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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Benghazi, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Diseases and Illnesses, Genetics
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Hoag Hospital to stop performing elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach has announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the hospital. The letter said the decision is based of the low number of procedures done annually at...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Medical Procedures and Tests, Planned Parenthood, Christianity, Plan B (drug)
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Hoag Hospital will stop performing elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the hospital because of the low number of procedures done annually. The decision was based on a review of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Medical Procedures and Tests, Planned Parenthood, Christianity, Plan B (drug)
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Uncovered: Ritual public drunkenness and sex in ancient Egypt
I'll bet you that archaeologist Betsy Bryan's perspective on reality-show behavior is a little longer than most. Since 2001, Bryan has led the excavation of the temple complex of the Egyptian goddess Mut in modern-day Luxor, the site of the city of Thebes...
Tags: Festive Events, Egypt, Entertainment, Gynecology, Obstetrics
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Who should own DNA? All of us
Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money can seem painfully irrelevant, especially when so...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Biology, Invention and Innovation
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Texas parents agree to let pregnant teen keep her baby
HOUSTON -- Attorneys for a pregnant Texas girl who sued her parents after alleging that they tried to force her to have an abortion have negotiated an agreement allowing her to keep the baby. “This is a tremendous victory and another life has been...
Tags: Lawyers, Planned Parenthood, Crime, Law and Justice, Family, CNN (tv network)
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Study upholds breast cancer mortality for hormone replacement
In the nearly 11 years since researchers first rang alarm bells that women on hormone replacement therapy faced an increased risk of breast cancer, some have suggested that taking estrogen and progestin to treat symptoms of menopause might not be so...Tags: Post Menopause, Diseases and Illnesses, University of California, Los Angeles, Healthcare Provider, Health
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Susan Love, doctor/patient
And now, she is the patient. For decades, as a surgeon, researcher, professor and medical celebrity of sorts, Susan Love has led the charge against breast cancer and for women's health. She served on President Clinton's cancer advisory board. She set up a...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Explosions, Diseases and Illnesses, University of California, Los Angeles, HPV Vaccine
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Amid controversy, Israel issues new birth-control guidelines
JERUSALEM -- Rocked by a scandal involving birth-control treatments for Ethiopian Jews, Israel's health ministry issued new guidelines on the use of the injections known commercially as Depo-Provera. In a recent letter to the country's four HMOs...Tags: Israel, Racism, Ethiopia, Health Treatments, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ho ho healthful holiday gifts
It's tricky, deciding to give someone a present to improve them in some way, but here are some for accomplished or budding yogis, serious exercisers or for those who just need a little emotional or physical pampering. CHIEF JOSEPH TERRY JACQUARD...
Tags: Chocolates, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Human Interest, Target, Personal Service
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McManus: Wielding wedge issues
Once upon a time in American politics, there were things called "wedge issues," and they generally terrified Democrats. They were mostly social and cultural issues: abortion, feminism, gay rights, illegal immigration and race. Conservatives wielded them...
Tags: Minority Groups, Voting, Ronald Reagan, Planned Parenthood, Mitt Romney
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