Constants of the morning: McDonalds says needs health insurance waiver

Seeking renunciation of McDonalds: McDonald's says it will have to find alternative health insurance coverage for workers per hour if federal regulators not exempt limited provision of review of the health care benefit plans the WSJ reports. The new law on health requires that large employers spend at least 85% of premiums on benefits, rather than administrative costs, but McDonalds, says its "mini-med", which cover the annual benefits plans, involve higher administrative costs due to employee turnover and relatively low claims payments. An HHS official tells the WSJ that the Department does not want companies to drop coverage altogether.

Continuing the controversy of mammography: a new study conducted in Sweden concludes that detection of breast cancer in its 40 years women can reduce the risk dying of the disease by 26%, but there are many criticisms of the design of the study, the Associated Press reports.Among them: the study does not take into account the potential harms of screening and not account for differences between women who were reviewed and who cannot, said the point of looking research published last week acceso.La screening in women aged 50-69 and found a small benefit.

Additional tests: food safety advocates are pressing the USDA to try beef for additional strains of the bacterium e. coli, reports the WSJ. only a strain, the infamous O157: H7, is currently classified as a "tamper", while the CDC says people probably sickened by six other strains that can also be dangerous.There is evidence available for the four of these strains, an official USDA says the document, but has not yet been implemented.

Shortest time: internal maximum for physicians working time has been reduced to 16 hours of 24 hours as part of the new rules of training for medical approved this week, the Boston Globe informes.Los interns are also encouraged to participate in "strategic napping".Sin however, there is no change in maximum 24 hours for docs apprentice beyond the first year, leading to criticism of the American students, medical association working hours the document says.