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Harvard Antiabortion Group Asks Students To Seek Refunds For Portion Of Insurance Premium That Covers Abortions
The group Harvard Right to Life, or HRL, during the past two weeks has been sending cards to Harvard University students who have Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans that detail how to request a refund for the portion of their premiums that funds abortions, The Politico reports. More: continued here

Discovery Of Possible Link Between Protein Deletion And Addiction Wins Top Honors At ISEF
An ambitious exploration of the basic mechanisms underlying addiction received top honors in the new Addiction Science category at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest science competition for high school students. The project, The Novel Role of the GluCl α; Ion Channel and Diazepam Binding Genes in Alcohol Addiction, was [...]

NewYork-Presbyterian Specialists Offer Advice On Coping With Allergies
Itchy, watery eyes. Stuffy nose. Sneezing. Sound familiar? As much as we love it, warm weather can spell misery for the 20 million to 30 million Americans who suffer from allergies. According to Dr. Leslie Miller, director of the Emergency Department, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/The Allen Pavilion, the majority of spring respiratory problems come from inhaling such [...]

Are You Allergic To Your Home? Proper Spring Cleaning Can Combat Allergens
As allergy-sufferers nationwide tackle their nose nemeses or keep scratching their heads - literally - in the quest to identify the source of their allergen angst, they can consider these tips for combating allergies in the home. The most common allergens are dust mites and animal dander found mostly inside, not outside, the home sweet [...]

UK MPs Vote To Keep 24 Week Abortion Limit
Last night, Tuesday 21st May, members of UK parliament’s House of Commons voted to reject a proposal to reduce the upper limit for abortions from 24 to 22 weeks. The 22 week limit, which was rejected by a 304 to 233 majority by MPs who were given a free vote, was one of several proposals [...]

MPs Must Stop The Campaign To End Abortion In Britain, Says fpa, UK
Speaking ahead of the parliamentary vote on abortion taking place on Tuesday 20th May, Julie Bentley, Chief Executive, fpa said: “If the time limit is reduced on Tuesday, abortion law in Britain will have reached the historic moment when it’s cut loose from common consensus and medical opinion. MPs thinking of voting to cut the [...]

Abortion-Rights Advocate Karman Dies At Age 84
Psychologist and abortion-rights advocate Harvey Karman — who worked to make abortions affordable, safe and accessible in the decades before Roe v. Wade — died of a stroke on May 6 at age 84 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., the More: continued here

A New Indicator For Esophageal Varix In Alcoholic Disease
Variceal hemorrhaging is associated with a high mortality rate. The early detection of esophageal varices is critical for the effective prevention of variceal hemorrhage.In daily medical practice, it is common to encounter patients with liver damage from chronic alcohol consumption. When the alcoholic patient is examined, it is often evident that alcoholic liver damage [...]

Stress At Work Increases The Progression Of Arteriosclerosis
Work stress, resulting from great pressure at the work place, may increase the progression of atherosclerosis by 46% in people who have highly reactive personalities to stress. This is demonstrated by a study which will be discussed at the XVI World Congress of Cardiology to be held from May 18th - May 22nd in [...]

Federal Appeals Court Declares Virginia Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., declared a Virginia law banning so-called “partial-birth” abortion unconstitutional, the Washington Post reports. In a 2-1 decision, the panel said the law infringed on a woman’s constitutional right to abortion (Barnes, Washington Post, 5/21). More: continued here