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Criminalizing Pregnancy: How Feticide Laws Made Common Ground for Pro- and Anti-Choice Groups
National Advocates for Pregnant women demands more than punitive solutions to social problems that affect everyone.
Romney Confirms He Will Deny Insurance to Millions With Pre-Existing Conditions if Obamacare Is Struck Down
Romney confirmed on Tuesday that he would allow insurers to deny coverage to millions of Americans.
Jobs for the Cure: Does Your Donation Go to Cancer Research or Salaries and Overhead?
Even after the Komen Foundation's withdrawal of funding from Planned Parenthood, many women still think it should be possible to
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Nation’s Largest Health Insurer Will Preserve Key Obamacare Provisions, Regardless of Supreme Court Ruling
UnitedHealthcare — one of the nation's largest health insurers — has announced that it will preserve a provision of the health care law that allows young adults to stay …
Why the Public’s Growing Disdain for the Supreme Court May Help Obamacare
Fully three-quarters say justices' decisions are sometimes influenced by their personal political views.
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Ruling Clears Way for 9/11 Health Fund to Cover Cancers
It will allow not only rescue workers but also volunteers, residents, schoolchildren and passers-by to apply for money to pay for compensation and treatment for cancers developed in the …
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Over Six Million Young Adults Insured Thanks to Obama’s Health Care
A recent poll also showed that about 71 percent of Americans view the provision favorably.
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Meat Glue for Dinner?
“Transglutaminase is an enzyme made by the fermentation of bacteria and added to meat pieces to make them stick together. Yes, "meat glue” — it's what's for dinner!"
America’s Opiate War: The Medical Luddites vs. People in Pain
With frightening hubris, narcs from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), are now muscling into the practice of medicine.
Oklahoma Doctor Refuses to Provide Rape Victim With Emergency Contraception
“An Oklahoma emergency room doctor refused to provide emergency contraception to a 24-year-old female rape victim.”