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Was told by lasik surgeon today that my corneas are ok for lasik, but are too thin for a touch-up if one was needed. He recommends PRK. Based on my research, both procedures are safe and effective with some dotors even saying that PRK is more so. I'd appreciate your toughts and experiences. Thanks.

California acted illegally by trying to cut Medi-Cal fees by 10 percent last year for doctors, pharmacists and others who treat 7.1 million poor people, a federal appeals court ruled today. The decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was a victory for health professionals and their patients but a blow to the state, which is mired in a $26.3 billion budget deficit. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators have imposed further Medi-Cal reductions this year, which could be thwarted by the ruling. "The cuts that the governor is attempting will also be stopped," said...

Note: The following text is a quote: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 6, 2009 FACT SHEET Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Public Health and Medical Sciences The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Public Health and Medical Science. The Memorandum establishes a framework for deeper cooperation between these government institutions, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, scientific research institutions, including those of the Russian Academy of...

An Israeli company has sold a one-third interest in a medical device it developed to a British-Taiwanese company for $370 million – making the total value of SafeSky's LifeKeeper Patch over $1 billion. The deal, between SafeSky and Micro-Star International (MSI), is one of the biggest ever in relative terms for an Israeli hi-tech industry. SafeSky will retain 67% of the ownership of the patch, and MSI has an option to purchase a bigger share later on – at five times the price it paid this week.

]-->Army Capt. Jason Smith listens to an infant's breathing at the last "Bring on the Docs" cooperative medical engagement at the Jassan Health Clinic in Iraq's Wasit province, June 23. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson, Multi-National Division - South. FOB DELTA — Soldiers serving with a medical task force here completed nearly a year's worth of missions last week, satisfied that they've helped to improve health care in Iraq's Wasit province. Soldiers from Task Force Gunner Med wrapped up Operation "Bring on the Docs" with a recent visit to the Jassan Health Clinic for a cooperative medical engagement."It...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq, July 1, 2009 – Soldiers serving with a medical task force here completed nearly a year’s worth of missions last week satisfied that they’ve helped to improve health care in Iraq’s Wasit province. Army Capt. Michael O’Leary checks a patient’s eye during an examination at the last “Bring on the Docs” cooperative medical engagement at the Jassan Health Clinic, June 23, 2009, in Iraq’s Wasit province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Soldiers from Task Force Gunner Med wrapped up Operation “Bring on the Docs” with...

NAJAF — The Iraqi provincial government recently received three pallets of humanitarian relief supplies from organizations in the United States, which they will distribute to the local populace here. "Helping people who are less fortunate is always a good thing whether in your home town or across the world," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Fred Harmon, project coordinator. "It is important because it is a capacity-building effort," added U.S. Army Lt. Col. Roberto L. Garcia, a civil affairs officer with the 308th Civil Affairs Brigade in Homewood, Ill., and project coordinator back in the States. "It not only helps one...

Contaminated needles and scalpels, bloodied bandages, body parts, unused prescription drugs, soiled hospital garments, radioactive waste and refuse tainted with infectious disease: These are only a few items that may be discarded on a curbside, abandoned in a nearby lake or piled in a dumpster headed for the local landfill. Some say Americans are simply oblivious to the imminent risk of major hazards and contagions spreading throughout their communities at any given time. Former Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., grew concerned about medical waste hauling after Sept. 11. He told WND that 15 years ago, the nation's hospitals incinerated much of...

Thousands of union members rallied for Obamacare on Capitol Hill today in a massive display of union outreach that threatened to deliver more votes for a controversial “public plan” option. The rally came on the heels of Obama raising the possibility that unions would be exempt from taxing health care benefits. Obama said he was open to imposing new taxes on Americans who are not union members, which is a principle he adamantly opposed during his presidential campaign. The hypocrisy was easily explained by one Republican strategist who was closely following health care developments on the Hill. "Is it any...

