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| Obama Turns Up the Volume in Health Care Bid | | New York Times | | PHILADELPHIA — President Obama challenged wavering members of his party on Monday not to give in to political fears about supporting health care legislation, asserting that the urgency of getting a bill through Congress should trump any concern about the consequences for Democrats in November. | | | | Dr. Barton Childs, Who Studied Inherited Diseases, Is Dead at 93 | | New York Times | | Dr. Barton Childs, a founder of pediatric genetics and an important contributor to the understanding of inherited diseases, died on Feb. 18. He was 93, lived in Baltimore, and taught at Johns Hopkins University for nearly 70 years until shortly before his death at its hospital. | | | | Report: Minorities more likely to suffer Alzheimer's disease | | USA Today | | As deaths from heart disease and many types of cancers have dipped, living longer is putting more people at risk for Alzheimer's disease, the brain-wasting condition that a new report shows African-Americans and Hispanics are particularly vulnerable to as they grow older. | | |
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