VIDEO: Boston Hospital Performs Full Face Transplant

2011-03-21

RUSSELL CONTRERAS and MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) -- A Texas construction worker badly disfigured in a power line accident two years ago has received the nation's first full face transplant at a Boston hospital. Read the complete article

Red Cross Event Focuses on Earthquake Preparedness

Coinciding Japanese disaster made event a 'teachable moment'

2011-03-17

Brian Stimson Of The Skanner News

Give it to the gods of timing.                -
For this year’s Red Cross Breakfast of Champions event in Portland, the organization decided to put their focus on earthquakes. If you didn’t know any better, one might think the Red Cross organized the annual event in response to the earthquake that struck Japan on Saturday. But no, it was pure coincidence. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Japan Crisis Spikes U.S. Demand for Radiation Pills

Health agencies in California and western Canada warned Tuesday that there's no reason for people an ocean away to suddenly stock up on potassium iodide

2011-03-16

WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan's nuclear crisis is spiking demand in the U.S. and a few other places for a cheap drug that can protect against one type of radiation damage — even though the risk is only in Japan. Read the complete article

Backyard Vegetable Gardens: Change Your Diet and Improve Your Health

`There's hardly a day goes by that I don't see patients who could literally get off several of their medications potentially if they just ate better'

2011-03-06

JAMIE STENGLE The Associated Press

Gardening is more than just a hobby: She and her husband, Matt, grow most of the fruit and vegetables they eat. Read the complete article

Gene Therapy Raises Hope for a Future AIDS Cure

The concept is based on the astonishing case of an AIDS patient who seems to be cured after getting blood cells from a donor with natural immunity to HIV

2011-02-28

MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

In a bold new approach ultimately aimed at trying to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes the disease Read the complete article

Obama: Medicare, Social Security Demand Compromise

The President defended his decision to avoid any entitlement overhauls in the 2012 budget

2011-02-15

BEN FELLER AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the nation's major entitlement programs - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - must be adjusted by Democrats and Republicans acting together rather than by dictates from the White House.
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Florida Judge Strikes Down Obama Health Care Overhaul

Ruling: New law violates people's rights by forcing them to buy health insurance

2011-01-31

MELISSA NELSON The Associated Press

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Monday that the Obama administration's health care overhaul is unconstitutional, siding with 26 states that sued to block it Read the complete article

DA: Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Killed 7 Babies with Scissors

2011-01-19

Patrick Walters and Mary Claire Dale The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A doctor who provided abortions for minorities, immigrants and poor women in a "house of horrors" clinic has been charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies who were born alive and then killed with scissors, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Study: Alcohol More Lethal Than Heroin, Cocaine

2010-11-02

Maria Cheng, AP Medical Writer

LONDON – Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study.
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New Survey on Condom Use, Sexual Habits

2010-10-04

David Crary The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- The male-female orgasm gap. The sex lives of 14-year-olds. An intriguing breakdown of condom usage rates, by age and ethnicity, with teens emerging as more safe-sex-conscious than boomers. Read the complete article