[Health] Doctor Who Performed First Successful Organ Transplant Dies At 93

Doctor Who Performed First Successful Organ Transplant Dies At 93
http://www.rttnews.com/2012671/Doctor-Who-Performed-First-Successful-Organ-Transplant-Dies-At-93.aspx
Dr. Joseph E Murray, who performed the world's first successful transplant of a human organ and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at the age of 93.

Autism and Air Pollution: The Link Grows Stronger
http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/27/autism-and-air-pollution-the-link-grows-stronger/
Children with autism are two to three times more likely than other children to have been exposed to car exhaust, smog, and other air pollutants during their earliest days, according to a new study.

Salmonella-linked Peanut Butter Plant Shut by FDA
http://abcnews.go.com/US/things-morning/story?id=17816092
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has blocked food distribution from the Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant in New Mexico whose products were subject to a wide recall in recent months because of salmonella contamination.

Dr: Marla Shapiro: Making sense of conflicting studies about mammograms
http://blog.aarp.org/2012/11/27/new-mammogram-debate-is-screening-overdone/
Last week, a large 30-year study in the New England Journal of Medicine was reported fueling the mammogram controversy. The study looked at the effects of mammography over 30 years in the U.S.

Medicaid Expansion Report Calculates Modest State Costs
http://health.heraldtribune.com/2012/11/26/report-federal-expansion-of-medicaid-makes-fiscal-sense-for-florida/
States that expand their Medicaid rolls under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would see only modest increases in their share of the costs when compared with the windfall in federal funding that would come with it.

Investigation Finds High Rate of Food Poisoning Bacteria in Pork
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57554632/consumer-reports-sounds-alarm-on-pork-safety/
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Pork eaters beware: a new investigation has found high rates of a potentially harmful bacteria that can cause food poisoning, especially in kids.

Acadia Parkinson's drug makes a comeback with promising PhIII
http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/acadia-parkinsons-drug-makes-comeback-promising-phiii/2012-11-27
Acadia Pharmaceuticals ($ACAD) heralded positive pivotal data for its late-stage Parkinson's contender pimavanserin this morning, marking a big turnaround or a program that had spurred more doubt than hope when a similar Phase III effort was scuttled by a ...