Is your medical insurance bad for your health? If you have a high-deductible plan, the answer may be yes. The investment firm Fidelity recently surveyed employees at various companies who had opted for a high-deductible health plan linked to a health savings account. About half of those workers said they or a family member had chosen not to seek medical care for minor ailments as many as four times in the last year to avoid paying the out-of-pocket expenses. As any doctor will tell you, small health problems left untreated can become big problems, warns Kathleen Stoll, director of health...

The University of Florida medical school received an F and the University of Miami a B on a scorecard designed to measure ethical policies on professors' relationship with the pharmaceutical industry, the Pew Prescription Project announced Tuesday. Nova Southeastern's College of Osteopathic Medicine got a D, Florida State a B and the University of South Florida a C on the AMSA PharmFree Scorecard. The Gainesville school flunked because it refused to provide information, according to the 2009 American Medical Student Association PharmFree Scorecard. UF spokeswoman Melanie Fridl Ross said Tuesday, ``We aren't sure what happened with respect to the AMSA...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, June 15, 2009 – The Staff Sgt. Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital here opened its doors June 13 to highlight a number of services available to servicemembers in the Regional Command East area of operations. In an event that involved weeks of planning, the hospital staff came together to construct unique displays illustrating what individual sections have to offer. “We put the word out to the departments, and people stepped up as smartly as they could to put these displays together,” said the hospital’s deputy commander, Air Force Col. (Dr.) Fred Hannan. “Warrior Care is something...

Maj. Roger Brockbank, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, works with doctors from the Basrah Women's and Children's Hospital during neonatal resuscitation training aboard Contingency Operating Base Basrah, June 10. Photo by Sgt. Rodney Foliente, 4th Infantry Division. BASRAH — U.S. doctors and medical staff conducted neonatal resuscitation training for local doctors aboard the Contingency Operating Base here, June 10-11. The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, offered the training and introduced new procedures and equipment that can help save infant lives and reduce the risk of babies suffering from cerebral palsy and mental retardation."Iraq has one of...

Lafayette, La. native, Maj. Frederick Hall (left), conducts an eye examination on one of 68 patients during three days of partnership training, June 12. Hall, an ophthalmologist and the surgeon for the 225th Engineer Brigade, was asked to participate in the training of Iraqi Army ophthalmologists. Photo by Lt. Col. Pat Simon, 225th Engineer Brigade. TALLIL — An extremely concerned Iraqi father cradled his seven-month-old son as he walked into a health clinic here, June 12, seeking medical help. There was something seriously wrong with his little boy's vision that demanded immediate attention. Lucky for him and many other families,...

WASHINGTON – House Democrats are crafting a plan that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would help families making less than $88,000 pay the premiums. Employers, too, would have to help foot the bill. It's the latest development in President Barack Obama's push to fix the ailing U.S. health care system by getting the government more deeply involved.

Wise guy liberal talk show hosts and writers of impassioned letters to the editor have been lecturing me with the argument that Obama and his Democrats are not remotely planning any sort of government health-care rationing in their socialized medicine plan, which is going to save so much money that they are now scrounging around for the biggest tax increase in U.S. history to pay for it. But Obama has now made fools out of all of them with the release last week of his White House report, "The Economic Case for Health Care Reform" (.pdf), produced by his Council...

Here's something that people with poor or no vision will be excited about: three patients had their sight restored in less than a month by contact lenses cultured with stem cells. All three patients were blind in one eye. The researchers extracted stem cells from their working eyes, cultured them in contact lenses for 10 days, and gave them to the patients. Within 10 to 14 days of use, the stem cells began recolonizing and repairing the cornea. Of the three patients, two were legally blind but can now read the big letters on an eye chart, while the third,...

By DANA MATTIOLI Accelerating health-care premiums and sharp revenue shortfalls due to the recession are forcing some small companies to choose between dropping health insurance or laying off workers -- or staying in business at all. Sheryl Weldon, owner of Commerce Welding & Manufacturing Co., saw health-insurance payments increase to more than $800 monthly per employee from about $200 five years ago. With monthly revenue down 10% since December, Ms. Weldon stopped providing health coverage to employees, including one being treated for prostate cancer, for the first time in the 64-year-history of the Dallas sheet-metal company. Ms. Weldon and several...

