Vision Christian Newswire: Health Archives

Judge Blocks Kansas Licensing Rules for Abortion Clinics

By VCN on July 2, 2011 9:50 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

A federal judge temporarily blocked Kansas from enforcing new abortion regulations Friday that would have prevented two of the state's three abortion providers from continuing to terminate pregnancies.

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CDC Report That Stated 'Half Of All Black Women Have Herpes' Was Not Correct

By VCN on April 21, 2010 8:33 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

The CDC report last month that nearly half of black women carried the virus caused a huge uproar. Here's why those statistics are so high and why they also may be misleading.

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Doctors Recognize the Healing Power of Spirituality

By VCN on October 28, 2009 7:58 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

When physicians treat their patients, they can write prescriptions, recommend surgery, order physical therapy - or call upon the services of a professional chaplain.

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Bans 'Do Not Cut Abortion Rate'

By VCN on October 14, 2009 9:03 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Restricting the availability of legal abortion does not appear to reduce the number of women trying to end unwanted pregnancies, a major report suggests.

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New Zealand Study Finds: Abortion Increases Women's Mental Health Problems

By VCN on December 3, 2008 3:20 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Women who have an abortion face a 30% increase in the risk of developing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Christchurch.

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Vitamins A and E 'Do not Help Prevent Cancer'

By VCN on November 17, 2008 2:05 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

The antioxidant vitamins are known to help fight free radicals, which cause cell damage that can lead to cancer, but new research suggests they are ineffective at preventing the disease when taken in pill form.

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