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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), White House, Brooklyn (New York City), Tobacco Addiction, Bob Dole
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A look at automatic budget cuts in Indiana
Military and education would take big hits in Indiana from automatic cuts to the federal budget set to take effect this week, according to a report the White House issued Sunday. The White House compiled the numbers from federal agencies and its own...Tags: Finance, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, U.S. Congress, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Medical marijuana use draws criticism
Medical marijuana has turned into a windfall for the state of Michigan. Applications brought in $10 million last year, but not everyone is a fan. Voters legalized medical marijuana in 2008. It was promoted as an initiative to help the critically ill,...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, AIDS, Back Pain, Justice System, Lawyers
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Study: People worldwide living longer, but sicker
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, according to the most expansive global look so far...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Physical Conditions, Research
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Condom conundrum: Porn industry ponders latex law
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The show must go on, is the entertainer's credo, and it did just that in the nation's Porn Capital even after Los Angeles County voted to require performers to use condoms when filming sex scenes. One of the industry's biggest...Tags: Celebrities, Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Career and Workplace, Voting
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Man charged in sexual assault of boy, 14
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Police say an HIV-positive Ypsilanti man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met through an annual Christmas dinner he sponsored. Fifty-three-year-old Leonardo Devinci Christian was arraigned...Tags: Sexual Assault, AIDS, Sex Crimes, Christmas
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Pa. school reverses course on HIV-positive student
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school for low income and socially disadvantaged students says it will now treat HIV-positive applicants the same as all others and is offering admission to a previously rejected Philadelphia-area teen. Milton...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), The Hershey Co.
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HIV prevention pill for heterosexuals at risk too
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health officials are telling doctors they should consider an AIDS prevention pill for women and heterosexual men at high risk for getting the virus. The government previously advised doctors to give the once-a-day pill Truvada...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AIDS, Drugs and Medicines, Truvada
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Girl Scouts under scrutiny from Catholic bishops
AP National WriterLong a lightning rod for conservative criticism, the Girl Scouts of the USA are now facing their highest-level challenge yet: An official inquiry by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The committee that will conduct this inquiry is headed by Bishop...Tags: Christianity, Boy Scouts of America, Abortion, United Nations, Religion and Belief
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Snowfall led to inventor's hot idea
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentSteven Riedle, who licensed out the NoseBudd he invented after a snowball stopped his nosebleed in 2004, has regained rights to the product and is beginning to turn a profit on international Internet sales. The reusable package of gel, kept in the...Tags: Columbine High School, Nosebleeds, Blood, Hemophilia, Invention and Innovation
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Planned Parenthood to offer free STD tests
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood will offer free screenings for sexually transmitted diseases in April across the state. Nineteen Indiana centers will provide the free chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV testing as a part of the "Get Yourself...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Chlamydia , Family Planning, Gonorrhea , Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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LA considers requiring porn stars use condoms
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council is poised to give its final approval to a controversial ordinance that would require actors in adult films to use condoms. The council tentatively adopted the ordinance last week on an 11-1 vote. If...Tags: Pornography, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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