Capt. N.I. Okpokwasili, 41st Fires Brigade surgeon, discusses the results of a patient's scan with one of the Iraqi doctors at the Karama hospital during Task Force Gunner Med's visit, May 19. Photo by Sgt. Joe Thompson, Multi-National Division – South. FOB DELTA — Task Force Gunner Med, the 41st Fires Brigade's combined medical engagement team, recently visited the Karama hospital to continue its effort of improving the Wasit healthcare system. The visit, part of the joint medical civil-military operation between the Wasit Director General of Health and the 41st Fires Brigade, was designed to restore the medical capacity in...

5/18/2009 - BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- As soon as the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team arrived in the Panjshir Valley in November 2008, they noticed a need for a more sanitary way of disposing of contaminated needles. "We saw that they were using cardboard boxes and buckets for [sharps] disposal. We also observed needles laying all over the ground," said Tech. Sgt. James Bailey, a PRT medic from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. To solve this problem, Sergeant Bailey and Tech. Sgt. Alfred Greene, a medic deployed from Shaw AFB, S.C., met with the Panjshir director of Public Health to...

David Plouffe, a key player in Barack Obama’s successful campaign for the presidency, cautioned American voters to be wary of right-wing arguments against the President’s proposed health care legislation. “Their contention that a government-run health care plan will infringe on free choice is a false argument,” Plouffe asserted. “As the President himself so astutely put it, the average American is ill-prepared to make informed health care choices. An uninformed choice is no choice at all. Attempts to secure this worthless option shouldn’t be allowed to stand in the way of universal and comprehensive coverage.” “Doctors and government have the expertise...

ST PAUL: The court order authorizing electroshock treatments for Ray Sandford says that when he arrived at a psychiatric hospital early last year, he was “grossly psychotic” and violent toward staff and other patients. Sandford, who has been declared legally incompetent, said he agreed to the treatments at first, but after more than 40 of them he finds it hard to remember names and other things. His bipolar disorder is under control, he says, and he should have the right to say no. The court disagrees, but advocates of the mentally ill who call themselves the “mad pride” movement have...

KABUL, May 4, 2009 – Local medical professionals are working hand in hand with Afghan National Army commandos and medical personnel with Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan to provide medical assistance for the people of Shindand district in Afghanistan's Herat province. A U.S. Special Forces medic examines a local man at the Qanati clinic in Afghanistan's Herat province, March 25, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Schult  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. This melting pot of caregivers from different backgrounds and abilities has come together to operate a medical clinic and provide specialized care...

This computer rendering shows the planned $2.6 million state-of-the-art Zakho Emergency Hospital and Trauma Center. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the project, with completion scheduled for August 2009. Rendering courtesy of USACE. ZAKHO — Car accidents and trauma injuries account for a large percentage of the medical care administered in this Kurdish border town.  Although the town has adequate medical facilities, the treatment of trauma patients has placed a heavy burden on hospital medical staff.To ease the strain, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division is overseeing the construction of a $2.6 million state-of-the-art medical...

Father John Corapi gets on a phone in his Montana office and asks someone to boost the volume. The assistant who helped arrange an interview with him had warned about this. “Speak loudly,” she said, “he’s hard of hearing.” Father Corapi himself has never been hard to hear. For nearly two decades, his thundering voice has preached the Gospel with a forceful, meat-and-potatoes theology that’s made him among the most recognizable priests in the world.But since August 2007, that voice has been relatively silent. At first, that was by choice — having traveled more than 2 million miles spreading the...

