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COURT: CAN HUMAN GENES BE PATENTED?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- DNA may be the building block of life, but can something taken from it also be the building block of a multimillion-dollar medical monopoly? The Supreme Court...

WOMEN HAVE NEW OPTIONS FOR BREAST CANCER SURGERY
CHICAGO (AP) -- Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramat...

US HOSPITALS SEND HUNDREDS OF IMMIGRANTS BACK HOME
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health ca...

WOMAN WHO SMOKED THROUGH HOLE IN THROAT DIES
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A woman who smoked a cigarette through a hole in her throat to illustrate her struggle with nicotine addiction in a California public service advertisement has ...

OBAMA PROPOSES $100M FOR BRAIN MAPPING PROJECT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday asked Congress to spend $100 million next year on a new project to map the human brain in hopes of eventually finding cures for...

MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE DIETS FOUND TO CUT HEART RISKS
Pour on the olive oil, preferably over fish and vegetables: One of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of...

NEARLY ALL US STATES SEE HEFTY DROP IN TEEN BIRTHS
NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, acc...

POLL: AGING US IN DENIAL ABOUT LONG-TERM CARE NEED
WASHINGTON (AP) -- We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older - and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examine...