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Georgia Senate passes bill to loosen health permit rules, as Democrats again push Medicaid
The Georgia Senate on Thursday passed a plan to loosen health care permitting that proponents say will create new options for patients, as Democrats made a last-ditch attempt to expand health care coverage for lower-income adults.
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A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, expanding options for screening
A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study published Wednesday, offering a new kind of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths.
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Bill in Tennessee legislature could mean involuntary treatment for criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial
Legislation could mean involuntary treatment for those deemed incompetent to stand trial
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Wendy Williams diagnosed with same form of dementia as Bruce Willis
Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with the same form of dementia that actor Bruce Willis has, a statement released Thursday on behalf of her caretakers says.
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More Alabama IVF providers pause treatment after court ruling on frozen embryos
Additional in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused services Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos could be considered children under state law.
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Silent brain changes precede Alzheimer’s. Researchers have new clues about which come first
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alzheimer's quietly ravages the brain long before symptoms appear and now scientists have new clues about the dominolike sequence of those changes — a potential window to one day intervene.
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A brain pacemaker helped a woman with crippling depression. It may soon be available to more people
Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt so strong and her limbs so heavy she could barely move. She knew the illness could kill her. Both of her parents had taken their lives.
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Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’ under state law
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state.
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After abortion ban, a push for more ‘safe haven’ resources to help mothers surrender newborns
For more than two decades, the number of newborns legally surrendered by their mothers each year under Tennessee's no-questions-asked safe haven law has remained small but steady.
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More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, US study finds
Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests.
