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The same genes that let smokers sleep without nicotine cravings may lead to methods to help them quit.Smokers, even those heavily addicted to nicotine,...
Marie Allan sat on the front porch of her apartment and tried to envision anti-abortion protesters walking the sidewalk by the now-empty building across...
At a Community Health Centers of Arkansas summit on health care last week, former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders said that insufficient sex education in...
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) announced today the establishment of a new community-based Veterans Administration health care clinic in Burlington that is expected to serve...
The House Education Committee approved a bill Thursday that would require schools offering sex education to include science-based material about contraception and disease prevention...
Conservative pundit Bob Novak reports that Kansas Senator Sam Brownback is planning to lead a "mini-filibuster" of Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette's reintroduction of a...