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Study finds pregnancy seems safe for breast cancer survivors

Monday, 19 June 2017, 16:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

A study gives reassuring news for breast cancer survivors who want to have children. Those who later became pregnant were no more likely to have their cancer come back than those who did not have a...

New frontier in cancer care: Turning blood into living drugs

Monday, 19 June 2017, 16:41 Last update: about 10 years ago

Ken Shefveland's body was swollen with cancer, treatment after treatment failing until doctors gambled on a radical approach: They removed some of his immune cells, engineered them into cancer...

AP Exclusive: Strapped UN health agency spends big on travel

Monday, 19 June 2017, 16:39 Last update: about 10 years ago

The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel - far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tuberculosis...

Outgoing WHO head practiced art of appeasement

Sunday, 18 June 2017, 15:58 Last update: about 10 years ago

As the World Health Organization struggled to coordinate vaccine production during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, its director-general met with Vladimir Putin, then Russia's prime minister, during an...

Drugmaker paying $33M over recalled nonprescription meds

Saturday, 17 June 2017, 15:57 Last update: about 10 years ago

Johnson & Johnson has reached a $33 million settlement with 42 states, resolving allegations the health care giant sold nonprescription medicines that didn't meet federal quality...

Doctors say unproven stem cell treatment blinded 3 women

Friday, 16 June 2017, 15:56 Last update: about 10 years ago

Three women were left nearly or totally blind by a vision treatment at a stem cell clinic, in what doctors call a dramatic illustration of how risky such clinics can be. The clinic's method...

CDC: Don't donate sperm in 3 Florida counties due to Zika

Thursday, 15 June 2017, 15:56 Last update: about 10 years ago

Men from three Florida counties shouldn't donate sperm because of a small risk of spreading Zika, U.S. health officials said Monday. The guidance had previously applied to Miami-Dade County, the...

Moschino bets on casino chic with Vegas-themed runway show

Thursday, 15 June 2017, 15:40 Last update: about 10 years ago

 Moschino's modern showgirl can't leave home without her sequined denim, studded platforms or feather headdress. Designer Jeremy Scott looked to the iconic performer for his splashy Las...

Britain's soccer associations to fund dementia research

Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 15:55 Last update: about 10 years ago

A large study is being funded by Britain's soccer associations to try to determine whether players are more prone to developing dementia. The announcement was made on Friday by the associations...

Zika hit Florida months before infections found, study says

Saturday, 10 June 2017, 16:40 Last update: about 10 years ago

Zika began spreading in Florida mosquitoes about three months before infections showed up in the Miami area last summer, and the virus likely was carried in by travelers from the Caribbean, new...

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