon Shares Up on Provenge Medicare Coverage Meeting Scheduling

The latest on the egg recall: Companies are pointing fingers, the FDA has come back to the farms — and will customers forgive and forget?

Read the original post:  More Egg Recall News: Companies Point Fingers on Salmonella Contamination

Also: Price hike for last-resort insurance in California; potential warfarin replacements line up; dialysis deal reached in Atlanta; U.S. asks judge to allow embryonic stem cell research to proceed.

The rest is here:  A.M. Vitals: Genzyme Says Sanofi Needs to Cough Up More Cash

Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes raise the lifetime risk of breast cancer to as much as 84% and of ovarian cancer to as much as 63%.

Excerpt from:  Study Suggests Importance of Screening For BRCA Gene Mutations

Some 16 people are expected to enroll in Medicaid due to health-care overhaul legislation.

Read the rest here: New Medicaid Enrollees Likely to Be Healthier Than Current Ones: Study