Thursday, July 27, 2017

Judge pulls order offering lower sentences for inmates in exchange for birth control procedures

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Judge Sam Benningfield in White County, Tennessee, initiated program to combat rise in infants who are born addicted to opioids
Angelina Jolie is opening up about her latest health struggles for the first time after a tumultuous year. For September's issue of Vanity Fair, the Hollywood star reveals she was diagnosed with Bell's palsy in 2016. The condition is a temporary facial paralysis, which affects about 40,000 Americans each year. Dr. David Agus joins "CBS This Morning" from Los Angeles to talk about symptoms and treatment of the disease.
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Senate Republicans closed in on a “skinny repeal,” a narrow measure to roll back parts of Obamacare, but some senators want guarantees that the House will negotiate something more comprehensive.
The two creators of the program concluded that providing therapy, creating a system of primary care for mental health, made economic sense.
There were 136 confirmed cases of whooping cough in the state in the first half of 2017, compared with 66 in the first half of 2016, but an expert was not alarmed.
Dr. Needleman studied lost baby teeth to show that any level of absorbed lead can damage young brains.
The war in Congress over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has brought anxiety to the people whose health insurance is at risk.
Teens who were overweight were at significantly increased risk for developing colon cancer as adults.
A reassuring new study found that hearing impairment rates among teens have dropped since an alarming spike in hearing loss was reported a decade ago.
As Republicans seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act, scores of former Obama aides who helped create the law are fighting to save it.
There were no further details on when life support would be removed from the chronically ill infant.

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