Mass. Gov. proposes new compounding pharmacy rules

BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick on Friday proposed tighter regulations on sterile compounding pharmacies following a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts company. (   01/07/2013 2:31 PM )

Mental health advocates: NH facing access crisis

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire residents seeking help with personal mental health emergencies have become engulfed in the much larger crisis of access to critical treatment, advocates and medical providers said Monday. (   01/07/2013 2:12 PM )

Indian court to rule on generic drug industry

NEW DELHI (AP) -- From Africa's crowded AIDS clinics to the malarial jungles of Southeast Asia, the lives of millions of ill people in the developing world are hanging in the balance ahead of a legal ruling that will determine whether India's drug companies can continue to provide cheap versions of many life-saving medicines. (   01/07/2013 2:35 PM )

High court rejects Medicare challenge

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in favor of continuing health coverage from private insurers. (   01/07/2013 1:37 PM )

Large Spanish protest against health privatization

MADRID (AP) -- Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their cherished national health service. (   01/07/2013 11:16 AM )

How the poll was conducted

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Poll on obesity and diabetes was conducted from Nov. 21 to Dec. 14 by NORC at the University of Chicago. It is based on landline and cellular telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,011 adults. Interviews included 599 respondents on landline telephones and 412 on cellular phones. No interviews were conducted on Nov. 22. (   01/07/2013 4:22 AM )