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Archive for July, 2009

Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants (AP)

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Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants (AP)

AP - The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_organ_donations

 

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Disability benefit claims surging (AP)

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Disability benefit claims surging (AP)

FILE -- In this May 12, 2009 file photo, Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael Astrue speaks during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Social Security officials say they expect an even larger spike in new disability claims than they had expected, as aging, injured baby boomers tumble out of the work force and need income.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_on_go_ot/us_disability_backlog

 

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Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells (AP)

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Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells (AP)

Handout photo shows human sperm. A team of British scientists claimed Wednesday to have created human sperm using embryonic stem cells for the first time, but other fertility experts were sceptical.(AFP/HO/File)AP - A scientific journal has retracted a controversial paper claiming to have created the first human sperm from embryonic stem cells.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_on_re_eu/eu_med_britain_lab_sperm

 

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Americans spend $34B for alternative medicine (AP)

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Americans spend $34B for alternative medicine (AP)

Echinacea, left, fish oil, center, and glucosamine bottles and pills are shown in San Francisco, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Americans spend more than a 10th of their out-of-pocket health care dollars on alternative medicine, according to the first national estimate of such spending in more than a decade. Altogether, consumers spent an estimated $34 billion on those and other alternative remedies in 2007, the report found. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Americans spend more than a 10th of their out-of-pocket health care dollars on alternative medicine, according to the first national estimate of such spending in more than a decade.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_on_he_me/us_med_unproven_remedies_cost

 

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RU-486 abortion drug to be allowed in Italy (AP)

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RU-486 abortion drug to be allowed in Italy (AP)

A bottle and two pills of mifepristone, formerly know as RU-486 are seen in a handout photo. REUTERS/NewscomAP - Italy has approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486, capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican, which warned of immediate excommunication for doctors prescribing the pill and for women who use it.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_abortion

 

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