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Critics blast Tennessee's 'no holding-hands bill'
(AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Spurred by a classroom demonstration involving a sex toy, Tennessee recently enacted a pro-abstinence sex education law that is among the strictest in the nation. The most debated section of the bill bars educators from...Tags: Justice System, Health Treatments, Politics, Sex Crimes, Birth Control
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Notre Dame making changes to sex assault response
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - The University of Notre Dame has agreed to make changes in how it handles investigations of campus sexual assaults as a result of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Specifically, the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Labor Legislation, Sexual Misconduct, Elections, Politics
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Study ties fertility treatment, birth defect risk
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role. Compared to those conceived...Tags: Urinary System, Human Body, Cornell University, Cleft Lip and Palate, Infertility
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Ky. weighed politics, medicine in inmate's surgery
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security, politics and even the possibility of inviting scorn from Fox News pundits. Emails...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Hepatitis C , Human Body, Medical Procedures and Tests
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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA (AP) — Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. And an even larger proportion...Tags: Heart Disease, Medical Procedures and Tests, Overweight, Diabetes, Heart Attack
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U-M: 6 new stem cell lines available for research
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Six new human embryonic stem cell lines derived at the University of Michigan are available for federal research. University of Michigan Health System officials say in a release Thursday that researchers can begin using...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Agricultural Research and Technology, Hemophilia, Huntington's Disease, Science and Technology
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Shrinking stomach may boost risk for booze abuse
CHICAGO (AP) — A big new study says obesity surgery may increase patients' chances for alcohol abuse. Patients in the study who had gastric bypass surgery faced double the risk for excessive drinking two years later. That's compared with those...Tags: Weight, Obesity, Health, American Medical Association
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First of 2 papers on lab-made bird flu published
NEW YORK (AP) — Four months ago the U.S. government sought to block publication of two studies about how scientists created an easily spread form of bird flu. Now a revised version of one paper is seeing the light of day with the government's...
Tags: Research, Bird Flu, Vaccines, Science and Technology, Science
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Cancer survivors urged to eat better, exercise
ATLANTA (AP) — A cancer diagnosis often inspires people to exercise and eat healthier. Now the experts say there's strong evidence that both habits may help prevent the disease from coming back. New guidelines issued Thursday by the American Cancer...Tags: Research, Colon Cancer, Human Body, Breast Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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Man who practiced medicine in Niles charged with fraud
LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Licensing and Regulatory Affairs today announced the Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Division has arrested Charles A. Mosimbwa, 43, of Berrien Springs, for allegedly practicing...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Corporate Crime, Health, Punishment
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Anti-abortion group endorses Lugar challenger
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana anti-abortion group became the latest conservative outfit to oppose U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar's re-election bid, saying Thursday it saw a good chance at unseating the veteran Republican lawmaker this May. Indiana...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Justice System, Elections, Science and Technology, Politics
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Woman says rescue dog sniffed out her cancer
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — Lisa Hulber gazes affectionately at her dog, Effie.
She's always had a bond with the mixed breed, but the two have grown even closer this past year.
Effie, or Effie Mae as Lisa and her husband, Scott, sometimes call her,...Tags: Health Treatments, Oncology, Human Body, Science and Technology, Mammogram
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