Topic: California
Supporters of California's failed 2004 stem-cell law will ask strapped taxpayers to support another $3 billion bond initiative in 2014. One campaign ad showed actor Christopher Reeve, aka Superman, asking California voters to "stand up for those who can't. The promised financial ...
Geron Corp. has begun testing an embryonic stem-cell treatment on a patient with spinal cord injuries, marking the first time such a drug has been used on a human.The company said it enrolled the first patient in the early stage study, which ...
Newly discovered letters by Francis Crick add to the drama of the DNA story. Public health officials are concerned that whooping cough appears to be making a comeback, especially in California, where nine infants have died of the disease this year.
Editorial writers' reactions to the ban included concerns that potential cures for diseases are in jeopardy and calls to enact legislation clarifying the issue.. Congress and the Obama administration must work swiftly to untangle this latest knot. A federal judge has seen ...
Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Up 54% Since 2000. About 21 percent of workers with single coverage, 11 percent with family coverage, and 10 percent with employee-plus-one coverage paid nothing toward their health insurance premium. But it did well going back to ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:. About 21 percent of workers with single coverage, 11 percent with family coverage, and 10 percent with employee-plus-one coverage paid nothing toward their health insurance ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt admonished in a 1932 commencement address that " Although fetal cells may need support from other, nearby cells in a tissue transplant, Barker concedes that the field is moving to transplanting pure stem cells, rather than tissue. With ...
Professor Pier M. Forni has devoted his career to convincing people to conduct their lives with kindness and civility December 01, 2008 | By David Zax . Despite federal opposition to embryonic stem cell research, the promise of medical benefits, academic freedom ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Alabama family physician Dr. Regina Benjamin was confirmed Thursday as the new U.S. surgeon general. The clinic serves 4,400 patients who would have difficulty finding care ...
In addition to electing Barack Obama president and carrying a wave of Dems to victory in Congress, voters in several states approved ballot initiatives decriminalizing marijuana, lifting limits on embryonic stem cell research, allowing doctor-assisted suicide-and nixed others that would have restricted ...
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