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• Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

  May 14, 2013 in Health, Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast … 18

• SAfrican official: Mandela better from pneumonia

  March 30, 2013 in Nation/World JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is breathing “without difficulty” after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area that was caused by pneumonia, the spokesman for South Africa’s … 1

• UK: Queen hospitalized over stomach illness

  March 3, 2013 in Nation/World LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday over an apparent stomach infection that has ailed her for days, a rare instance of ill health sidelining the long-reigning … 2

• Ohio governor spares condemned obese killer

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor on Monday sidestepped a decision about whether a condemned inmate was too fat to be humanely executed by sparing the prisoner on the grounds …

• Experts: No link between Asperger’s, violence

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger’s syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder …

• Criminal probe adds to Texas cancer agency woes

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas put up $3 billion in taxpayer money and promised cancer breakthroughs. But a criminal investigation, widespread rebuke from scientists and the resignations of embattled state …

• EPA to tighten standards for soot pollution

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first major regulation since the election, the Obama administration on Friday imposed a new air quality standard that reduces by 20 percent the maximum amount …

• APNewsBreak: Texas cancer probe draws NCI scrutiny

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Cancer Institute confirmed Friday that federal officials are taking a closer look at a troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas that is under …

• Study: People worldwide living longer, but sicker

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, …

• Dozens sue pharmacy, but compensation uncertain

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dennis O’Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, …

• Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated with radiation for early stage prostate cancer, his office announced Wednesday. The 74-year-old Brown is receiving a short course …

• Sick girl who left Phoenix hospital appears safe

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The family of an 11-year-old leukemia patient whose mother unexpectedly took her from a Phoenix hospital last month has a history of removing the child from medical …

• Head of $3B Texas cancer effort asks to resign

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The executive director of a troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas has submitted his resignation letter amid escalating scrutiny over the management of the nation’s …

• New tests could hamper food outbreak detection

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — New tests that promise to speed up diagnosis of food poisoning pose an unexpected problem: They could make it more difficult to identify dangerous outbreaks like the …

• New tests could hamper food outbreak detection

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could hurt the nation’s ability …

• Black women battle obesity with dialogue, action

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Nicole Ari Parker was motivated by frustration. For Star Jones, it was a matter of life or death. Toni Carey wanted a fresh start after a bad …

• Doctor gets 20 years in Miss. cancer center fraud

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former …

• Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands …

• Condemned obese Ohio killer asks board for mercy

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned obese killer should be spared because of lingering doubts about his “legal and moral guilt” and the conduct of defense and prosecution lawyers at …

• At 450 pounds, Ohio killer fights execution

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At about 450 pounds, Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won’t be able to find veins in his arms or …

• Social Security fast-tracks rare-disease claims

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to ease the burden of being stricken with a debilitating condition, the Social Security Administration is expanding a program that fast-tracks disability claims by …

• Father: Sick girl safe and being treated in Mexico

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a sick girl with leukemia deepened Wednesday after her father said his 11-year-old daughter is being treated in Mexico and authorities …

• Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast cancer deaths

  December 5, 2012 in Health, Nation/World Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years instead …

• Police seek sick girl taken from Phoenix hospital

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — Emily has leukemia. She just underwent a month of chemotherapy and had her right arm amputated after suffering complications. Doctors say she is at risk of dying …

• Scare prompts look at carbon monoxide detectors

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World ATLANTA (AP) — It’s odorless, colorless and deadly. And if carbon monoxide is leaking in a school, it might not be detected until people are ill. A leak at an …

• Sick girl sought after mom takes her from hospital

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — Emily has leukemia. She just underwent a month of chemotherapy and had her right arm amputated after suffering complications. Doctors say she is at risk of dying …

• CDC says US flu season starts early, could be bad

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one. Health officials on …

• Med tech in hepatitis C case pleads not guilty

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling hospital worker accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C through contaminated syringes has pleaded not guilty to the charges in New …

• US flu season starts early, could be bad, CDC says

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly 10 years — and it could be a bad one. Health officials on Monday said suspected …

• Gilda’s Club name change insult to late comedian?

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Remember Roseanne Roseannadana? Or Emily Litella? Or Baba Wawa? Younger generations might not recognize the characters popularized by comedian Gilda Radner. Nor might they remember Radner … 24

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