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President Obama discusses health care, gets a peek at HBO series

March 11, 2010

President Barack Obama speaks at a banking conference Thursday, holds more meetings on health care and gets a look at a new TV series about World War II.

George Will: Obama’s hubris of reason

March 11, 2010

Like Woodrow Wilson, Obama seems gripped by the 'hubris of reason. There are legislative miles to go before the government will be emancipated from its health care myopia, but it is not too soon for a summing up.

Corey Haim & Corey Feldman on GDLA

March 11, 2010

Interview with Corey Feldman and Corey Haim on Good Day LA.

Obama pushing on health care end game

March 11, 2010

President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system.

Va. lawmakers first to ban mandated health coverage

March 11, 2010

Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage.

Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya

March 10, 2010

A street vendor prepares papaya for her daily customers in Yangon. Researchers say that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumours, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.

Clay Pottery May Contain Lead Content

March 10, 2010

The Houston Department of Health and Human Services is asking people to avoid buying or using a brand of clay tableware imported from Mexico that was sold in Fiesta Mart stores because it may contain lead.

Abbott Labs to pay $450 million for Facet Biotech, expand access to biotechnology drugs

March 10, 2010

Drug and medical products company Abbott Laboratories said Tuesday it will buy Facet Biotech Corp.

Fact Check: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories

March 9, 2010

New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.

Chemist refuses to dispense contraceptive pill because it’s against her religion

March 9, 2010

By Jeni Harvey AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a pharmacist refused to give the contraceptive pill to a South Yorkshire woman, saying it was "against her religion." Janine Deeley was turned away by the female chemist at Lloyds pharmacy in Duke Street, Sheffield, when she went to pick up her prescription.

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