Missouri Enacts 72-Hour Wait for Abortion
By JOHN ELIGON
The Republican-controlled legislature enacted one of the most stringent waiting periods for women seeking abortions, overriding a veto by the state’s Democratic governor, Jay Nixon.
Regulation has helped clean up agricultural and mixed-use waterways, but the ubiquity of some chemicals in household products has increased the threat to aquatic life in urban streams.
The Republican-controlled legislature enacted one of the most stringent waiting periods for women seeking abortions, overriding a veto by the state’s Democratic governor, Jay Nixon.
A study looking at daily attitudes provided a rough idea of just what constitutes the moral content of a random day.
The World Health Organization said that the number of Ebola cases in the country was 62, up from 31 a week earlier, and that more than half the afflicted patients had died.
Dr. Rick Sacra received two infusions of plasma from a missionary who had also been infected with Ebola.
Scientists hope to isolate cancer chemicals that only dogs can smell, leading to the manufacture of nanotechnology sensors that are capable of detecting cancerous tissue.
In a hearing, the Consumer Product Safety Commission cited the death of a child who ingested powerful magnets to highlight the need for regulation.
Scientists may have discovered the next source for creating bacteria-fighting medicines: the human body.
The risks of consuming fructose-rich sodas and processed foods drop substantially if you get up from your chair and move around, even if you don’t formally exercise, two important new studies find.
New York City officials said 10 emergency medical workers had arrived at a medical center in Manhattan after receiving a call that Ms. Rivers had gone into cardiac arrest.
The rate of genital warts in young Australian women decreased by 61 percent after the initiation of a program to give free human papillomarivus vaccine.
Programs to keep employees healthy are popular with their employers, but the evidence of their effectiveness is very thin.
The growth in employee plan premiums was only 3 percent in the last year, tied for the lowest rate of increase in 16 years of the Kaiser survey.
Plans that limit patients’ choices tend to be cheaper, but there has been concern they will restrict care. A study suggests this concern is overblown.
The persistence of the “death panels” myth shows that the issue is vulnerable to exploitation by a demagogue.
Administrators at 13 health centers run by the Department of Veterans Affairs misled investigators looking into the extent of waiting-list manipulation, an inspector general told the Senate.
Gigi Jordan has called the death of her 8-year-old son a mercy killing, meant to keep him from his father, who she said was abusive.
After Ray Rice’s football contract was terminated by his team on Monday, Janay Palmer Rice became a public example of the complex psychology of women abused by men.
Investigators are increasingly finding evidence of prescription, over-the-counter and illicit drugs in pilots who die in accidents, officials say.
For reasons that are not yet clear, hospitals in the Midwest and West are seeing an unusually large spike in suspected cases and a large number of children who need critical care.
The move by the Drug Enforcement Administration is intended to help reduced the stockpile of unused controlled drugs in homes, which until now could be handed over only to the police.
Hard-boiled eggs make a perfect vehicle for pesto, which stands in for half the egg yolks in these savory deviled eggs.
We could have stopped this epidemic, and saved my colleagues’ lives.
The real issue may be that most airline seats are not designed to fully accommodate the human body in its various shapes and sizes.
Why are patients with advanced dementia so often receiving “medications of questionable benefit”?
It’s very good exercise for the horse and, depending on how you ride, can be moderate or even strenuous exercise for you, too.
Mosquito-borne viruses are showing up unexpectedly in affluent countries where they have been largely unknown.
Even in patients with “pure” Alzheimer’s disease or another kind of dementia, most experts recommend greatly moderating alcohol consumption or eliminating it.
Sandeep Jauhar tells the story of two midlife crises: the author’s own, and that of modern American medicine, now in about its fourth decade under managed care.
Some activists like Rebecca Gomperts are now imagining the unthinkable: a future where most abortions happen at home.
Diamond Dallas Page, a former W.W.E. wrestler, created a new form of healing for broken-down macho guys like himself.
The messy morals of making death more pleasant.
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