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Study finds medical, surgical abortions very safe. Although there were slightly more complications seen with medical abortions than surgical ones, death rates were far higher among women who gave birth, the data showed. Read more

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TUESDAY, Dec. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- First-line regimens with endocrine therapy (ET) may be associated with benefits among patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (ERBB2-positive [formerly HER2-positive]) metastatic breast cancer (MBC), according to a study published online Dec. 15 in JAMA Network Open.

A small but growing number of states are extending government health benefits to children regardless of their immigration status. Come January, Connecticut and New Jersey will join the nine states plus Washington, D.C., that allow children without permanent legal status to enroll in the programs.

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Adam Geinitz and his fiance, Jeremy, had planned to elope to Puerto Rico this past September. While weather reports indicated potential storms, the couple departed from their home in Colorado for their destination wedding anyway.But during their layover in New York, the storm worsened into what would become Hurricane Fiona. And as it became clear...

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When you’re retired, disabled, a wounded warrior or you lose a family member, you benefit from Social Security. The program is funded by taxes collected from workers and their employers. Today, about 179 million people pay Social Security taxes and 65 million receive monthly benefits. A little more than half of Social Security recipients pay […]

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Social Security is conservatively financed and managed. It has no borrowing authority and cannot spend itself into a deficit. To ensure that all benefits can be paid in full and on time, Social Security’s Board of Trustees reports to Congress annually, projecting the program's income and expenses over three-quarters of a century. That is a longer valuation period than private pensions or most other countries project for their counterpart programs.

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