Physician

Lisa Ling expecting her first child

By Kate Stanhope, A baby girl is on the way for TV journalist Lisa Ling and her husband, physician Paul Song, the ex-View host told Anderson Cooper on his daytime show Wednesday.

Dozens of states make it hard to get abortions

By LINDSEY TANNERAP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) - It's legal to get an abortion in America, but in many places it is hard and getting harder. Just this year, 17 states set new limits on abortion; 24 did last year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights nonprofit whose

High pay a costly legacy of Calif. prison receiver

By DON THOMPSONAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A doctor at California Medical Facility was paid more than $410,000 last year, while a registered nurse at High Desert State Prison made nearly $236,000 - more than twice the statewide average in both cases. A pharmacist at Corcoran

National Dems jump into DesJarlais race in Tenn.

By ERIK SCHELZIGAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - National Democratic groups have begun to target a Tennessee race rocked by revelations that the Republican incumbent, a doctor, once discussed abortion with a patient who was his mistress. The House Majority PAC, the campaign committee