TIKRIT — A battalion of Iraqi Army Soldiers, along with Coalition forces medics, provided humanitarian assistance to villagers in Bazunah, April 19. Combining educational and medical assistance, IA Soldiers handed out school supplies to the children, while CF medics performed medical screenings. “The team's ability to work together allowed for the medical screening of more than 100 Bazunah villagers, and the distribution of school supplies to 150 children,” said the ground forces commander present during the operation. One Coalition Soldier working side-by-side with the Iraqis described the visit as a “great day for the Iraqi Army battalion. They were able...

KONAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, April 28, 2009 – Raziqullah laid motionless on the green stretcher as blood oozed across his forehead, dripping onto the floor of Forward Operating Base Blessing’s aid station. Army Maj. Durren Hightower, a physician’s assistant, looked up from the massive head wound that exposed the 15-year-old’s brain, and sighed, “You know he isn’t going to have a good outcome, right?” One of the medics, fighting to keep the boy breathing by pumping oxygen into his lungs, replied quietly, “Yes sir.” Raziqullah, a shepherd, who like many Afghans has only one name, left home early on the morning...

DIYALA — More than 250 villagers here were treated or immunized at a temporary clinic in the once al Qaida-controlled village of Shuzayf, April 23. Men, women and children lined up outside a school in anticipation of receiving medical care that otherwise wouldn't be easy to obtain. As children frowned and cried from seeing the needle that would deliver vaccinations of all types, parents smiled knowing their kids were being treated with the best medical care in the area. Leading doctor of the clinic and director of Udaim Medical Center, Dr. Omar Hashim Achmed, said the villagers were too far...

KABUL, April 24, 2009 – Members of Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan recently conducted an unusual mission handover -- rather than discussing troop disposition and battle status, the soldiers were passing along information about bottle feedings and sleeping schedules. Ramazan, an Afghan baby, poses for the camera before his trip to a medical facility in Kabul. Members of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan cared for Ramazan following surgeries to correct a birth defect that prevented him from eating effectively, before turning his care over to a Kabul hospital, April 20, 2009. U.S. Army photo...

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2009 – Coalition forces in Iraq increasingly are working to develop the country’s nonmilitary capabilities, such as its criminal justice and medical systems. In recent weeks, that has meant training the Iraqis in forensic science and medical practices. Capt. Ghissan K. Towman, police department forensic examiner in Hillah, Iraq, dusts a CD for fingerprints under the supervision of Jessica D. Janisch, Joint Expeditionary Forensics Facility 1 certified latent print examiner, during training at the station in southern Iraq, April 2, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Bethany L. Little  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Troops...

Mar 30, 2009: This bill passed in the House of Representatives by roll call vote. The vote was held under a suspension of the rules to cut debate short and pass the bill, needing a two-thirds majority.The totals were 391 Ayes, 8 Nays, 32 Present/Not Voting.

Because the medications I must use to treat my COPD now will cost me $600.00 a month at Walmart, I placed an order with a Canadian pharmacy, for equivalent medications, at about $200.00 a month. All went well, but then I learned that my order may be held up, for up to 3 weeks, by U.S. Customs. Maybe I should just start doseing myself with Mexican heroin, they let it in with no delay! I try to take care of myself, I could go to the county and beg, but I'm not down that low yet, I'll tough it out!

KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan, April 14, 2009 – U.S. forces participated with French and Afghan forces recently in three days of humanitarian missions to bring medical treatment and necessary supplies to residents of isolated villages here. Task Force Warrior brigade surgeon Army Capt. (Dr.) William Barker injects anesthetics before stitching the ear of a patient during a two-day medical outreach at the Alasay District Center in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province, April 5, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. John Zincone  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The Alasay District Clinic in Kapisa treated more than 670 patients April...

