LIVESTRONG Foundation Advocates Descend on Washington, Urge Congress

LIVESTRONG Foundation Advocates Descend on Washington, Urge Congress

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WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – Jul 8, 2013) – Dozens of LIVESTRONG Foundation cancer advocates from across the country are lobbying their members of Congress this week to protect and increase federal cancer research and prevention funding in the …
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Reproductive Rights

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Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In Roe, the Court determined that abortion rights should be evaluated so as to protect the "fundamental right" of both a woman's right to choose and a physician's right to select a course of medical treatment. In June 1992 …
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Rwandan model proposed as solution to deadly scourge of counterfeit drugs

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The country's Ministry of Health drafted guidelines in 2011 detailing measures to ensure drug quality, such as setting up agency outposts at 469 health centers to the rollout of patient forms for reporting adverse drug events. … But Roger Bate, an …
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Phoenix House on FOX 5 – Washington DC – FOX 5, a Washington, D.C. news station, investigated the problem of teen prescription drug abuse. Ally described her own struggles with addiction and her own…