Santorum grilled on health care, Obama remarks at Hudson town hall meeting
The Nashua Telegraph Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:03 PM PST
HUDSON â€" Rick Santorum touts his campaign roadshow as a “Faith, Family and Freedom Tour.†The town hall meeting the GOP presidential hopeful hosted at the American Legion on Saturday afternoon was like a family gathering â€" a sometimes argumentative family gathered around a Thanksgiving dinner table. No doubt, most of the 30 or so people who attended were Santorum supporters. Many wore Santorum ... |
Prenatal program targets farmworkers
The Moultrie Observer Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:02 PM PST
A health program targeting women who are least likely to have access to prenatal care has taken root in Colquitt County. |
A new health scare for Thais
The Star Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:00 PM PST
A disease recently discovered by a former rector of Thammasat University â€" called ‘Thaksinophobia’ â€" has reached an endemic level, particularly in Bangkok and major cities. |
A traditional Chinese prescription for health
The Star Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:00 PM PST
BEIJING: Jiang Yuechun turned to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) after Western treatments failed to remove dozens of flat warts coating the backs of her hands. |
Insurers warned vs. excluding Pinoys with HIV
InterAksyon Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:48 PM PST
As the Philippines prepares to mark World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, a lawmaker has urged regulators to check whether insurance firms doing business in the country have been complying with the law that bars them from excluding HIV positive Filipinos from health, accident and life coverage services. |
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Foreign Policy Blogs Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:46 PM PST
Polio climbs in Nigeria, spreads to neighboring countries Polio is spreading throughout Nigeria at a time when the success of polio eradication in Africa rests on Nigeria stopping the virus, according to the World Health Organization. Observers in the country’s Kano State, which has recorded 16 ... |
Deadly bombings hit Iraq cities
KTVQ Billings Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:46 PM PST
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of deadly bombings claimed more than a dozen lives in Iraq Saturday, according to police and health officials. |
Geriatric doctor doesn't shy from tough talk
Los Angeles Times Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:45 PM PST
Gene Dorio, an old-school practitioner in Santa Clarita, insists families â€" and physicians â€" have honest discussions about end-of-life issues with those in failing health. Too often the difficult conversations are put off for too long. Gene Dorio, an old-school doctor who makes house calls in Santa Clarita, drives a 1990 Volvo with 362,000 miles on the clock and duct tape holding things together ... |
Thomas, Kagan asked to sit out health care case
Journal & Courier Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:39 PM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congress say it's Justice Clarence Thomas who should sit it out. |
Environmental agencies in Idaho, elsewhere, see heavy cuts as budgets dry up - Sat, 26 Nov 2011 PST
The Spokesman-Review Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:32 PM PST
BOISE, Idaho (AP) â€" When lightning ignited a wildfire near Idaho’s Sun Valley in 2007, environmental regulators used monitoring gear to gauge the health effects for those breathing in the Sawtooth Mountains’ smoky, mile-high air. That equipment sits idle today after the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality was hit by $4 million in spending cuts, a quarter of its budget, since the recession ... |
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