Health Issues

Sep 26, 2016

Mother uncovers lasting impact of son's organ donation

One grieving mother set off on an unusual journey to find out if the eyes, liver and umbilical cord blood she donated after her newborn's death had made a difference


Sep 25, 2016

Mother uncovers lasting impact of baby son's organ donation

Critical medical research depends on scientists' ability to work with human cells and organs, but families who donate a loved one's tissue for science seldom learn much about what happens next


Sep 23, 2016

FDA approves lower-cost alternative to biotech drug Humira

Food and Drug Administration approves a lower-cost version of Humira, the blockbuster biotech drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases


Sep 23, 2016

Study finds 20M would lose health coverage under Trump plan

A new study that examines some major health care proposals from the presidential candidates finds that Donald Trump would cause about 20 million to lose coverage


Sep 22, 2016

Arkansas court rejects challenge to medical marijuana plan

The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected one of two efforts to block a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot


Sep 22, 2016

Colorado medical pot law poised to add PTSD as qualifier

Marijuana pioneer Colorado is poised to add post-traumatic stress disorder to its medical marijuana program, joining 18 other states that consider PTSD a condition treatable by pot


Sep 20, 2016

Avera to provide telemedicine services at Indian hospitals

The Indian Health Service has selected Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Avera Health to provide telemedicine services to a network of 19 hospitals and clinics across the Great Plains


Sep 16, 2016

Money for bone-marrow donors? Company says yes; feds say no

A D.C. startup company and a Virginia law firm are hoping some Hollywood storytelling will help them win a yearslong legal battle over whether bone-marrow donors can be paid


Sep 12, 2016

Arkansas governor, doctors criticize medical marijuana push

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and some of the state's top doctors are criticizing efforts to legalize medical marijuana, accusing backers of two ballot measures of misleading voters about the benefits of the drug


Sep 10, 2016

Thousands of naked bicyclists swarm City of Brotherly Love

Thousands of bicyclists have dared to be bare for Philadelphia's annual nude ride promoting positive body image and fuel conservation


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