Bush Administration Could Still Have Negative Impact On Abortion Rights, New York Times Editorial Says
Although President Bush only has 77 days left in his presidency, his aides “have been scrambling to change rules and regulations” on issues such as abortion rights, civil liberties and the environment, and “few” of their actions are “for the good,” a
editorial says.
For example, the editorial says that HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt soon after Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers are once again pointing to strong evidence that the use of hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, to treat the symptoms of menopause
. At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Saturday, study authors presented their analysis of data from 15,387 women who participated in the
study of combination hormone therapy (estrogen plus progestin).
They reported that risk of breast cancer increased upon beginning use of the therapy and fell Read the rest of this entry »

November 01, 2008 3:50 PM
ABC News Matthew Jaffe reports: Democrats have not carried Indiana since the Lyndon B. Johnson landslide of 1964, but just 72 hours before Election Day, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., rallied voters in the Hoosier State, blasting the Republicans’ use of “Rovian”, “personally vicious” campaign tactics.
“Over the last few weeks, John McCain’s campaign has gone way over the top, way over the top,” the Democratic vice-presidential Read the rest of this entry »

Still no Medical Records from Palin; What’s the Hold Up?
October 29, 2008 1:20 PM
ABC News Kate Snow reports: Governor Palin’s campaign still has not released any information regarding her medical records despite frequent requests from the news media and the campaign’s own assertion that they would release this information soon.
On Sunday morning, Palin spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt told ABC News that the campaign had planned to release information Read the rest of this entry »

A majority of students in San Mateo County and statewide still fall below state physical-fitness standards, although they have demonstrated some improvement, according to a state Department of Education report released Tuesday.
“It’s not a fast solution to undo childhood obesity,” said Bill Baynes, operations manager for Project Healthy Eating and Right Training, a student-driven enterprise in the Jefferson Union High School District in Daly City. Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES — Before Arizona interim coach Russ Pennell answered reporter’s questions Thursday at the Pac-10 men’s basketball media day, he asked one of his own.
“Bet you didn’t expect to see me here, did you?” Pennell asked.
“Me neither.”
Pennell’s sudden ascension to the head coaching job at Arizona — he was given the position on an interim basis for the rest of the season last Friday when Lute Olson was forced to retire for health Read the rest of this entry »

Reserve Daleville police patrolman Neil Dowd remained in fair condition at Ball Memorial Hospital on Sunday, after having been injured in a Friday night collision.
Dowd suffered a dislocated ankle, a fractured wrist and minor abrasions and lacerations, according to Daleville town Marshal James King. The officer’s police car struck a pickup truck at the intersection of Ind. 67 and Delaware County Road 900-W/Walnut Street, while Dowd was trying to Read the rest of this entry »

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Doctors at St. Luke’s Medical Center have still not found anything wrong with former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn ‘Joc-joc’ Bolante that may prevent him from testifying at the Senate in the near future.
In the second medical bulletin issued by St. Luke’s Medical Center since he was confined October 28, Bolante’s attending physician said his patient’s chest pains are due to findings of gastric ulcers and esophagitis, although Read the rest of this entry »

(Updated to add Fitch comments in the fifth paragraph; updates stock quote.)
Cardinal Health Inc.
(CAH), while lowering its earnings outlook for this
fiscal year because of hospital customers’ spending delays, is sticking with a
plan to spin off its clinical and medical products business this year.
The drug wholesaler and medical-equipment supplier lowered its full-year
outlook Thursday, citing the effect on the clinical and medical products, Read the rest of this entry »

Police on Sunday released no new information about the accident, in which a Honda Accord veered off the road, became airborne and crashed into two trees. Police said the car was headed eastbound on Albany Avenue, toward
.
Police were called to the scene just before 6 a.m., responding to a report of a person lying in the road. The person, Whitehead, had been ejected from the vehicle before it went down a 15-foot embankment to a spot where it was Read the rest of this entry »