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Cancer group aims to boost trust in guidelines
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a field plagued by frequent controversy, the American Cancer Society has taken "a major step forward" with a new system for developing trustworthy screening recommendations. | Full Article
Brain stimulation may help some stroke patients
December 14, 2011 05:20 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating stroke patients who have lost control and awareness of one side of their body with magnetic stimulation to the brain may improve their symptoms, researchers said today. | Full Article
Health law keeps 2.5 million young adults insured
December 14, 2011 05:27 PM ET
(Reuters) - U.S. healthcare reforms have enabled 2.5 million young adults to remain in their parents' health insurance plans, the U.S. government said on Wednesday, up from 1 million reported earlier this year. | Full Article
Kids' leukemia risk tied to dads' smoking
December 14, 2011 04:31 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose fathers smoked have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a new Australian study finds. | Full Article
Analysis: Big Pharma gets a driving lesson from carmakers
December 14, 2011 11:25 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Big drugmakers, under pressure to streamline operations in the face of rising costs and slowing sales, are looking to the automotive industry for tips on tuning up their profit engines. | Full Article
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Germans rebuff calls for ECB action after summit
December 14, 2011 05:11 PM ET
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's chancellor and central banker urged Europe to stick to stricter budget discipline and forget about one-shot solutions after financial markets judged that another EU summit had failed to resolve the euro zone's debt crisis. | Full Article
Tax fight gets nastier as government shutdown looms
December 14, 2011 04:35 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday faced the prospect of an imminent government shutdown for the third time this year as a fight between lawmakers in Congress over taxes and spending turned nastier. | Full Article
China says will hit U.S. auto imports with duties
December 14, 2011 05:12 PM ET
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China will impose punitive duties of up to 22 percent on large cars and SUVs exported from the United States, China's Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two largest economies. | Full Article
Fed won't bail Europe out, Bernanke tells lawmakers
December 14, 2011 05:12 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Republican senators on Wednesday the Fed can't and won't provide bailout funds to support European banks or nations, lawmakers said. | Full Article
Obama: Troops leaving Iraq with heads held high
December 14, 2011 03:53 PM ET
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama welcomed home some of the last U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday, marking a symbolic end to the nearly nine-year war that strained America's armed forces and damaged its standing worldwide. | Full Article
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Obama welcomes Iraq troop home; the "French Mitt Romney" attack ad; teen vices; and more from The Slatest.

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The Slatest: December 14, 2011

Obama Welcomes Troops Home From Iraq

Obama Welcomes Troops Home From Iraq

The president marks the coming end of the nine-year war with a speech at Fort Bragg.

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Liberal Super PAC Unveils "French Mitt Romney" Attack Ad

Liberal Super PAC Unveils "French Mitt Romney" Attack Ad

"The mere fact that we can show him speaking French fluently, we believe, is going to irritate primary voters."

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Teen Alcohol Use Plummets, But Pot on the Rise

Teen Alcohol Use Plummets, But Pot on the Rise

Survey shows high school students are experimenting with marijuana at rates not seen since the 1970s.

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Afghan Rape Victim Freed From Jail

Afghan Rape Victim Freed From Jail

President Karzai pardons woman who was raped, impregnated, and imprisoned for adultery.

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Percentage of Married Couples at Record Low

Percentage of Married Couples at Record Low

Career ambition, shifting ideologies and economic downturn the likely culprits.

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O'Donnell Endorses "Anti-Establishment" Romney

O'Donnell Endorses "Anti-Establishment" Romney

Tea Party favorite blasts frontrunner Newt Gingrich as inconsistent.

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Time's Person of the Year: The Protester

Time's Person of the Year: The Protester

"These are folks who are changing history already and will change the future."

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Syracuse Accusers to Sue University, Coach Boeheim

Syracuse Accusers to Sue University, Coach Boeheim

Say that the head coach's forceful dismissal of their accusations may have done damage to the case.

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