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Report: 1st US case of germ resistant to last resort drug

Saturday, 18 June 2016, 16:36 Last update: about 11 years ago

For the first time, a U.S. patient has been infected with bacteria resistant to an antibiotic used as a last resort treatment, scientists said Thursday. The patient - a 49-year-old woman in...

Researchers slowly homing in on risk of Zika birth defect

Friday, 17 June 2016, 16:35 Last update: about 11 years ago

As the international epidemic of Zika virus disease has unfolded and led to devastating birth defects for at least 1,300 children in eight countries, an agonizing question has persisted: What is the...

When to give up: Treatment or comfort for late-stage cancer?

Thursday, 16 June 2016, 16:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

Two months before Joe Clark died of colon cancer at age 31, a doctor gently told him it was time to stop treatment. He had suffered through more than a year of chemotherapy that produced painful...

Panel: Treating hearing loss shouldn't be a pricey hassle

Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 16:33 Last update: about 11 years ago

Treating hearing loss shouldn't be such a pricey hassle. That's the message from a prestigious government advisory group that's calling on Medicare and other agencies to find ways to make better...

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