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WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women that efforts to overhaul health care won't undercut…
/ November 14, 2009
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Despite an increase in lactation programs and consultants in hospitals, many health care professionals do not encourage black women to…
/ November 12, 2009
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VIDEO - Maggie Mae Thornton Renfro, a 114-year-old from Louisiana, lived by herself until she was 106 years old...
/ November 10, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and he said his prognosis…
/ November 10, 2009
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VIDEO - Stephanie Romero and her infant daughter Serenity are all smiles today, but just a year ago, things were…
/ November 9, 2009
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VIDEO - Patients in need of an organ transplant never know where the needed organ might be found. In the…
/ November 4, 2009
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VIDEO - "Cancer was really foolish to attack my body," said Lesa Francis, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last…
/ October 30, 2009