Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP via Yahoo! News)

House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama’s health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats.

Obama health bill gets boost from budget office (AFP via Yahoo! News)

In a boost to President Barack Obama’s flagship reform drive, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday a Senate health care bill would cut the deficit by 118 billion dollars.

Senate Democrats Weigh Linkage of Student Loan, Health Care Bills (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he is leaving it up to his caucus to decide whether to wrap a health care overhaul and a student loan bill into a single budget reconciliation package.

House Democrats Work To Settle on Health Care Endgame (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)

House Democratic leaders worked Thursday to assuage the concerns of nervous rank-and-file members while they awaited final budget numbers for their planned revisions to a Senate-passed health care overhaul.

Mubarak’s health ’satisfactory’: German medical chief (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak’s health is “satisfactory” after surgery in Germany to remove a gall bladder, the head of the medical team at Heidelberg University Hospital said on Thursday.

U.S., Canadian health officials OK Polish isotopes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

U.S. and Canadian health officials have approved the use of the medical isotopes created at a Polish nuclear reactor, a move that will help ease a shortage of the materials used in millions of diagnostic tests, health products provider Covidien said Thursday.

Democrats, White House close in on health bill (AP via Yahoo! News)

House Democratic leaders on Thursday worked to rally their rank-and-file members around last-minute agreements on insurance taxes and prescription drug coverage that could move President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the nation’s health care system a step closer to reality.

Democrats try to finish health care reform (CNN)

Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.

Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP via Yahoo! News)

A top House Democrat says the leadership may be able to pass President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul without resolving a dispute over abortion.

Health Highlights: March 11, 2010 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: