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House Democrats Approve Health-Care Reform Bill 21 Mar 10, 23:48 ET HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- After a year of fierce partisan debate, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives late Sunday night passed the landmark $940 billion health-care reform bill, which would extend health insurance coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans, prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to people with preexisting medical conditions and cut the federal deficit by an estimated $138 billion over the next decade. more US Congress passes historic health care bill 21 Mar 10, 23:14 ET AFP - The US House of Representatives sent a historic health care overhaul to President Barack Obama, bringing the United States closer than ever before to guaranteed coverage for all Americans. more Obama, Democrats show command of health care votes 21 Mar 10, 22:26 ET AP - Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage. more Gene-Targeted Cancer Fix Could Be a Breakthrough 21 Mar 10, 19:03 ET HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time in humans, scientists have successfully used a gene-manipulation therapy to enter tumor cells and block the production of toxic proteins that are causing cancer, researchers report. more Nanotech robots deliver gene therapy through blood 21 Mar 10, 14:08 ET Reuters - U.S. researchers have developed tiny nanoparticle robots that can travel through a patient's blood and into tumors where they deliver a therapy that turns off an important cancer gene. more Nearby bone cells may trigger some blood cancers 21 Mar 10, 14:07 ET Reuters - Certain blood cancers may be triggered by signals sent from surrounding bone cells, not by individual cells going bad, and interrupting those signals may offer a new approach to treating leukemia, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. more US House to vote on Obama's historic health plan 21 Mar 10, 01:57 ET AFP - The US House of Representatives was to vote Sunday on Barack Obama's historic plan to overhaul the US health care system that the president says will provide health insurance coverage to the overwhelming majority of Americans. more Obama urges Dems to come together for health care 21 Mar 10, 01:44 ET AP - Victory within reach, President Barack Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history by bringing health insurance to millions of struggling families now left out. Leaders exuded confidence as they defused thorny problems in the countdown to a landmark vote. more Nepalese doc is God of Sight to poor 21 Mar 10, 00:01 ET AP - Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at nothing. more Waxman: No health deal with abortion opponents 20 Mar 10, 10:36 ET AP - A top House Democrat says party leaders are unlikely to cut a deal with abortion opponents to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. more

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