Saturday, November 20, 2004

Health Headlines - November 20

Congress Helps Providers Refuse Abortions

Congress made it a little easier for hospitals, insurers and other to refuse to provide or cover abortions.

Scientists Warn of Toxins in Fish

Each day at 4 p.m., the trawlers come back, alive with giant bass, mackerel and squirming eels, at the end of a food chain that links family dinner tables to poisons in the sea.

Groups Disappointed by Veteran Health Aid

Veterans' health care got a lot of attention in the just-concluded election campaign, but the Republican-led Congress is not devoting as much money to it as veterans groups and even some GOP lawmakers wanted.

Study Suggests Chernobyl Affected Sweden

More than 800 people in northern Sweden may have cancer as a result of the fallout that spewed over the region after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, according to a new study by Swedish scientists.

Pill Company Thrives Despite Complaints

Just three years since an Ohio salesman started selling penis enlargement pills out of a spare room in his house, his company is raking in more than $200 million a year.

Alternative Medicine Practitioner Charged

A practitioner of alternative medicine who allegedly discouraged a woman with breast cancer from getting chemotherapy has been charged in her death.

Don't Delay When a Stroke Strikes

Quick action is essential when someone is having a stroke.

Joe Montana Leads Fight Against High Blood Pressure

Joe Montana, one of the greatest quarterbacks in football history, was the picture of grace under pressure as he carried the San Francisco 49ers to countless come-from-behind victories.

That's why a diagnosis of high blood pressure two years ago left him stunned. Now, he's on a mission to alert others to the dangers of this life-threatening condition and to describe how it can be controlled.

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