DENVER — Colorado wants to set up a first-in-the-nation tracking system of medical marijuana purchases to deter people from buying vast amounts of pot and selling it on the black market.

S. Dakota man dies after donating part of liver to brother, rare death in case of live donor

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Montana health officials say loophole allows out-of-state residents to get medical marijuana

Out-of-state residents can get medical pot cards

In DC, no such thing as too poor for medical pot; City is first to give discounts to the needy

In DC, no such thing as too poor for medical pot

‘30 Rock’ actor Grizz Chapman speaks up for organ donation after receiving kidney transplant

Rutgers University just says no to growing pot for NJ’s new medical marijuana initiative

Rutgers just says no to pot growing for NJ

New Mexico experiences pot shortage under tight medical marijuana rules

Looking for medical marijuana in NM? Get in line

Michelle Obama is announcing better health insurance coverage for prevention

Mich. man using medical marijuana to treat brain tumor symptoms sues after firing from Walmart

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90 percent of docs surveyed say physicians overtest to protect against malpractice lawsuits

9 in 10 docs blame lawsuit fears for overtesting

Oregon Court of Appeals rules concealed handgun permit OK for medical marijuana patient

Oregon court: Handgun permit OK with medical pot

South African surgeons report transplanting kidneys between patients with HIV infections

Bill would legalize medical marijuana in US territory of Guam

Bill would legalize medical marijuana on Guam

British woman received lungs from a 30-year smoker, family complains they weren’t told

Woman received lungs of a 30-year smoker

LONDON — The family of a 28-year-old British woman who unknowingly received a lung transplant from a smoker says she would have been “horrified” and have lodged a complaint.

Man dies while donating portion of liver for transplant to relative at Boston-area hospital

Mass. donor dies during liver transplant procedure

Overtreated: Many back pain sufferers may benefit more from time than rising spine operations

OVERTREATED: Many back pain sufferers may benefit more from time than spine operations

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Yale ramps up effort to find bone marrow donor for woman’s hockey player with leukemia

Montana pot boom fueled by ‘cannabis caravans’ that sign up thousands, assembly-line style

Cannabis caravans fuel medical pot boom in Montana

Dirt-poor Mississippi Delta finds rural health care model in Iran, where far fewer infants die

Cheech, Chong need not apply: Business folk readying to sell at 1st NJ medical pot centers

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Montana doctor fined after seeing 150 patients in a day at medical marijuana clinic

Montana doctor fined over medical marijuana clinic

Pacers guard A.J. Price has successful surgery on injured knee after getting hurt in New York

Pacers G Price undergoes surgery on injured knee

Boulder city officials requiring medical marijuana growers to go green in energy usage

Boulder requires medical pot growers to go green

Govt says employer health premiums will rise nearly 1 pct due to coverage for young adults

New coverage for young adults will raise premiums

Firebomb thrown into medical marijuana business on day of important vote

Firebomb thrown at marijuana business in Montana

States offer a variety of health insurance coverage extensions for dependents

States offer variety of health coverage extensions

States seek to share information about patient prescription drug use in hopes of curbing abuse

States want to share patient Rx use to curb abuse

California city wants court to shut down pot-on-wheels dispensary

Calif city tries to shut down pot-on-wheels

Rolling marijuana dispensary targeted in California, police say it’s illegal

Rolling pot dispensary targeted in Calif.

NORCO, Calif. — A California couple have converted a motor home into a rolling medical marijuana dispensary that has become the target of police.

Top medical groups adopt new ethics code to curb industry sway over guidelines, patient care

Doctor groups set new policy to curb industry sway

Oregon Supreme Court: Workers can be fired for using medical marijuana

Court: Ore. medical marijuana can lead to firing

Federal pot case in Colorado highlights worry among growers of medical marijuana

Colo. pot case highlights growers’ worries

Ore. Appeals Court: Medical marijuana from California not legal in Oregon, conviction stands

Court: Calif. medical marijuana not legal in Ore.

Medical marijuana supporters submit signatures for Arizona ballot measure in November

Ariz. medical marijuana supporters aim for ballot

Health secretary addresses minority health care disparities at national convention in NYC

HHS Secretary Sebelius to use social networking to get health information to minorities

Sebelius to focus on health of minorities

NEW YORK — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is developing an action plan that will focus on reducing health disparities between minority and white populations.

Malpractice concerns contribute to area differences in health care spending, study suggests

Study: Malpractice worries help drive health costs

UK investigating 800,000 organ donor list errors; some transplants may have been improper

UK investigates 800,000 organ donor list errors

Wash. Supreme Court accepts case of medical marijuana patient fired for failing drug test

Wash. justices to hear case of fired pot patient

Up in smoke: idea for medical marijuana dispensaries in Hawaii burns out amid legal concerns

Hawaii kills medical marijuana dispensary measure

After shootout with intruders, Wash. medical marijuana activist told he can’t buy guns

No guns for Wash. pot activist after shootout

Summary Box: Fidelity estimates couple needs $250,000 for health care costs in retirement

Summary Box: Retiree health care estimate rises

Parents of dying kids in pain say they asked docs to hasten death and physicians complied

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Medical marijuana lawyer wants DEA agents disciplined over raid in Colorado’s Highlands Ranch

Medical pot lawyer files complaint on Colo. raid

New medical marijuana ordinance would shutter many dispensaries across Los Angeles

LA council set to approve pot ordinance

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council is expected to approve an ordinance that will force many of the pot dispensaries that have cropped up in recent years to close.

NJ’s outgoing governor signs medical marijuana bill into law on his last full day in office

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Belgian doctors give woman a new windpipe _ after implanting it into her arm

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California Medical Board accuses fertility doctor of negligence in octuplets case

State board accuses octuplet doctor of negligence

CDC says rare infection from amoeba transferred from Miss. organ donor to recipient

CDC: Rare infection passed on by Miss. organ donor

CDC says deadly amoeba transferred from Miss. organ donor to recipients in rare case

CDC: Deadly amoeba passed on by Miss. organ donor