Health Headlines for Tuesday, May 24

Republicans offer plan to compete against Obamacare, not repeal it

Albany Business Review

The latest Republican attempt to address Obamacare wouldn’t repeal the Affordable Care Act, but instead establish a new health insurance system to compete against it.

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Aid in dying bill passes Assembly Health Committee

Albany Times Union/Blog

A bill to allow terminally ill New Yorkers to take a lethal dose of medication to speed their death was approved by the Assembly Health Committee Tuesday afternoon in a 14-11 vote.

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Older Men Are Still Being Overtested for Prostate Cancer

New York Times

A 79-year-old man came to see Dr. Jesse Sammon at the urology clinic at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit the other day. The patient was referred by his primary care doctor because of a slightly abnormal reading on a screening test for prostate cancer.

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Ithaca’s Anti-Heroin Plan: Open a Site to Shoot Heroin

New York Times

Even Svante L. Myrick, the mayor of this city, thought the proposal sounded a little crazy, though it was put forth by a committee he had appointed.

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Samsung Targets U.S. Drug Market With Remicade Knockoff

Nasdaq

Samsung Group said Tuesday its near-replica of Johnson & Johnson’s blockbuster arthritis drug Remicade has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, marking the South Korean conglomerate’s first attempt to sell drugs to Americans, alongside its popular smartphones and televisions.

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