Korean Stem Cell Treatment Stimulates New Bone Growth An 18-year-old with a damaged jawbone has found new hope through a treatment using adult stem cells. When a tumor developed in his jawbone, one side of the bone along with most of his teeth had to be removed. However, clinical tests of forming bones using adult stem cells have restored the damaged jawbone and his appearance looks normal now. Adult stem cells are taken from the bone marrow of the patient then multiplied and specialized to form an osteoblast, a bone-forming cell. It may sound complicated, but the treatment itself...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, April 9, 2009 – A 2-year-old girl from Afghanistan’s Gardez province and her family flew to Cincinnati earlier this month to have reconstructive surgery on the child’s trachea, a procedure made necessary after the girl swallowed a battery last year. Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Robert Elwood, chief of pediatrics at Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, and Air Force Capt. LaRita Abel, nurse manager in the hospital’s intensive-care wing, hold a news conference about Nazia Gardezi’s upcoming surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center with Afghan media, March 30, 2009. In the middle, Nazia sits...

RIYADH: Neurologist Fawzia Ba-Mogdam, who specializes in epilepsy and sleep disorders, disagrees with the layman’s understanding that epilepsy is caused by jinni (spirits) and should be treated with recitations from the Holy Qur’an rather than medication. Contrary to the advice given by some religious scholars, epilepsy is a physical condition that should be treated with the help of medical science. In a seminar organized by King Fahd Medical City under the title “Religious and Medical Viewpoints of Epilepsy,” Ba-Mogdam explained that epilepsy is a medical condition due to excessive neurological activity in the brain, which can cause seizures. “Believing in...

More than 180 Iraqi patients were seen and treated during a combined medical engagement in Kut, April 2. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson, Multi-National Division - South East. FOB DELTA — The combined medical engagement team of 41st Fires Brigade visited the Hawraa Clinic in Kut to share knowledge and conduct joint medical screenings with Iraqi medical personnel, April 2.The visit is part of Operation Gunner Med, a joint medical civil-military operation between the Wasit Director General of Health and 41st Fires Brigade, designed to restore medical service capacity in Wasit and bring medical care up to the...

BAGHDAD — After years of sanctions and forced isolation, two Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) officers recently stepped on the world stage to present their study at a NATO conference in Germany. IqAF Flight Surgeons, Maj. Abdulrazzaq and 1st Lt. Hazem, presented their findings on a fatal Iraqi Mi-17 helicopter crash to the annual NATO Flight Surgeons’ Conference held at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 16-20. Two Iraqi pilots were killed in March 2008 while flying into a sand storm. Two lessons learned that the Iraqi surgeons brought to the conference were to accelerate instrument training and to increase the practice...

Iraqi nurses practice skills learned during a recent medical conference near Balad. Photo by Capt. Daniel T. Sem, 25th Infantry Division. TIKRIT — The content of the medical lecture might have seemed standard fare to a normal American medical student, but to the Iraqi physicians, nurses and midwives starved for modern medical training, it was the cutting edge.“For three years I have had this equipment in my operating room,� Dr. Hussein, the director of Balad General Hospital in Salah ah-Din province, said in reference to items used to start a central venous line in the femoral artery. “But until today...

KARBALA — Iraqi medical personnel joined U.S. doctors at the Hussein General Hospital here for a medical symposium, March 22-25. Col. John P. Schriver, 10th Combat Support Hospital chief surgeon, has been working with the Iraqi doctors to modernize their medical procedures. Schriver walked with the Iraqi doctors through patient wards at the hospital, discussing the best candidates for a joint surgery to be performed by Iraqi and American surgeons. “By examining each patient’s case, I am able to listen to what the staff here has diagnosed a patient with, and then we can design a care plan for those...

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2009 – Even as coalition and Afghan forces try to stamp out violent extremism in Afghanistan, troops also work to provide a better life for the people who live there. Army Staff Sgt. David Fisher, a sniper with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, hands out blankets, clothing and food to a nomadic family outside Forward Operating Base Altimur in Afghanistan’s Logar province, March 25, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Thompson  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. U.S servicemembers worked alongside Afghan soldiers in recent days to deliver medical treatment to...

One week after President Barack Obama's top law enforcement official seemed to indicate the feds would no longer raid pot clubs, DEA agents busted a medical marijuana facility in San Francisco Wednesday night. As agents carried large plastic containers of marijuana plants out of Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Howard Street, a small crowd of protesters formed a gauntlet outside the door, booing the agents and chanting, "our medicine is marijuana … listen to Obama!" DEA spokeswoman Casey McEnry told CBS 5 the documents regarding the raid are sealed, so the DEA was not able to give any details....

