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President Obama celebrates his 50th birthday today, and says that despite some gray around the temples, he feels pretty good. But in era when people are living and working longer, does turning 50 still have the significance it once did?

Doctors often complain about the layers of administration and bureaucracy that keep them from doing what they love: practicing medicine and healing the sick. But despite the frustrations, one doctors says if given the choice she would do it all over again.

The President turns 50

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