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NEW YORK (AP) — The big white pill was brought to her in an earthenware chalice. She’d already held hands with her two therapists and expressed her wishes for what it would help her do. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council is poised to vote on a medical marijuana ordinance after months of hammering out criteria that would shutter hundreds of dispensaries. (more)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has signed legislation granting chronically ill patients legal access to marijuana. (more)

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Conjoined twin sisters from Arizona have already defied expectations by living past their third birthdays. Now their parents are hoping they’ll become one of the first sets of twins sharing a heart to be successfully separated. (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight — a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons says he’s “in great spirits” after undergoing back surgery. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Beltran says the New York Mets made their request to delay knee surgery only after the operation was underway. (more)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Across much of Port-au-Prince, if you have a broken bone or a gash in your head, you’ll get the same advice: Make your way however you can to the Hotel Villa Creole. They have a triage center in the parking lot where you can get top-notch medical care. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen acknowledged feeling a little lonely as he addressed a crowd of self-described pot smokers just off Capitol Hill. (more)

LONDON (AP) — For more than 2½ years, Linda De Croock lived with constant pain from a car accident that smashed her windpipe. (more)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — In a story Jan. 11 about Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its hepatitis C drug, The Associated Press misstated when the company will seek regulatory approval for the drug. Approval will be requested in the second half of 2010, not 2009. (more)

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Obama administration’s decision not to interfere in states’ medical marijuana laws has emboldened a citizens’ initiative to get the state of Oregon involved in providing the drug for residents who have permission to use it. (more)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would allow chronically ill patients access to marijuana for medical reasons. (more)

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinean officials say country’s No. 2 leader being evacuated to Senegal for medical treatment. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn’t enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using ’60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize “the twist” in the Medicare drug program. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Amgen Inc. fell Thursday on concerns that the Food and Drug Administration’s plans to re-examine the safety of anemia drugs, which could put more pressure on sales of leading anemia treatments Aranesp and Epogen. (more)

CARY, N.C. (AP) — Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. said Thursday it expects more than $112 million in revenue in 2010 due to greater sales of brand-name drugs, including two drugs it acquired last year. (more)

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union regulators said Thursday that they suspect Danish drug maker Lundbeck may have delayed the launch of a cheaper, generic version of its antidepressant drug in Europe. (more)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s conductor Seiji Ozawa says he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. (more)

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa says he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. (more)