Couples having IVF treatment are to be warned for the first time that their children have a higher risk of genetic flaws and health problems. Official guidance will make clear that test-tube babies could be up to 30 per cent more likely to suffer from certain birth defects. The alert has been ordered by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the Government's watchdog on fertility issues. It means that the one in six British couples estimated to be infertile will have to balance their desire for a child against concerns that IVF methods could lead to life-threatening defects or long-term...

CBNNews.com - Men should start taking a daily aspirin at age 45 to lower the risk of heart attack by 20 percent, according to recent U.S. Preventive Services findings. Doctors add that women should start a daily aspirin regimine at age 55 to protect against strokes. However, some medical experts have concerns.

A two-year-old girl can see for the first time, following stem-cell treatment. Dakota Clarke, who was born blind, is the first patient to undergo the new type of therapy. The £30,000 treatment, which involves inserting stems cells from an umbilical cord into her forehead, lets her see people, objects, colours and lights around her. Dakota suffers from Septo-Optic Dysplasia, in which the optic nerve doesn’t develop properly, and has responded faster than expected to the treatment. Her parents, Wilma, 28, and Darren, 34, are hoping she’ll keep improving and enjoy a lifetime of sight.

Pro-Life Groups' New Web Site Responds to Obama Ditching Abortion Protections by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor March 18, 2009 Email RSSPrint Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A coalition of pro-life groups has launched a new web site to respond to President Barack Obama's proposal to rescind protections for pro-life medical centers and professionals. The new Freedom2Care.org makes it easier for pro-life advocates to respond to the decision.As LifeNews.com has reported, Obama has proposed removing the protections that provided better enforcement for existing conscience laws for medical professionals.The Bush administration put the protections in place after learning that medical centers and staff...

Apparently President Obama did not get the message that was delivered loud and clear last week by both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill in hearings on the Administration’s proposed Veterans Administration budget.  Rumors had been flying that the Obama Administration was considering a harebrained scheme to charge wounded warriors for the treatment of injuries received in battle.  Asked about the scurrilous rumors by Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Richard Burr (R-NC), the left’s favorite general, Eric Shinseki, now Obama’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs, confirmed that the plan was “under consideration. “A final decision hasn’t been made yet,” said Shinseki,...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HUNTER — Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers conducted a joint humanitarian mission to provide medical attention and essential supplies to the citizens of Musharah near Forward Operating Base Hunter on March 8. The 1st and 3rd battalions, of the 41st Iraqi Army Brigade, led the effort with assistance from Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Approximately 210 Iraqi children from the Musharah community in Iraq’s Maysan province benefited from the mission. During the visit, American medics examined the children for everything from routine stuffy noses to a number of complex health problems, which were...

Tuesday March 17, 2009 Courageous Mother Delays Chemotherapy Treatment for Cancer, Saves Lives of Twins By Hilary WhiteLIVERPOOL, March 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While some doctors routinely offer abortion in the case of women who are pregnant and facing cancer treatments, one British housewife has demonstrated that it is not always necessary to make such a difficult situation into a death sentence for the unborn child. Rachel Crossland, a British housewife and mother of six who had been diagnosed with cancer, refused chemotherapy and radiation treatment when she was informed she was 13 weeks pregnant with twins. The Daily...

AMA Supports President's Decision to Fund Stem Cell Research For immediate release March 9, 2009 Statement attributable to: Joseph Heyman, MD Board Chair, American Medical Association "The American Medical Association supports President Obama's decision to lift the ban on federal funding of stem cell research. Stem cell research holds great promise to treat diseases that science has so far been unable to cure, and this change in policy will allow researchers to accelerate their efforts by applying for federal research funds. "The AMA supports biomedical research on stem cells and has encouraged strong public support of federal funding for this...