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The Indian health clinics in 21 states, including Nebraska, would lose funding under a Bush administration budget proposal to zero out the $33 million allocated for their operation. The hit to the Nebraska program is estimated at $1 million.

Twenty-five years after the first AIDS cases jolted the world, scientists think they soon may have a pill that people could take to keep from getting the virus that causes the global killer.

Nearly three in 10 U.S. mothers are giving birth by Caesarean section - a record number - and more seem to be choosing a surgical birth even when there's no clear medical need. No one knows exactly how many C-sections are purely elective. Some estimates suggest there could be tens of thousands annually, and critics say many of those women were pressured into surgery or didn't know the risks.

Loneliness in people older than 50 greatly increases their risk of high blood pressure, researchers say in the latest study to underscore the health advantages of friends and family.