Surgeon General Nominee Dodges Birth Control, Sex-Ed Questions
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James Holsinger, Bush's tap for surgeon general, is grilled on birth control, sex education, his condemnation of male homosexuality and his ability to stand up to political pressure by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington). Here's what he had to say.
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Gay rights activists and a top  Democratic presidential hopeful criticized President George W.  Bush&#39;s surgeon general nominee for &quot;anti-gay&quot; writings on  Thursday, but the White House defended him as well qualified.
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A Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday it was inappropriate for the Army's surgeon general to compare the overdose deaths of injured soldiers in the military's care to that of actor Heath Ledger.
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President George W. Bush's surgeon general nominee, Dr. James Holsinger, disputed claims by critics that he holds "anti-gay" views during a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#039;s vaccine to prevent  the world&#039;s most prevalent sexually transmitted infection  sailed through a panel of U.S. health experts, despite early  fears of opposition from the Christian Right that it might lead  to promiscuity and a false sense of security.
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The majority of sex ed classes that preach abstinence for US teens feature incorrect or misleading information about the effectiveness of contraceptives and the dangers of abortion, according to a report released by a Democratic congressman.
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NEW YORK  - Legislation recently passed in  Texas limits adolescents' ability to obtain confidential  reproductive health care services. Although the goal is to  curtail adolescent sexual activity, these laws are likely to  backfire, according to the authors of a new study.
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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.  - President Bush offered an  unexpected reason on Monday for cracking down on frivolous  medical lawsuits: "Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice  their love with women all across this country."
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OTTAWA (CP) - Just because he's federal health minister, doesn't mean he's healthy.
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Along with glass ceilings and high heels, a visit to the gynecologist falls somewhere on the dark side of being the fairer sex. It's something to which many women grimly resign themselves. That's because, from a woman's first signs of puberty to menopause and beyond, her gynecologic exams and rel...
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Scotland's health minister makes moves to play down the row over new plans for sex education in schools.
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Surgery for children with genital abnormalities was once automatic. Now, parents are involved, and the choices are complex.
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For decades, doctors have operated on babies born with ambiguous genitalia. But there is a growing debate about the role physicians Â and parents Â should play in physically shaping children.
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Women who take oral contraceptives should not smoke, and women who smoke should not take the Pill. But doctors in the IDF Medical Corps, who analyzed some 16,000 questionnaires filled out over two decades
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President George W. Bush's pick to  lead the Food and Drug Administration won support from a U.S.  Senate panel on Wednesday, but still faces opposition from two  Republican senators blocking a full vote on the nomination.
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OTTAWA - The prime minister&#39;s communications director is denying allegations that Paul Martin considered eliminating the Canada Health Act in a draft of his 1995 budget.
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The doctor is out. But was he ever in? On Friday, surgeon Brian W. Amy appeared to have engineered an improbable move from being Mississippi's embattled top health official to overseeing efforts to improve quality of care in the federal Medicare program.