Andrew Yang’s Wife Says Doctor Sexually Assaulted Her
The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by an obstetrician while she was pregnant with the couple’s first child.
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Eighth Circuit Hears Satanist’s Challenge to Missouri Abortion Law
A lawyer for a Satanist argued before the Eighth Circuit on Thursday that Missouri’s law requiring physicians to give women a pro-life booklet and an ultrasound before providing an abortion violates her First Amendment rights.
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Texas Court Denies New Trial in Murder-for-Hire Case
A Texas plastic surgeon serving life in prison for a murder-for-hire plot does not deserve a new trial even if cellphone data showing he met with the hitman months before the murder was improperly admitted as evidence, Texas’ highest criminal court ruled Wednesday.
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Study Finds AI Tech Improves Diagnosis of Brain Tumors
It’s no sci-fi surgery robot, but brain cancer patients could soon find themselves in the operating room with an electronic doctor.
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Republicans Urge Supreme Court to Revisit Stance on Abortion
In a push for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, more than 200 Republican members of Congress filed an amicus brief urging the high court to reconsider the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide.
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Doctor Charged in 25 Deaths Sues Hospital for Defamation
An Ohio doctor accused of ordering drug overdoses in the deaths of 25 hospital patients has sued his former employer for defamation, claiming that he did nothing wrong and did not deviate from hospital policy on end-of-life care.
Read moreOpioid Overdoses
A former anesthesiologist was properly convicted of manslaughter for prescribing opioids to two patients who overdosed on the drugs, a New York appeals court ruled. Other patients and their families testified that his pain management clinic was essentially a “pill mill” where he excessively prescribed addictive drugs and ignored patients’ abuse of the meds.
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Doctors: Assange at Risk of Dying in Prison
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who’s being held in a maximum-security prison in London while fighting extradition to the United States, is in such poor physical and mental health that he could die in prison, a group of doctors is warning.
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Ohio State Promises Money to Victims of Molester Doctor
Ohio State University is committed to a “monetary resolution” for men sexually abused decades ago by team doctor Richard Strauss, school leaders said Thursday, though no settlement has been reached in lawsuits saying school officials ignored complaints and failed to stop him.
Read moreMissouri Health Chief Blasts Abortion Clinic Fighting for License
The head of Missouri’s health administration, which is trying to revoke the license of the state’s last abortion clinic, on Tuesday attacked what he claims is a false narrative pushed by Planned Parenthood to vilify his agency.
Read moreOklahoma Judge Halts New Abortion Law
An Oklahoma judge blocked a new law Wednesday that threatens doctors with criminal charges unless they tell patients that medication abortions can be reversed, nine days before the law was scheduled to go into effect.
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Indiana AG: 165 More Fetal Remains Linked to Late Doctor
Indiana’s attorney general said Friday that 165 sets of fetal remains have been found in the Chicago area inside a car owned by a late Indiana abortion doctor, boosting the total number of abandoned sets of fetal remains discovered at properties linked to him to more than 2,400.
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Opioid Doctor Faces up to Life in Prison
By the time drug enforcement agents swooped into his small medical office in Martinsville, Virginia, in 2017, Dr. Joel Smithers had prescribed about half a million doses of highly addictive opioids in two years.
Read moreSexual Assault
A class action accuses Dr. Zouhair Kabbara, then of co-defendant Raleigh (W.Va.) General Hospital, of sexual assault; a second, individual complaint also accuses Kabbara of sexual assault, both in Raleigh County Court.
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Nobel Laureate Starts Fund for Survivors of Sexual Violence
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning surgeon whose hospital in war-torn Congo has treated more than 50,000 victims of sexual violence has launched a fund with the goal of providing reparations for survivors of conflicts around the world.
Read moreDutch Doctor Acquitted of Murder in Landmark Euthanasia Case
A Dutch doctor was found not guilty of murder Wednesday for performing euthanasia on an elderly patient with a severe case of Alzheimer’s disease.
Read moreMichigan State University Fined $4.5 Million in Nassar Case
The Education Department is fining Michigan State University $4.5 million for failing to respond to sexual assault complaints against Dr. Larry Nassar.
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