Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, made a quick return to work Friday after feeling ill at the office and spending the night in a Washington hospital as a precaution.
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Ginsburg Released From Hospital, Back To Work – 933th Edition
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Wrong-Embryo Baby’s Parents Laud ‘Guardian Angel’ – 934th Edition
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009An Ohio woman who gave birth to a baby boy after a fertility clinic implanted her with the wrong embryo is a “guardian angel,” the boy’s biological parents said Saturday.
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Fed. Program Misses Problem Nursing Homes – 935th Edition
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report.
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Toxins Found In School Drinking Water – 936th Edition
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009The drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and other toxins.
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What’s Ugly, Smells, Kills Dogs? Blue-Green Algae – 937th Edition
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Waterways across the upper Midwest are increasingly plagued with ugly, smelly and potentially deadly blue-green algae, bloomed by drought and fertilizer runoffs from farm fields, that’s killed dozens of dogs and sickened many people.
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New Vaccine First To Prevent HIV Infection – 923th Edition
Friday, September 25th, 2009An experimental vaccine proves itself in a giant study, cutting the risk of contracting HIV by more than 31 percent.
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Family Sues After Teen’s Breast Surgery Death – 924th Edition
Friday, September 25th, 2009The family of cheerleader who died after corrective breast surgery files a lawsuit against a plastic surgeon and anesthesiologist.
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Protein Can Say If Prostate Cancer Dangerous – 925th Edition
Friday, September 25th, 2009A study possibly reveals a way to tell which men with prostate cancer need surgery or chemotherapy and which can live with the disease.
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Obesity May Become Women’s Top Cancer Cause – 926th Edition
Friday, September 25th, 2009Scientists aren’t sure why being overweight boosts cancer risk, but research shows that it does.
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HHS: Swine Flu Vaccine Arrival In 2 Weeks – 927th Edition
Friday, September 25th, 2009More swine flu vaccine will arrive the first week of October than officials previously thought — between 6 million and 7 million doses.
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