Health issues

Health issues

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  Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy: Q&A

  Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie disclosed Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene mutation that significantly ... 

• Higher prices for MS drug help drug firm Merck

  Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif helped German pharmaceutical and high-tech materials company Merck KGaA post a 54 percent rise in ... 

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  Kosovo: 3 get jail time in organ trafficking case

  A court in Kosovo found two citizens guilty of human trafficking and organized crime Monday in a major trial against seven people suspected of running ... 

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  Drug maker Novartis loses India patent battle

  India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that ... 

• Many UK doctors give useless drugs, treatments

  More than three-quarters of British doctors prescribe a treatment they know probably won't work at least once a week, like low-dose drugs, vitamins, ... 

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  Grieving husband pushes bill for unproven remedies

  After the best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart died from ovarian cancer in 2011, her husband was so devastated he often went to her grave to ... 

• India rejects Bayer plea against cheap cancer drug

  India's patent appeals office has rejected Bayer AG's plea to stop the production of a cheaper generic version of a patented cancer drug in a ruling ... 

• Medical marijuana approved in Czech Republic

  Czech President Vaclav Klaus has signed into law legislation that makes it legal in the Czech Republic to use marijuana for medical treatment. 

• Czech lower house approves medical marijuana

  PRAGUE (AP) —Parliament's upper house has approved legislation that makes it legal in the Czech Republic to use marijuana for medical treatment. 

• Romanian PM: Patients to pay fee for hospital stay

  Romania's prime minister says hospital patients will pay for treatment as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to reduce spending ... 

• Organ donations fall in Germany after scandal

  Organ donations have dropped sharply in Germany following a scandal over alleged corruption at several transplant clinics. The German Foundation for ...