Marijuana legalization won big at the ballot box. Now the real challenges start
Published: Nov 17, 2016, 10:53 am • Updated: Nov 18, 2016, 5:31 pm By Bill Kilby, The Washington Post Election Day was a blowout for the cause of legal marijuana. Ballot measures legalizing medical or recreational cannabis use passed for the first time in seven states, with a defeat in Arizona the only setback for activists. But, as the experiences of other legal-marijuana states show, the thorniest debates are just starting. How should the trade be regulated? Who will benefit financially? Ho..>> view originalCDC: 3 of 5 leading causes of death in US fell from 2010 to 2014
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The rate of babies born premature in Florida and around the nation increased in 2015 according to the recently released March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. Florida’s rate of premature births rose slightly from 9.9 percent in 2014 to 10 percent in 2015. The nationwide rate increased for the first time in eight years to 9.6 percent. Dr. Karen Harris, a Gainesville OB-GYN and Chair of the Maternal/Child Health Committee for the March of Dimes in Florida said there are pervasive misco..>> view originalZika Is No Longer a Global Emergency, WHO Says
The World Health Organization declared an end to its global health emergency over the spread of the Zika virus on Friday, prompting dismay from some public health experts confronting the epidemic.An agency advisory committee said it ended the emergency — formally known as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern — because Zika is now shown to be a dangerous mosquito-borne disease, like malaria or yellow fever, and should be viewed as an ongoing threat met as other diseases are, someti..>> view originalWomen uncertain about birth control in election's wake
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On Planned Parenthood’s Facebook page, supporters couldn’t be faulted for sounding concerned following Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election. Trump, after all, has said he would punish women who had abortions, while his vice president-elect, Mike Pence, is known as an anti-abortion crusader. Yet the women’s health organization’s Facebook page is also littered with hopeful comments, many pledging financial support and asking the organization to facetiously send notification to Pence..>> view originalHow the stages of prostate cancer are determined
Any diagnosis of cancer has its own method of staging, which is a way to describe how much cancer is in your body and where it's located. (LilliDay/Getty Images). BY Dr. David Samadi. DAILY NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. Friday, November 18, 2016, 8:45 PM.>> view originalDr. Denton Cooley, Whose Pioneering Heart Surgery Set Off a 40-Year Medical Feud, Dies at 96
But those advances were overshadowed on April 4, 1969, when Dr. Cooley, working independently of Dr. DeBakey, performed his groundbreaking implantation without Dr. DeBakey’s authorization. At the time, Dr. DeBakey and a medical team were developing the artificial heart — it was still an experimental device — at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.Dr. DeBakey felt betrayed. Suddenly his protégé was his archrival. So began a feud that would last 40 years, reveal much about the personalities and..>> view original
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