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Obama planning June 3 mental health conference

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a mental health conference next month in response to gun violence.

Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos

Scientists Report First Success in Cloning Human Stem Cells

It’s been 17 years since Dolly the sheep was cloned from a mammary cell. And now scientists applied the same technique to make the first embryonic stem cell lines from human skin cells.

Cipla Medpro shareholders back buyout by India's Cipla

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Shareholders of South Africa's Cipla Medpro overwhelmingly approved a $488 million takeover offer from India's Cipla Ltd on Wednesday, giving the Indian drugmaker a big presence in Africa's biggest economy. The...

Cancer survivors support group to meet

SUPPORT GROUP Covenant Health will host a support group for cancer survivors from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Joe Arrington Cancer Center chapel.

U.S. charges 89 people in $223 million Medicare fraud schemes

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials charged 89 people including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals in eight U.S. cities on Tuesday with Medicare fraud schemes that the government said totaled $223 million in false bi...

EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague

GENEVA (AP) — An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive assisted suic...

Women have more options for breast cancer surgery

Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85

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Factbox: Celebrities with breast cancer

(Reuters) - Here is a look at some female celebrities who have suffered breast cancer after Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed on Tuesday she underwent a preventive double mastectomy to reduce the risk of breast cancer: SHERYL CROW: - Gram...

Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy: Q&A

Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes

Brain Science Upstages DSM-V, So-Called Mental Health 'Bible'

National Institute of Mental Health Cuts Funding to DSM-5

Derek Boogaard's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against NHL

Family Claims NHL to Blame for Derek Boogaard's Drug Addiction, and Death

US government files morning-after pill appeal

Vermont moves toward decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana

By Zach Howard (Reuters) - Vermont's legislature on Monday approved a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, a measure the state's governor expects to sign into law in the coming weeks. The move sets up...

Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong

David Sheff’s previous best-selling book, Beautiful Boy, told the story of his son Nic’s addiction to drugs. Now, Sheff’s newest book, Clean, goes beyond the story of one family to tackle nothing less than the entire subject of addiction in the...

Monday last day for morning-after pill appeal

NEW YORK (AP) — The government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill.

Montana Man Gets $59,000 for Brain Cancer Misdiagnosis

Retired Veteran Prepared To Die, Even Considered Suicide

First Person: Battle with Binge Eating, Major Depression a Constant Fight

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be released in May. Yahoo is featuring first-person stories from Americans who are diagnosed with some of the most common mental health disorders in the Unite...

Obama declared health care law 'is here to stay'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect. With his le...

Strokes Happen to Young People, Too: Do You Know the Signs?

Imagine a weird feeling—say, an unusual headache or a random surge of euphoria. Then imagine losing control of your muscles and your voice. Then imagine blacking out and waking up in a hospital. It sounds awful, mind-boggling--and totally unlikely...

Why Aren’t More People Filling Their Prescriptions?

Ellen Nash, 20, a college sophomore, had been taking a generic asthma drug for a year, with a copay of just $5, when her doctor decided to switch her to a newer drug. He wanted to put Nash on the different drug—for which there is no generic—to lo...

Study Says Obese Opt for Exercise Over Higher Insurance Cost

Faced with a choice of paying much higher health insurance premiums or upping their level of exercise, thousands of obese people opted for exercise, researchers report.

The Nearly Unstoppable Superbugs

Just a few weeks ago, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CREs) nothing less than a “nightmare.” When the federal agency whose mission is to protect us from infect...