Kentucky's Planned Parenthood, Komen groups caught in whirlwind of national debate
What a difference a day makes. On Thursday, Kentucky anti-abortion and pro-choice advocates alike were all atwitter, many on Twitter, proclaiming joy or dismay over the news that the giant breast-cancer awareness group Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation had pulled funding for Planned Parenthood...
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State denies neonatal intensive care unit at St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Officials with the state Cabinet for Health and Human Services denied a request by St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, in Northern Kentucky, to open a 12-bed intensive-care unit for premature infants. St. Elizabeth has fought for more than a year to open the unit, which would provide ventilation...
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New heart gives Lexington man renewed purpose
Although only 49 and otherwise healthy, Charles Shelton was ultimately diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis, a inflammatory disease that causes the formation of granular clumps of cells similar to scar tissue. After months of worry, uncertainty and 48 days in the hospital, Shelton was given a heart...
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Latest illnesses point to raw milk's popularity
An outbreak of bacterial infections on the East Coast illustrates the popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk despite strong warnings from public health officials about the potential danger.
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HEALTH
Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing
To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.
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HEALTH
Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants
For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming - and couldn't withstand.
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HEALTH
New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas
Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
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HEALTH
Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes - and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.
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HEALTH
Contraception mandate outrages religious groups
The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.
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HEALTH
Mass hysteria rare, but usually seen in girls
Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York. But tests find nothing physically wrong.
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HEALTH
Malaria death toll possibly twice as high
Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults - long considered the least susceptible - a new study suggests.
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