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Angelina to Give Birth in Nice
Pregnant Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has checked in at
the Santa Maria maternity clinic of...
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Pregnant 'Man' Thomas Beatie Gives Birth to Baby Daughter
Thomas Beatie, a woman who changed her sex and now calls herself a man, delivered a healthy baby...
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Video: Dying Woman Totally Ignored by Brooklyn Hospital Staff
Kings
County Hospital
Center knocked everybody
down when a surveillance tape, showing a dying...
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2008 Kids Count Data Book
The situation of children in the United States shows slight signs of
improvement from 2000 to...
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West Nile Virus – Facts You Should Know
As the warm season is here, the risk for mosquito-borne
diseases has increased and West Nile virus...
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Head of UN Program on HIV/AIDS, Peter Piot Withdrawing
Peter Piot, who has been with the United Nations in the
fight against HIV/AIDS for 13 years, will...
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Number of US States Struck by Salmonella Infections Reaches 16
Tomatoes-borne Salmonella bacteria appear to infect more people each day spreading all over the...
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FDA: Diabetic Foot Ulcer Gel Regranex to Carry Cancer Warning
Johnson & Johnson’s foot gel, Regranex 0.01% (becaplermin), used to treat refractory legs and...
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Malaysia Calls for Women to Carry Condoms
As the number of women contracting HIV in Malaysia is on
the rise, the country’s Health Minister,...
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FDA to Run a Second Safety Review on Chantix
Following the negative publicity surrounding Chantix lately,
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
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Report: San Francisco - The Fittest City in the US
A scientific analysis by the American College of Sports Medicine released at its annual meeting in...
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Truckers Banned Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix As Well
Following the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to
ban use of anti-smoking drug Chantix...
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Social Factor Plays a Significant Role in Quitting Smoking
Quitting smoking appears to be contagious, according to a
study published May 22 in the New...
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Jury Awards Family $22.6 M for Daughter Harmed during Birth
A woman from Cincinnati,
Ohio was awarded $22.6 million in
damages on Monday in a medical...
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Kennedy Hospitalized While Doctors Search Seizure Cause
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, 76, remains hospitalized as doctors are trying to find out what caused...
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Politicians Share Personal Alzheimer’s Woes
In an attempt to make the Congress more aware of the catastrophic
consequences of Alzheimer’s...
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Consumer Group Presses FDA for Birth Control Patch Withdrawn
A consumer advocacy group petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday for the...
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Michigan Court: Same-Sex Partners not Entitled to Health Benefits
Same-sex relationships are out in the open again, as the Michigan
Supreme Court has ruled that a...
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Ibuprofen Found to Decrease Alzheimer’s Risk
Taking ibuprofen for more than five years may decrease the
risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,...
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Save the Children: 200M Kids Don’t Get Basic Health Care
According to a report released May 6 by the U.S.-based
humanitarian group Save the Children more...
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House Approves Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
The House of Representatives in a near-unanimous vote (414-1)
approved the Genetic...
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Bill Banning Gifts to Doctors Half Cleared in Massachusetts
More than a month after Massachusetts Senate President
Therese Murray filed a bill banning...
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Dallas VA Hospital Shuts Psychiatric Wing after 4th Suicide
The Dallas VA Medical Center has decided to close its
psychiatric wing after a fourth mentally ill...
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American Diabetes Risk Test Available Online - Get Tested!
March 25th will mark the 20th anniversary of the American
Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes...
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Jack Nicholson to Hillary Clinton: “You’re Right Kid!”
The devilish grin, the raised eyebrows, the Academy
Award-winning roles – yes, Jack Nicholson is...
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Google Launches Project CARE For San Francisco Homeless
Google is lending a hand to
homeless people in San Francisco by offering free phone and voice...
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ABC Defends "Eli Stone" Autism Episode
Pediatricians may be protesting that the first episode of ABC’s upcoming new legal drama...
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Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest’s Conqueror, A Man Larger Than Life
Sir Edmund Hillary, the man who has the first to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest peak at...
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Fraudulent Pet Shops Trick Celebrity Clients
An exclusive pet shop in the Bel-Air neighborhood has been exposed as being deceitful about the...
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RJ Reynolds Sued Due to Violating Ban
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has been sued this Tuesday by six states for violating a nine-year-old...
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Kimora Lee Gets The Kids And $480,000 A Year For Each
The two daughters of hip hop mogul Russell Simmons with his ex-wife Kimora Lee, will be well taken...
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George Carlin, Counterculture Comedian, Dies at 71
Comedian George Carlin, a counterculture symbol, died
Sunday of heart failure. According to The...
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One More Year of Electric Shock Treatment for Center Students
The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton has been
granted another year of applying...
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Kevin DuBrow Overdosed On Cocaine
Toxicology reports have found that Kevin DuBrow, the late singer of 1980s metal band Quiet Riot,...
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Dennis Quaid Sues Baxter Corporation
Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly Buffington
decided to file a lawsuit against the...
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‘Quiet Riot’ Bassist Sheds More Light On Kevin DuBrow’s Death
Following the mysterious death of Quiet Riot lead singer Kevin DuBrow, the initial Quiet Riot...
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Hulk Hogan's Wife Seeking Half of Assets
Linda Bollea, wife of pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan, filed for divorce last Wednesday and is seeking half...
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Quiet Riot's Kevin DuBrow Found Dead In Las Vegas Home
Authorities are currently investigating the sudden, mysterious death of Quiet Riot lead singer,...
