Obama calls for overhaul of U.S. health care system

President Obama on Thursday called for a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. health care system, warning that soaring medical costs present "one of the greatest threats not just to the well-being of our families ... but to the very foundation of our economy." full story

Doctors wanted to give woman back her smile

A severely disfigured woman received the nose, cheeks, upper jaw and facial tissue from a female cadaver in the first near-total face transplant in the United States, the woman's surgeon said Wednesday. The 22-hour face surgery was completed two weeks ago by a team of eight surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic. full story