| | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration took additional steps to weaken Obamacare on Monday, allowing U.S. states to relax the rules on what insurers must cover and giving states more power to regulate their individual insurance markets. | |
| (Reuters) - Alzheimer's researchers have proposed a radical change in the way the disease is defined, focusing on biological changes in the body rather than clinical symptoms such as memory loss and cognitive decline. | |
| (Reuters) - Merck & Co's blockbuster drug Keytruda helped previously untreated lung cancer patients live longer in a late-stage trial, potentially cementing its position as the dominant player in the lucrative lung cancer market. | |
| (Reuters Health) - Most Americans aren't aware of cancer drug shortages that might lead some patients to receive less effective or more toxic treatments, a U.S. study suggests. | |
| (Reuters) - Mississippi's last remaining abortion provider expanded a federal challenge on Monday to laws that ban abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy and block access to the procedure in myriad ways, it said. | |
| (Reuters Health) - Eating super-hot chili peppers can have painful effects that extend beyond a blazing mouth, doctors warn. | |
| (Reuters Health) - Some oncologists may be more likely to prescribe certain cancer medicines when they receive payments from the companies that make these drugs, a U.S. study suggests. | |
| BEREA, Kentucky (Reuters) - Andy Barr, a Republican lawmaker representing central Kentucky, won his last three elections promising to repeal and replace Obamacare. This year, his Democratic challengers for Congress in Kentucky's sixth district are betting that message will ring hollow. | |
| (Reuters Health) - Babies' brains may develop differently when their mothers take antidepressants during pregnancy, a small U.S. study suggests. | |
| (Reuters Health) - Well into our 70s, we continue to develop new cells in an area of the brain responsible for new memories and exploration of new environments, scientists report. | |
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