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Planned Parenthood offers free HIV tests Dec. 1-8
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Indiana says it will recognize World AIDS Day by offering free HIV tests at 19 of its health centers Dec. 1-8.
The free tests will be offered at the Planned Parenthood health centers in Avon, Bloomington,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, HIV, Family Planning, World AIDS Day
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House bans funds for teaching abortion techniques
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed legislation that would bar teaching health centers that receive federal funds under the new health care act from using the money to teach abortion techniques. Rep. Virginia Foxx, the sponsor of the measure,...Tags: Abortion, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Physical Conditions, North Carolina
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Push on to bar Indiana Planned Parenthood contracts
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana legislative committee could vote Thursday on whether to advance a proposal that would prohibit any state contracts or grants with Planned Parenthood or other organizations that provide abortions. Republican Rep. Matt...Tags: Abortion, Indiana, Physical Conditions, Family Planning, Elections
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Clermont location is Goodwill Industries of Central Florida's first 'American-made' retail store
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has opened its first "American-made" retail store and Job Connection Center at 1855 S. Grand Highway, Clermont. Completed in partnership with Winter Park-based Williams Company, roughly 98 percent of the...
Tags: Leesburg, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland, College Park, Highway Transportation, Goodwill Industries International
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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: Trials, Abortion, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges
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DEALTALK: Warner Chilcott buy may be Actavis' best takeover defense
ReutersBy Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. generic drugmaker Actavis , the subject of intense takeover speculation, may have found its best defense: a potential purchase of Warner Chilcott Plc, a specialty pharmaceutical company that has been...Tags: Republic of Ireland, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Stock Market, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Chemical Industry
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Ovarian cancer fall sped up as hormone use dropped
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement therapy, according to a new study. That year, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) found that...Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Menopause, Drugs and Medicines, Heart Attack, Heart Disease
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READER SUBMITTED: Bilingual Integrative Medical Practice Opens in Farmington
FarmingtonSald Primary Care & Integrative Medicine opened in May 1 with a treatment center in Farmington that offers patients access to a primary care physician, naturopathic physician, acupuncture and nutritional counseling. In addition, all support staff...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Cornell University, Lyme Disease, University of Bridgeport, Allergies
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Angelina Jolie among growing number of women choosing mastectomy before cancer
Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy rather than risk developing breast cancer hit close to home for Melissa DeSantis, a Bel Air mother of three children. As DeSantis read about Jolie's experience, she began to feel a sense of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mastectomy, Family, Oncology, Breast Cancer
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Hysterectomy not tied to heart risk factors: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite evidence suggesting that women whose uterus has been removed may be more likely to experience heart troubles, a new study finds that the usual signs of heart disease risk are not more severe in middle-aged women after...Tags: Cardiologists, Menopause, Heart Disease, Science and Technology, High Blood Pressure
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LETTER: 1950s Not Quite So Rosy
In response to the letter "Back To The 1950s" [May 11]: The point being missed by the letter writer is that President Obama was speaking about one issue, women's health, being taken back to the 1950s by today's opponents of Planned Parenthood and...Tags: Abortion, Barack Obama, Korean War (1950-1953), Social Issues, Planned Parenthood
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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: Anna Gorman, Genetics, Mastectomy, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology
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