The American Diabetes Association (ADA) Friday pleads with Governor John Baldacci and Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jack Nicholas to rescind pending cuts to MaineCare, the state's health care safety net for the poor and disabled, that will harm people with diabetes.

Advocates say the cuts will leave many Maine adults living in poverty with no or inadequate coverage for vital care and medical supplies required to properly manage diabetes

Amidst sketchy reports of suffering a "vascular incident" and causing "temporary blindness", French President Jacques Chirac is now being listed as having suffered a minor stroke.

Cardiologist Dr. Alain Ducardonnet says, "This is without a doubt an alert in the brain region, in a small artery that feeds the retina. This could be a very localized problem or it could be the start of a relatively more serious incident

Researchers at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik find that airline pilots are at higher risk of developing cataracts because of exposure to cosmic rays while in flight.

According to Reuters, the study focuses on 445 men aged 50 or older of whom 79 were pilots and 71 had cataracts, concluding the pilots have triple the risk of developing cataracts

Researchers at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik find that airline pilots are at higher risk of developing cataracts because of exposure to cosmic rays while in flight.

According to Reuters, the study focuses on 445 men aged 50 or older of whom 79 were pilots and 71 had cataracts, concluding the pilots have triple the risk of developing cataracts

Drug industry representatives and physicians are applauding a concept by Medical supplier, Cardinal Health Inc., that will begin marketing pill bottles equipped with recorded messages that give patients dosage instructions.

Doctors and Pharmacists will be able to record specific information through a microphone to record messages for the bottles