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Dennis Quaid’s Twins In Danger After Medical Mishap
Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly Buffington’s newborn twins are reportedly struggling for...
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Oprah’s Weight Fluctuations Hide Medical Condition
Following years of struggling to keep her body in shape, Oprah Winfrey finally came clean about the...
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Paris Hilton To Begin Her Image-Changing Journey
Very determined to be taken seriously, Paris Hilton announced she will be taking a trip to Rwanda...
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Bo Diddley Stable After Heart Attack
Rock’n’roll pioneer Bo Diddley went through his second serious health scare this year,...
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Owen Wilson Attempted Suicide, Police Confirms
There are no more doubts surrounding Owen Wilson’s alleged suicide two days ago, when police were...
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Owen Wilson's Plea for Privacy
Owen Wilson’s alleged suicide attempt has shocked all. The sunny, smiling actor is now...
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Owen Wilson Requests Privacy
In a statement issued by his publicist for Reuters Owen
Wilson, the famous actor and comedian,...
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Amy Winehouse "Retreats" from U.S. Tour
Amy Winehouse announced earlier this week that she would cancel her forthcoming U.S. tour due to...
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Amy Winehouse Postpones American Tour
The “rigors” of touring? No, no , no for Amy Winehouse, who has cancelled the September...
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Lady Bird Johnson Dies Aged 94
Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady and widow of America’s 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson,...
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Brooklyn Hospital Condemned Over Ignorance in Woman’s Death
The video with the dying patient totally ignored by the
medical staff at Kings County...
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Romania: 11-Year-Old Girl Can Have Abortion
When most 11-year-old girls play with dolls and haven’t a
care in the world, an 11-year-old...
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House Passes Bill Blocking Medicare Cut for Doctors
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed
legislation to block a July 1...
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Kansas: Man Has Nail Removed from His Head
Unusual things happen to ordinary people. George Chandler,
an ordinary man from Kansas,
was doing...
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The Health Care System Needs A Good Treatment
The health care plans in the United States
have become one of the main issues debated in the...
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Tomatoes-Related Salmonella Cases Rising in Texas
The number of people infected with salmonella in Texas has risen to 35 from 21 since Tuesday, the...
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Santa Clara: Time to Count Calories
In its fight against obesity, Santa Clara County will have,
from September 1, a new law that will...
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Greyhound Bus with 40 Passengers Overturns on I-65
A Greyhound bus with 40 passengers aboard flipped onto its side on Interstate 65 in northwestern...
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WHO Calls on Governments to Ban Tobacco Advertising
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on all governments to forbid all sorts of tobacco...
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Obama Can Take Pride in His Health
Following John McCain’s release of his medical record, amounting to more than one thousand pages,...
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Obama Is Welcomed By Native Americans
Barack Obama’s visit Monday afternoon at the Crow Indian
Reservation was a real success for both...
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Gunmen Kill French Aid Worker in Chad
France’s
Foreign Ministry said a French aid worker was shot to death in eastern Chad,
near the...
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Lawsuit against Veterans Affairs Begins
Although the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs insists it
has done a lot to improve healthcare...
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Virginia Tech Families, Survivors Agree to $11 M Settlement
Just days before commemorating the victims of the Virginia
Tech massacre, most families of those...
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Oregon Transgender Man Is Five Months Pregnant
Thomas Beatie, a woman who changed her sex and now calls herself a man, is five months pregnant...
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Clinton Infuriated by Obama’s Ohio Ads
"Shame on you, Barack Obama" said Senator Hillary Clinton during her latest speech on...
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Bangladesh Culls Thousands of Chickens over Bird Flu Concern
The spread of deadly bird flu in Bangladesh has forced health authorities
to slaughter about...
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Plano Mother Indicted for Dropping Baby from Balcony Twice
A mother living in a Texas suburb was accused of dropping her baby girl from the second-story...
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Edwards Leaves Clinton, Obama to Confront Each Other
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards is to exit the
race Wednesday, after failing to win...
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Dennis Kucinich Quits The Presidential Race
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced he is quitting the race for
the Democratic presidential...
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Congo’s War and Its Consequences Have Killed 5.4 Million
Despite the efforts of the world’s largest peacekeeping
force, billions of dollars in...
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Democrats Candidates In A Bitter Debate
Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have engaged in a bitter...
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Police Looking For Mentally Disturbed Man Released From Hospital
The Los Angeles Police is
searching for a 21-year-old suicidal male who has been released from...
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Bush Agrees To 3 Months Extension For Children Health Program
The federal-funded health
insurance program for children has been finally given a green light,...
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Gov. Schwarzenegger May Release Thousands Prisoners to Save Budget Cash
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering the early release
of more than 20,000 low-risk prison...
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Giuliani Says He’s Fine after Hospitalization
Rudy Giuliani, the Republican candidate for presidency, ended his stay at the St. Louis hospital...
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Four Dead in Jacksonville Chemical Plant Explosion
A powerful explosion followed by fire at a chemical plant in Jacksonville, Florida, created havoc...
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Clinton Upset about Obama's "Universal" Health Care Plan
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign called yesterday morning on the Obama campaign to...
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Harold Alfond, Philantropist and Shoe Factory Owner, Dies at 93
Harold Alfond, the founder of the Dexter Shoe Co. and a
philanthropist, died on Friday morning at...
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Newsom’s Victory in San Francisco Race for Mayor’s Office
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom won more than 77 percent of
the votes with just 48,104 ballots...
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