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Health

Universal Health Coverage, In Discussion

As medicine, technology and science advance at a very fast rate, medical breakthroughs now happen...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 16:42
Nationwide Premature Birth Report Gives States Grades For Premature Births

Nationwide Premature Birth Report Gives States Grades For Premature Births

Each year, more than 530,000 babies are born before 37 full weeks of gestation, statistics show....
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 17:00
Infant Mortality Rate in the U.S. Still High

Infant Mortality Rate in the U.S. Still High

A report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the infant...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 16:31

Palin Promises to Be A Friend, An Advocate of Families with Disabled Kids

In her acceptance speech as the Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 14:30
Infections Linked To Preterm Births, Study Finds

Infections Linked To Preterm Births, Study Finds

Researchers recently discovered that an estimated 15 percent of women in preterm labor harbored...
» read full story August 26th, 2008 - 15:50
Study Links Premature Birth To Socially-Challenged Adulthood

Study Links Premature Birth To Socially-Challenged Adulthood

The results of a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine support the...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 21:46
Preemies Could Face Problems Later in Life As Well

Preemies Could Face Problems Later in Life As Well

Being born before term has long been linked to neurological and cardiovascular defects, even...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 15:57
Low Birth Weight and Prematurity May Raise Baby’s Risk for Autism

Low Birth Weight and Prematurity May Raise Baby’s Risk for Autism

Infants born before term and underweight, especially baby-girls are twice as likely to develop...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 12:20
C-Sections Linked to Dramatic Rise in Preterm Births

C-Sections Linked to Dramatic Rise in Preterm Births

The dramatic rise in preterm births is due to the increase in C-section deliveries in the United ...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 14:23
Report: Employees Fired at Texas Mental Hospitals over Abuse

Report: Employees Fired at Texas Mental Hospitals over Abuse

Disciplinary records on medical employees working at Texas’s 10 state mental hospitals reveal that...
» read full story May 05th, 2008 - 10:41
Prematurity-‘A Significant Health Problem that Lasts a Lifetime’

Prematurity-‘A Significant Health Problem that Lasts a Lifetime’

New research reveals what doctors have long known: infants born prematurely are more likely to die...
» read full story March 26th, 2008 - 10:53
Controversy Veils Court’s Ruling in Autism Case

Controversy Veils Court’s Ruling in Autism Case

You can always say “This is impossible” until it happens to you. The parents of a...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 13:36
Vaccine Contributed to Girl's Autism Symptoms

Vaccine Contributed to Girl's Autism Symptoms

Federal health officials have concluded that childhood vaccines contributed to symptoms of the...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 19:10
Sen. McCain Revives Vaccine-Autism Myth

Sen. McCain Revives Vaccine-Autism Myth

Senator John McCain, while campaigning in Texas, recently said that "It’s indisputable that...
» read full story March 04th, 2008 - 21:41
Rates of Autism Raised Despite Thimerosal Removal from Childhood Vaccines

Rates of Autism Raised Despite Thimerosal Removal from Childhood Vaccines

Rates of children suffering from autism in California have risen despite the removal of the...
» read full story January 08th, 2008 - 10:59
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Specials

March Of Dimes Gives U.S. A “D” In Terms Of Premature Birth

March Of Dimes Gives U.S. A “D” In Terms Of Premature Birth

In an assessment of premature births in each U.S. state, the March of Dimes gave the nation a D on...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 15:29
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Science

Scientists Revive Paralyzed Wrists With Re-Routed Brain Signals

Scientists Revive Paralyzed Wrists With Re-Routed Brain Signals

Scientists have taken another significant step toward restoring paralyzed patients the use of...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 13:58
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Movies

Scandal over the R-Word

Scandal over the R-Word

It appears that Ben Stiller, who co-wrote and directed the comedy “Tropic Thunder” didn’t get his...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 22:29
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World

Drivers for the Disabled Announced Strike on Monday

Drivers for the Disabled Announced Strike on Monday

A union representing 1,500 drivers for the disabled and chronically ill said they would go on...
» read full story December 10th, 2007 - 13:37
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