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Down syndrome vital statisticsSunday, March 21, 2010 @ 6:10PMPregnancy risks and life spans

‘Call to action' in north OSunday, March 21, 2010 @ 8:10AMCommunity leaders sent a united message Saturday: “We've got to stop the violence.”

Oklahoma is epicenter for diabetes epidemicSaturday, March 20, 2010 @ 10:49PMDiabetes often has been called the silent killer. It has no outright symptoms, other than indications of high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

Her art shines a light on domestic violenceSaturday, March 20, 2010 @ 10:25PMMichelle Johnson Major wants you to see her face. She wants you to know her name. She wants to show you her paintings.

Call for EU-wide warnings on alcoholSaturday, March 20, 2010 @ 7:25PMA SCOTTISH MEP is launching a bid to see pregnant women warned of the dangers to their unborn child of drinking alcohol.

Kern teen birth rates ratchet up as prevention programs axedSaturday, March 20, 2010 @ 6:20PMThe unvarnished facts of life, Kern County-style, came rapid-fire in the crowded classroom at West High School. “How many of you know that Kern has the highest teenage birth rate of any county in California?” Barbara Gladden asked the students.

Research!America Advocacy Award Honours March Of DimesSaturday, March 20, 2010 @ 6:32AMMarch of Dimes was honored March 16, 2010, at the 14th Annual Research!America Advocacy Awards event at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC. Jennifer L. Howse, PhD, March of Dimes president, and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, granddaughter of March of Dimes founder President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accepted the award. Established by President Roosevelt in 1938 to conquer polio, for ...

Timothy Hla Appointed To Lead Center For Vascular Biology At Weill Cornell Medical CollegeSaturday, March 20, 2010 @ 6:30AMOne of the nation's foremost vascular biologists, Dr. Timothy T. Hla, has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Vascular Biology and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Founded in 1995, Weill Cornell's Center for Vascular Biology is dedicated to biomedical research into vascular disease -- specifically atherosclerosis and thrombosis ...

Rise in syphilis, cuts in funding a worry in PhiladelphiaSaturday, March 20, 2010 @ 6:20AMA spike in syphilis cases and sharp cuts in state funding to Philadelphia for HIV/AIDS are presenting a challenge to public-health workers tasked with preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.