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  • Elderly man evicted over medical marijuana hits another snag

    A 78-year-old New York man who was evicted from federally subsidized housing because he uses medical marijuana says the conflicting state and federal...

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• Dec 11

  • A tale of 2 implants: How the price depends on who is picking up the tab

    Costs often depend on who is paying the bill.

    Dec 11

• Dec 11

  • Women having heart attacks wait longer to get help: Study

    Women with heart attack symptoms wait approximately 37 minutes longer than men before reaching out for potentially life-saving medical care,...

    Dec 11

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• Dec 11

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• Dec 11

  • Man alerted to life-threatening problem on his Apple Watch

    An Apple Watch feature detected a potentially deadly heart condition called AFib, which an estimated 700,000 people have but don't know it.

    Dec 11

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• Dec 11

  • Apple Watch alerts man to life-threatening heart problem

    Ed Dentel wasn't expecting an Apple Watch update to potentially save his life.

    Dec 11

• Dec 11

  • New Zealand law to make medical marijuana widely available

    New Zealand's government has passed a law that will make medical marijuana widely available for thousands of patients over time

    Dec 11

• Dec 10

  • Nobel Peace winner: international action on sex abuse needed

    Nadia Murad says she wants world leaders to take action on sexual violence.

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Record count reported for mysterious paralyzing illness

    Health officials are reporting the most cases ever of a mysterious paralyzing illness in children

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Justices won't hear states' appeal over Planned Parenthood

    The Supreme Court is avoiding a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned...

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Mental health workers start weeklong strike in California

    Thousands of Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals throughout California started a weeklong strike Monday to protest what they say is a lack...

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Slovak hospitals hold new Roma mothers against their will

    An AP investigation has found that women and their newborns in Slovakia are often unjustifiably detained in hospitals across the European Union...

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Romania hospital says 39 babies now diagnosed with superbug

    Romania hospital says 39 babies now diagnosed with drug-resistant superbug, triple last month

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Deadline for enrolling in Obamacare's marketplaces is fast approaching

    The deadline is Dec. 15 in most states.

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Don't eat raw cookie dough: CDC

    With the holidays upon us, the CDC has a warning for cookie dough lovers.

    Dec 10

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• Dec 10

  • South Sudan to begin Ebola vaccinations as 'very high risk'

    The WHO says the country is at "very high risk" in the current Ebola outbreak.

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • New mothers and babies often detained in Slovak hospitals

    An AP investigation has found that women and their newborns in Slovakia are often unjustifiably detained in hospitals across the European Union...

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • AP Investigation: Slovak hospitals detain new moms, babies

    AP Investigation: Slovak hospitals detain new moms, babies

    Dec 10

• Dec 9

  • More than half of California nursing homes try to avoid new staffing laws

    The new regulations require more time spent caring for patients directly.

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • After marijuana helps patriarch with Alzheimer's, his family pushes for more research

    The Spier Family Foundation is funding research into the benefits of marijuana.

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • UK nerve agent survivor fears poison will soon kill him

    A British man who was exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok says he is struggling with his eyesight and mobility, and fears the poison will kill...

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • Nobel peace winners demand action against sex abuse

    One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize says the attention the prize has drawn to sexual violence against women in war zones must be...

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • Plant a tree: Milan's ambitious plans to be cleaner, greener

    The color for Italy's fashion capital now is gray _ due to its stone buildings and polluted skies _ but Milan is embarking on a new plan to go green,...

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • Italian police probing deadly stampede find pepper spray can

    Italian police investigating a disco stampede have found a pepper spray can

    Dec 9

• Dec 8

  • Ho, ho, ho -- don't eat raw cookie dough: CDC

    With the holidays upon us, the CDC has a warning for cookie dough lovers.

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Asian longhorned tick is a growing threat in the US, but it's not the main threat

    The tick is capable of reproducing up to 2,000 offspring without a mate.

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • New study shows alarmingly low rates of metabolic health

    The study looked at blood glucose, triglycerides, HDL, blood pressure, and waist circumference among Americans.

    Dec 8

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• Dec 7

  • Medical marijuana user, 78, evicted from subsidized housing

    A man who uses a wheelchair and takes marijuana for back pain has been evicted from his federally subsidized apartment in upstate New York

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Correction: Cheaper EpiPen Rival story

    Correction: Cheaper EpiPen Rival story

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • UNAIDS found in 'crisis' after sex harassment claims

    Independent experts looking into allegations of sexual harassment inside UNAIDS says the U.N agency's leadership is "in crisis" and says it should...

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Ebola spreads to major Congo city as vaccines a concern

    Health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental vaccines are enough.

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Chile court declares abortion regulation unconstitutional

    Chile's Constitutional Court has thrown out a regulation that prohibited some private hospitals and clinics from refusing to perform legal abortions

    Dec 7

• Dec 6

  • Generic drugmaker to sell alternative to EpiPen injectors

    Generic drugmaker Sandoz to sell prefilled syringe alternative to EpiPen emergency allergy medication

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Secondhand smoke still a problem for Americans: CDC

    Fifty-eight million Americans are still exposed to secondhand smoke, according to a new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. ...

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Groups sue to block medical marijuana compromise in Utah

    Advocacy groups in Utah sued to block a compromise agreement legalizing medical marijuana, accusing the Mormon church of unconstitutional interference...

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

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• Dec 6

  • Nobel laureates: Despite progress, cancer won't be wiped out

    The winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine say they expect substantial advances toward treating cancer in the next several decades although...

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Surgeon General: Federal drug classification needs changes

    U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has told police officers from across the country that he believes the nation's classification system for illegal...

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Seniors outraged over cuts to health insurance gym program

    UnitedHealthcare is dropping its SilverSneakers program, an optional benefit.

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Michigan marking 1st day for legal, recreational pot

    Michigan is officially the first Midwestern state to allow recreational pot.

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Apple Watch has new features to detect heart problems, monitor falls

    The company is signaling a move toward preventive health.

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Obama health law sign-ups lagging for 2019

    Obama health law sign-ups lag for 2019; number of new customers down about 18 percent

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Dutch court refuses to order criminal tobacco investigation

    A Dutch appeals court has refused to order public prosecutors to open a criminal investigation against tobacco companies, in a major setback for...

    Dec 6

• Dec 5

  • Organ transplants, but only for the financially healthy

    Nearly all U.S. transplant centers require patients to prove they can pay.

    Dec 5

• Dec 5

  • Without tax penalty, millions consider dropping health insurance

    A provision in last year’s Republican tax bill repeals the Obamacare tax penalty

    Dec 5

• Dec 5

  • Once conjoined, Florida twins heading home after 7 surgeries

    Jesi and Remi Pitre are coming home in separate car seats seven months after they were born conjoined at the belly

    Dec 5

• Dec 4

  • Utah patients can use medical pot; but concerns still loom

    Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed into law a compromise agreement that guaranteed legalization of medical marijuana but has sparked concern that it...

    Dec 4