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Study Suggests Churches Hold Most Effective Weight Loss Programs

By UCN on February 7, 2012 12:07 AM

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Sandra Baker, a Fitness Instructor and a RN, leads a holistic weight loss and exercises class at the Morning Star Community Christian Center in Linden, New Jersey. (Saed Hindash/Star Ledger/Corbis)

Between the New Year and Super Bowl weekend, many people at this time of year resolve to better manage their weight and have a more healthy 2012.

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9-Year-Old Girl Glad to Be Home After 6-Organ Transplant

By UCN on February 6, 2012 4:00 AM

Alannah Shevenell, 9, speaks to a reporter at her home in Hollis, Maine, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Alannah returned home Wednesday afternoon, three months after receiving six new organs in a groundbreaking operation. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes -- and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.

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Conservative Religious Groups Rally Against Contraception Mandate

By UCN on February 4, 2012 2:33 AM

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius shares remarks at Girl Scouts At 100: The Launch of ToGetHerThere at Capitol Hill Cannon House Office Bldg, Caucus Room on February 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images North America)

The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.

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After Backlash, Komen Foundation Revises Funding Policy for Planned Parenthood

By UCN on February 3, 2012 10:43 AM

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation Friday announced it would revise a controversial new policy that barred the organization from funding Planned Parenthood.

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Komen Foundation Urged to Restore Planned Parenthood Funds

By UCN on February 2, 2012 11:21 PM

Participants shout slogans and display placards during a rally to 'stand up for women's health' at the National Mall in Washington, DC, in April 7. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

The nation's leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday over its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising dissension in its own ranks and a roiling anger on the Internet showing the power of social media to harness protest.

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First Lady Michelle Obama Promoting Healthy Foods Neighborhood by Neighborhood

By UCN on February 1, 2012 4:38 PM

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (2nd L) joins students for lunch at the cafeteria of Parklawn Elementary School January 25, 2012 in Alexandria, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)

First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday said the campaign to bring healthy food to all Americans is happening neighborhood by neighborhood.

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Pfizer Recalls Some Birth Control Pills

By UCN on February 1, 2012 2:59 PM

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday announced a recall of some birth control pills in the United States, because they may not contain enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy.

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Virginia Pastor Says Christians Can Glorify God by Getting a "Bod4God"

By UCN on February 1, 2012 2:44 PM

We attempt to lose weight for all kinds of reasons: to impress old friends at a high school reunion, to fit into a favorite pair of jeans, or simply to better our overall health.

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Planned Parenthood Left Reeling After Komen Charity Halts Partnership

By UCN on February 1, 2012 6:35 AM

The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates - creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women.

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Santorum's Baby Bella Brings Trisomy 18 Out In the Open

By UCN on January 31, 2012 3:52 AM

Rick Santorum held his daughter, Isabella, in June before announcing his run for the Republican presidential nomination in Somerset, Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)

Most people had never heard of Trisomy 18 until Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum started talking on the campaign trail about his 3-year-old daughter, Isabella (Bella), who was born with the genetic disorder.

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