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Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Fracking 'Gag Rule'

A new law will reveal the secret chemicals used in fracking, but docs can't share what they learn.

Glenn Close: Mental Illness Shouldn't Be Old News

The actress, whose sister was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, is co-founder of an advocacy group.

'Life, Interrupted' By Cancer Diagnosis At 22

After moving to Paris to start her first full-time job, Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia.

Medical Records Could Yield Answers On Fracking

Researchers plan to mine 10 years of data on people who live near the Marcellus Shale gas wells.

Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers

Across the country, people living near gas wells wonder if they're to blame for mystery ailments.

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Free Screenings for Hepatitis C--a Virus Deadlier Than HIV

Health officials say baby boomers should take advantage of free hepatitis C testing to fight a slow-moving, curable disease.

SF Supervisors Urge Mayor To Increase HIV/AIDS Funding

They want Mayor Ed Lee to offset cuts in federal funding for HIV prevention and patient care.

Prop. 29: The Cigarette Tax

It's hard to argue that any effort to stop cigarette addiction isn't a worthy pursuit. Still, Proposition 29 -- which plans to increase the cigarette tax by $1 a pack and give that money to cancer research -- is under fire. Critics say the program may be well intentioned, but that any new tax revenues should pay down the budget deficit. Proponents say making people pay more for their bad habit is a way raise needed research money, and break an addiction.

Budget Plan Includes In-Home Health Cuts, Higher Co-Pays

A hefty chunk of Governor Jerry Brown's newly proposed $8 billion in cuts may end up coming from state health care programs -- although previous attempts have been stymied by lawsuits or federal agencies.

PBS NewsHour

Baby's Tumor Means Surgery Before Birth

As a 7-month old fetus, Cami Santee's life was threatened by a large tumor growing from her lower body. To remove it, doctors had to operate before she was born, cutting away the growth while she still lay half inside her mother's womb.

Chemotherapy During Pregnancy: Yes, It's Possible

Minnie Narth could recite everything she'd heard she wasn't supposed to have while pregnant. But as she entered her third trimester, her body was in desperate need of something she would never have predicted: intensive cancer treatment.

When Cancer & Pregnancy Collide

No sushi. No caffeine. No alcohol. No Ibuprofin. Minnie Narth could recite everything she'd heard she wasn't supposed to have while pregnant. But as she entered her third trimester, her body was in desperate need of something she would never have predicted: Chemotherapy. This is her story.

Cancer and Infertility: Dodging the 'Double Blow'

Two statistics had dominated Gina Danford's life. While close to 120,000 women under the age of 50 are diagnosed with cancer each year, Danford became one of them at age 19. But it wasn't until her third tumor, at age 30, that she joined a much more exclusive number.

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Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers

Across the country, people living near gas wells wonder if they're to blame for mystery ailments.