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A physicians' group suggested to the U.S. Congress a transitional value-based payment initiative it said would improve quality and value for Medicare patients.

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Doctors’ Group Recommends Reform Steps

Stem cells can replace dead heart tissue after a heart attack very early in life, but they lose that ability in adults, U.S. and German researchers say. Senior author Michael Kotlikoff, dean of Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, and colleagues at the University of Bonn said the study involving mice found undifferentiated precursor cells grow new heart cells in a 2-day-old mouse, but not in adult mice….

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Stem Cells Repair Heart Only Early in Life

People who smile even though they don't feel like it had lower heart beat levels, U.S.

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Smiling During Stress May Help the Heart

Arizona's ban on abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy is poised to take effect this week as scheduled after a federal judge ruled Monday that the new law is constitutional. U.S. District Judge James Teilborg said the statute may prompt a few pregnant women who are considering abortion to make the decision earlier

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Judge Says Arizona’s Abortion Ban Can Take Effect

By Elaine C. Pereira Christmas 2009 On Christmas morning, I prompted my mom to join me in the kitchen so that we could begin dinner preparations

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Health Close-Up: "I Will Never Forget"

The risk rises as chronic mental distress becomes more intense, study says

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Even Mild Depression, Anxiety Hurts the Heart: Study