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• Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

  May 14, 2013 in Health, Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast … 18

• FDA warns doctors of counterfeit Botox

  December 24, 2012 in Health WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have warned more than 350 medical practices that Botox they may have received from a Canadian supplier is unapproved and could be counterfeit or unsafe. …

• President’s pot comments prompt call for policy

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won’t go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But advocates …

• Pot proponents hopeful, wary after Obama comments

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — Officials and pot advocates looking for any sign of whether the Obama administration will sue to block legal pot laws in Washington state and Colorado or stand …

• Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated with radiation for early stage prostate cancer, his office announced Wednesday. The 74-year-old Brown is receiving a short course …

• Washington could become pot source for neighbors

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Now that marijuana is legal in neighboring Washington state, Portland police are offering some helpful advice to Oregon pot users. Sure, you can go over to … 1

• For Washington state, legal pot _ and now what?

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — People openly lit joints under the Space Needle and on Seattle’s sidewalks — then blew the smoke at TV news cameras. To those looking to “get baked,” …

• As pot goes proper, a history of weed

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — The grass is no greener. But, finally, it’s legal — at least somewhere in America. It’s been a long, strange trip for marijuana. Washington state and Colorado …

• Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast cancer deaths

  December 5, 2012 in Health, Nation/World Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years instead …

• Police seek sick girl taken from Phoenix hospital

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — Emily has leukemia. She just underwent a month of chemotherapy and had her right arm amputated after suffering complications. Doctors say she is at risk of dying …

• Calif. gay therapy ban sparks competing rulings

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two federal judges in California have arrived at opposite conclusions on whether the state’s first-of-its-kind law prohibiting licensed psychotherapists from trying to change the sexual orientations …

• Sick girl sought after mom takes her from hospital

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — Emily has leukemia. She just underwent a month of chemotherapy and had her right arm amputated after suffering complications. Doctors say she is at risk of dying …

• Judge temporarily blocks Calif. gay therapy law

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked California from enforcing a first-of-its-kind law that bars licensed psychotherapists from working to change the sexual orientations of gay …

• Ban on gay change therapy faces first legal test

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A first-of-its-kind California law prohibiting licensed psychotherapists from counseling gay minors on how to become heterosexual faced its first legal test Friday as lawyers for those …

• Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won’t be able to light up. Most universities have codes of conduct … 1

• Simple measures cut infections caught in hospitals

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World CHICAGO (AP) — Preventing surgery-linked infections is a major concern for hospitals and it turns out some simple measures can make a big difference. A project at seven big hospitals …

• Mass. transplant doctor, Nobel winner Murray dies

  November 27, 2012 in Nation/World BOSTON (AP) — Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed the world’s first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died. He was 93. Murray …

• Transplant doc, Nobel winner Murray dies in Boston

  November 26, 2012 in Nation/World BOSTON (AP) — Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed the world’s first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at age 93. Murray …

• Study finds mammograms lead to unneeded treatment

  November 21, 2012 in Nation/World Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated …

• New push for most in US to get at least 1 HIV test

  November 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks. Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at …

• New push for most in US to get at least 1 HIV test

  November 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks. Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at … 1

• Calif. city plans to provide transgender surgeries

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is preparing to become the first U.S. city to provide and cover the cost of sex reassignment surgeries for uninsured transgender residents. The city’s …

• Pot votes in 2 states challenge US drug war

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people. Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than … 1

• Study: Stem cells from strangers can repair hearts

  November 5, 2012 in Health, Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers are reporting a key advance in using stem cells to repair hearts damaged by heart attacks. In a study, stem cells donated by strangers proved …

• Man with bionic leg to climb Chicago skyscraper

  October 31, 2012 in Health, Nation/World CHICAGO (AP) — Zac Vawter considers himself a test pilot. After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, the 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, …

• Unprecedented ‘black mold’ meningitis a challenge

  October 25, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The black mold creeping into the spines of hundreds of people who got tainted shots for back pain marks uncharted medical territory. Never before has this particular …

• Study: Aspirin may help treat some colon cancers

  October 24, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Aspirin, one of the world’s oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that’s thought …

• Questions for Medicare in meningitis outbreak

  October 20, 2012 in Health, Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare is coming under scrutiny in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation’s drug supply. The giant health insurance program for …

• APNewsBreak: Questions for Medicare in outbreak

  October 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare is coming under scrutiny in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation’s drug supply. The giant health insurance program for …

• APNewsBreak: Tenn.’s meningitis has likely peaked

  October 19, 2012 in Nation/World NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s chief medical officer says the rate of new infections from a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak appears to be declining in the state where it was …

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