• Hey, most donors of kidneys lead perfectly healthy lives. So, go ahead and donate!
• FDA approves first topical gel for the treatment of urge urinary incontinence.
• Will Obama’s stimulus be given to some states’ fractured healthcare systems? Not soon enough for some in the Boston metro area.
• A woman recently gives birth to octuplets. Heroism or bad medicine?
• California will ask for the removal of a state prison medical overseer to regain control over its medical care delivery.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown asked the federal courts Wednesday to block a plan to build new medical facilities at state prisons and give control of the prisons’ health care system back to the state. In a filing in U.S. District Court, Brown said the court-appointed receiver in charge of the system “is spending exorbitant sums to create a medical care system that exceeds industry standards and provides more than medical care.”