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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 (UPI) — Blue Shield of California faces a lawsuit ordering the insurer to stop the practice of canceling insurance policies when individuals get sick.
The suit was filed in a Los Angeles court by a college student who said the insurer dropped him from an insurance plan after he was hospitalized […]

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 16 (UPI) — Exercise sessions conducted in groups can help improve the physical and psychological well-being of women with breast cancer, found a Scottish study.
Over 200 women took part in the study. They were split into two separate groups; the first was a control group that received their usual care, while […]

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 16 (UPI) — Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have found evidence of a nonconscious mechanism that identifies genetic siblings.
In a study involving more than 600 test subjects, the researchers found that people felt more altruistic toward individuals this mechanism recognized as siblings, and, at the same time, […]

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16 (UPI) — Young transplant patients who lose their insurance coverage are more likely to stop taking necessary anti-rejection drugs, says a U.S. study.
Not taking the drugs can increase the risk of losing the transplanted organs, according to the report published in Pediatric Transplantation.
“Immunosuppressive drugs that prevent organ rejection […]

By OLGA PIERCE UPI Health Business Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) — A recent announcement by the Food and Drug Administration has raised concerns about the RotaTeq vaccine against the rotavirus.
But some experts advise against ringing the warning bell too soon.
“We focus on rare side effects,” said Randall Bovbjerg, a health policy researcher at […]