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• Criminal probe adds to Texas cancer agency woes

  Dec. 15, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas put up $3 billion in taxpayer money and promised cancer breakthroughs. But a criminal investigation, widespread rebuke from scientists and the resignations of embattled state …

• President’s pot comments prompt call for policy

  Dec. 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

  Dec. 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 …

• EPA to tighten standards for soot pollution

  Dec. 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first major regulation since the election, the Obama administration on Friday imposed a new air quality standard that reduces by 20 percent the maximum amount …

• APNewsBreak: Texas cancer probe draws NCI scrutiny

  Dec. 14, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Cancer Institute confirmed Friday that federal officials are taking a closer look at a troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas that is under …

• Fewer health care options for illegal immigrants

  Dec. 14, 2012 in Nation/World ALAMO, Texas (AP) — For years, Sonia Limas would drag her daughters to the emergency room whenever they fell sick. As an illegal immigrant, she had no health insurance, and … 1

• Senate moves bill covering fertility care for vets

  Dec. 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Wounded veterans and their spouses who want to have children could get the government to pay for treatments such as in vitro fertilization under legislation beginning to …

• Study: People worldwide living longer, but sicker

  Dec. 13, 2012 in Nation/World LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, …

• Dozens sue pharmacy, but compensation uncertain

  Dec. 13, 2012 in Nation/World NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dennis O’Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, …

• Doctor K: Review ways to control hypertension

  Dec. 13, 2012 in Features on Page C2 DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve made lifestyle changes and take three blood pressure medications, but my blood pressure still isn’t where my doctor wants it to be. What else can I …

• Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer

  Dec. 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 …

• Sick girl who left Phoenix hospital appears safe

  Dec. 12, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The family of an 11-year-old leukemia patient whose mother unexpectedly took her from a Phoenix hospital last month has a history of removing the child from medical …

• Head of $3B Texas cancer effort asks to resign

  Dec. 11, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The executive director of a troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas has submitted his resignation letter amid escalating scrutiny over the management of the nation’s …

• New tests could hamper food outbreak detection

  Dec. 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — New tests that promise to speed up diagnosis of food poisoning pose an unexpected problem: They could make it more difficult to identify dangerous outbreaks like the …

• New tests could hamper food outbreak detection

  Dec. 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could hurt the nation’s ability …

• FAA: 3 killed in medical helicopter crash in Ill.

  Dec. 10, 2012 in Nation/World ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed in northern Illinois, killing all three people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration reports the helicopter crashed Monday night …

• Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law

  Dec. 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Your medical plan is facing an unexpected new fee. It’s to help cover people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The $63-per-head fee …

• Black women battle obesity with dialogue, action

  Dec. 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Nicole Ari Parker was motivated by frustration. For Star Jones, it was a matter of life or death. Toni Carey wanted a fresh start after a bad …

• Breathers beware: Particulate fouls icy Fairbanks

  Dec. 9, 2012 in Nation/World ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Stanford University Medical Center doctors gave Alex Lee a parting gift at the end of his heart operations earlier this year: surgeon’s masks. They knew Lee, … 1

• USDA to allow more meat, grains in school lunches

  Dec. 8, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids’ meals. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members …

• Washington could become pot source for neighbors

  Dec. 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

• Doctor gets 20 years in Miss. cancer center fraud

  Dec. 7, 2012 in Nation/World JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former …

• Drug makers’ settlements get high court review

  Dec. 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products off the market …

• Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue

  Dec. 6, 2012 in Nation/World KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands …

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

  Dec. 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,” …

• Condemned obese Ohio killer asks board for mercy

  Dec. 6, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned obese killer should be spared because of lingering doubts about his “legal and moral guilt” and the conduct of defense and prosecution lawyers at …

• As pot goes proper, a history of weed

  Dec. 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 …

• Doctor K: Draining relieves pain of black nail

  Dec. 6, 2012 in Features, Health on Page C2 DEAR DOCTOR K: I hurt my toe and now the nail has turned black. What can I do? DEAR READER: Treatment for a subungual hematoma involves relieving pressure by draining … 1

• At 450 pounds, Ohio killer fights execution

  Dec. 5, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At about 450 pounds, Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won’t be able to find veins in his arms or …

• Social Security fast-tracks rare-disease claims

  Dec. 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to ease the burden of being stricken with a debilitating condition, the Social Security Administration is expanding a program that fast-tracks disability claims by …

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