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HEART REPAIR BREAKTHROUGHS REPLACE SURGEON'S KNIFE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into b...

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...

LEAD POISONING TOLL REVISED TO 1 IN 38 YOUNG KIDS
NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials say more than half a million young children are now believed to have lead poisoning in the United States. The figure is roughly twice the previ...

Officials urge parents to get kids vaccinated
SPRINGFILED, IL (AP) - State health officials are urging parents to make sure their children have received all their recommended vaccinations. The Illinois Department of Pub...

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...

OB/GYNS TOLD ROBOT HYSTERECTOMY NOT BEST OPTION
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pricey robotic surgery shouldn't be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who help those...

UK STUDY: VIOLENCE MORE LIKELY AMONG VETS, TROOPS
LONDON (AP) -- Young men who have served in the British military are about three times more likely than civilians to have committed a violent offense, researchers reported Friday i...

HUGE DRUG COST DISPARITIES SEEN IN HEALTH OVERHAUL
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live cou...