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C. EVERETT KOOP, 'ROCK STAR' SURGEON GENERAL, DIES
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor- even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general. Koop, who died...
St. Louis' polluted atmosphere makes air quality foreca…
Air quality forecasting officially begins Wednesday for the 2013 summer season, and St. Louis residents will want to pay attention in order to protect their health. Offici...
CRITICS SEEK TO DELAY NYC SUGARY DRINKS SIZE LIMIT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Opponents are pressing to delay enforcement of the city's novel plan to crack down on supersized, sugary drinks, saying businesses shouldn't have to spend millions...
STUDY QUESTIONS KIDNEY CANCER TREATMENT IN ELDERLY
In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small kidney tumors were much less likely t...
SURGERY, THERAPY BOTH PROVE GOOD FOR KNEE REPAIR
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treat...
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...
OBAMA HEALTH LAW ANNIVERSARY FINDS 2 AMERICAS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsu...
MORNING-AFTER PILL USE UP TO 1 IN 9 YOUNGER WOMEN
NEW YORK (AP) -- About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its appro...
