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IL House Committee OK’s Anti-Abortion Measures

Rules would include requirement that women view ultrasound before getting abortion

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E-15 Gets EPA Green Light

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has accepted the industry’s research into whether a 15 percent ethanol blend has any...

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Health Advocates Criticize State Report on Weldon Spring

The report outlined leukemia risks near a radioactive waste storage site in St. Charles County.

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Trouble Sleeping? Study Finds Link Between Sleep and Memory

Washington University researcher says disrupted sleep appears to be associated with the build-up of amyloid plaques.

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Data Mining Could Contain Health Costs

St. Louis, Mo. (KMOX) – We live in an era of information overload.  Now the government is releasing even more data.  One expert says, in the right hands it could be a tool for change [...]

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Tour to Assess Safety Reforms At Cochran VA Med Center

Chair of House Veterans Affairs Committee will join Rep. Carnahan

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Geochemist Highly Critical of Weldon Spring Report

“If they were looking at zip codes, to include in the report of this kind, if that was an oversight, they should all be fired.”

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Teen Mom of Abandoned Baby in Custody

“We knew who she was and she had been hospitalized with post childbirth issues and we just allowed her enough time to recover from that.”

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Survey: High School Football Caused 850 Concussions in 2011

Football players reported the highest number of suspected concussions.

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Sex-Changing Treatment For Kids: It’s On The Rise

It’s an issue that raises ethical questions, and some experts are urging caution.

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Lawmakers Battle over Health Care Cut

Democrats on the committee were irate at the cuts because they said they were not informed about the plan prior to the mark-up Thursday morning.

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90 Heroin-Related Deaths In St. Louis County Last Year

Nearly double previous year’s heroin death toll.

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Children’s Hospitals: More Budget Cuts Would be Devastating

Just as they feared. Leaders of children’s hospitals nationwide and in St. Louis say President Obama’s 2013 budget cuts them to the bone.

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New Mother Dies in Hospital Waiting Room

Preliminary findings indicate Stephanie Maylee could have died from a self induced prescription drug overdose.

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