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Nearly 700 women donate breast tissue for research
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Last Updated: 4:44 AM 02/03/12 - Nearly 700 women have donated healthy breast tissue to the nation's only facility to collect, catalog and analyze tissue for breast cancer research. (Full Story)
IU Health Goshen computer server hacked by virus
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Last Updated: 7:12 PM 02/01/12 - Patient confidentiality is a top priority for hospitals, but IU Health Goshen is now taking added steps after learning a virus snaked its way into an online server. (Full Story)
Pfizer recalls 28 lots of birth control pills
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Last Updated: 4:32 PM 02/01/12 - Pfizer Inc. is recalling 28 lots of birth control pills after uncovering a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally. (Full Story)
Ind. Senate backs tightening abortion pill rules
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Last Updated: 2:28 PM 02/01/12 - The Indiana Senate has approved a bill that would tighten laws on how doctors may administer the so-called abortion pill. (Full Story)
Too few get screened for common cancers
Last Updated: 4:26 PM 01/30/12 - According to a new report from the CDC and the National Cancer Institute, not enough Americans are being screened for common cancers despite the disease becoming a growing issue in the United States. (Full Story)
Catholic Church fighting new mandate on birth control
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Last Updated: 6:49 PM 01/26/12 - A fight between the Catholic Church, and Obama administration could be brewing.
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9-year-old saves great grandmother's life
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Last Updated: 11:54 PM 01/25/12 - He’s being called a hero and he isn’t even ten yet. Logan Nunez sprung into action when his great grandmother passed out last week – and ended up saving her life. (Full Story)
Replacing knees with 3-D
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Last Updated: 7:22 PM 01/25/12 - Every year knee replacements can put half a million Americans out of commission for a month or more. Now, without cutting any muscles, a new option is cutting recovery time. (Full Story)
Ind. Senate panel backs limits on abortion pill
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Last Updated: 3:42 PM 01/25/12 - An Indiana Senate committee has approved a proposal to tighten laws on how doctors can give women the so-called abortion pill even though doctors testified that the measure requires prescription of a more dangerous higher dosage. (Full Story)
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