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An Ohio father is accused of repeatedly abusing his baby daughter by biting her to the point of leaving scars.

Bargain Hunter: Harajuku Mini at Target, Soups at Mimi's Cafe benefit hunger relief, Lamps Plus sells online, solar-system leasing, used book sale in Woodland Hills, Biotech drugmaker Amgen Inc.

Martha Stewart, on Wednesday, was named as non-executive chairman of the lifestyle, media and merchandising company that she created.

GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday that Human Genome Sciences Inc. will need to drop a "poison pill" provision for the takeover of the Rockville biotech to move forward.

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that a blood thinner from Johnson & Johnson appears to reduce life-threatening blood clots in high-risk patients, although it also increases the risk of internal bleeding.

Medtronic is laying off one-thousand employees, including several in Minneapolis.

The fire retardant industry engaged in a decades-long deception about its products, which are often filled with cancerous materials, the Chicago Tribune reports.

One of North Carolina's largest private hospital systems and the University of North Carolina Health Care System are ending a turf battle.

Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier told company shareholders on Tuesday that 2012 and 2013 will be difficult years, but he's confident the company can weather them.

A woman sued a Connecticut hospital Tuesday, saying she was severely injured when she fell off an operating table after surgery.

When it comes to injury prevention -- with tougher policies on such things as seatbelt use, bike helmets and drunk driving -- New York and California lead the way, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The dental health care for Tennesseans ranks among the worst in the nation, which has sent more patients to the emergency room and caused more adults to lose teeth to decay and disease.

A California lettuce grower has expanded a recall of some bagged salads after routine sampling detected listeria contamination.

The use of oral contraceptives by younger women or hormone therapy by older women may be linked with inflammatory bowel disease, new research indicates. Birth control pills are associated with a higher risk for Crohn's disease, said researcher Dr.

Stock futures are rising with a new survey suggesting that economists are a bit more optimistic about housing and employment.

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The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome with a $3 million pledge from the philanthropic foundation of Life Technologies Corp.

The Food and Drug Administration says a blood thinner from Johnson & Johnson appears to reduce life-threatening blood clots in high-risk patients, although it also increases the risk of internal bleeding.

Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to sign a bill this week that would make Maryland the first state to ban an arsenic additive in chicken feed.

Treatment of early stage prostate cancer can also result in improved quality of life for a subgroup of men who suffer from lower urinary tract symptoms , according to an abstract of a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-led study presented to the American Urological Association.