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Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Research Ban

WASHINGTON -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research lost a key round in a federal appeals court Friday. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge's order that would have blocked taxpayer funding for stem cell research. The judges ruled that opponents of...

Man Pleads Guilty in Ohio Gunpoint Abortion Case

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man charged under an Ohio fetal homicide law with trying to force his pregnant girlfriend at gunpoint to get an abortion pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, weapons and abduction counts. Dominic Holt-Reid pulled a gun Oct. 6 on girlfriend Yolanda Burgess, who was three months pregnant, and...

Gov't Seeks to Limit Junk Food Ads to Kids

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is planning to ask food companies and restaurants to cut back on advertising unhealthy foods to children. Under guidelines obtained by The Associated Press, companies would be urged only to market foods to children ages 2 through 17 if they are low in fats, sugars and sodium and...

Boston Hospital Performs Second Full Face Transplant

BOSTON -- Doctors at a Boston hospital have performed the nation's second full-face transplant, less than a month after the first. A team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and other staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital worked for more than 14 hours last week to replace the full facial area of 30-year-old Mitch Hunter, of...

Supreme Court Rejects Quick Review of Health Care Law

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial review of President Barack Obama's signature legislation will continue in federal appeals courts. The justices turned down a...

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06/01/12 Kemptville Hospital Grows its Rehab Department to Keep... Source: PRWeb Kemptville, Ontario (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 The launch of the total joint replacement program at Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) in the fall of 2011 created growth in the hospital's Rehab Department.
06/01/12 Blood Drive Caps Health and Safety Week at Bush... Source: PRWeb College Station, TX (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 Bush Library and Museum staff, interns and volunteers learned about everyday steps to living healthier lives and rolled up their sleeves for a blood drive during Health and Safety Week May 30 to June 1 at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University.
06/01/12 Susquehanna Health Alzheimer's Unit Keeps Patients... Source: PRWeb Williamsport, PA (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 Alzheimer's disease has captured attention across the U.S. with the recent rollout of the plan for the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA), resulting from projections that an additional 10 million people will suffer from the disease in coming decades.
06/01/12 Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon and Head & Neck... Source: PRWeb Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 On May 30, 2012, Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Babak Azizzadeh, and Head and Neck Surgeon, Dr. Babak Larian, debuted their new practice, the CENTER Beverly Hills. 125 guests, most members of the media, were invited to celebrate the new practice location in the heart of Beverly Hills.
06/01/12 Police 'corruption' will be investigated Source: The Independent - London - UK Ms May effectively overruled Scotland Yard and the police watchdog whose own inquiries both ruled on Thursday that there was no new evidence to warrant further investigation, after reports in The Independent.