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CHICAGO (AP) -- A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without government approval, it remains out of reach and too costly for many who need it. Doctors, patients and advocates say that would change if...... Full story

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — More teens are turning to pot and see it as less of a risk at the same time alcohol use among the same age group has dipped to historic lows, according to an annual national survey of drug use released Wednesday. The...... Full story

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging.Patient deaths have been...... Full story

NEW YORK (AP) -- George Eberhardt turned 107 last month, and scientists would love to know how he and other older folks like him made it that far. So he's going to hand over some of his DNA.He's one of 100 centenarians taking part in a project...... Full story

CHICAGO (AP) -- Exposure to the chemical bisphenol-A before birth could affect girls' behavior at age 3, according to the latest study on potential health effects of the compound used in the manufacturing of some plastic drink bottles and food can...... Full story

LONDON (AP) -- The European Union's top court ruled Tuesday that scientists cannot patent stem cell techniques that use human embryos for research purposes, a ruling some scientists said threatens important research since no one could profit from...... Full story

LONDON (AP) -- Patrick Hetzner tried diets and exercise, just about everything short of stomach stapling to lose weight. Nothing worked. Five months ago he tried something new: a stomach pacemaker that curbed his appetite.Since having it implanted,...... Full story

Jackie Hackbart is a caregiver under stress.She can’t leave her husband, Bob, 82, who suffers from dementia, alone in their Citrus Heights, Calif., town house — and she can’t leave him with a sitter, because he forgets where...... Full story

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medical industry and other groups pushing health care overhaul are airing a new television ad that stars the man in the middle of the battle: President Barack Obama. To the untrained eye, the 60-second spot could appear to be a...... Full story

Americans are Fit and Fat! As Oxymoronic, as that may sound.  That is what I gathered from John Cloud, the Time Magazine writer of the article “Why Exercise won’t make you fit.” Henry was kind of bugged by the article because...... Full story

CHICAGO (AP) -- Proposed limits on Tylenol, a painkiller as common as pain itself, have left many consumers fearful, confused and wondering where to turn for relief. The potential government crackdown on acetaminophen, Tylenol's main ingredient,...... Full story

ACA MEETINGSAdult Children of Alcoholics/ACA of the RGV is a support group that meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, located at 1401 S. Nebraska in San Juan. This is a 30 year old 12 step based support group. If...... Full story

ACA MEETINGS Adult Children of Alcoholics/ACA of the RGV is a support group that meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, located at 1401 S. Nebraska in San Juan. This is a 30 year old 12 step based support group. If...... Full story

ACA MEETINGS Adult Children of Alcoholics/ACA of the RGV is a support group that meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, located at 1401 S. Nebraska in San Juan. This is a 30 year old 12 step based support group. If...... Full story

ACA MEETINGSAdult Children of Alcoholics/ACA of the RGV is a support group that meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, located at 1401 S. Nebraska in San Juan. This is a 30 year old 12 step based support group. If...... Full story