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Court: Namibia HIV sterilizations violated rights
Namibia's government sterilized three women infected with HIV without getting proper consent, forcing them to sign forms they didn't understand as ...
EU approves Afinitor for certain breast cancers
Swiss drug maker Novartis AG says it has received European approval to market Afinitor for treatment of women with the most common form of advanced ...
Iran urges baby boom
Iran's new message to parents: Get busy and have babies. In a major reversal of once far-reaching family planning policies, authorities are now ...
Rare nodding disease afflicts young Ugandans
Augustine Languna's eyes welled up and then his voice failed as he recalled the drowning death of his 16-year-old daughter. The women near him looked ...
Jackson move to Mayo could point to complications
The announcement that Jesse Jackson Jr. had been transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota pinned down his whereabouts for the first time in weeks ...
House Ways and Means chairman fighting cancer
The chairman of the House's tax-writing committee says he's been diagnosed with a "very early, highly treatable and curable type" of cancer. GOP Rep.
Officials: Ebola breaks out in Uganda
The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about ...
Obama, Romney neck and neck in vice-is-nice Nevada
They're called "the cooler crowd," and Las Vegas is greeting them with ambivalence: A stream of post-recession tourists ready for fun but watching ...
McKesson to pay $151M to settle drug-pricing suit
McKesson Corp. will pay $151 million to 29 states and the District of Columbia to settle a lawsuit alleging the company inflated prices of hundreds ...
Big AIDS meeting's bottom line: More treatment
Call it a triple win for fighting the AIDS epidemic: Treating people with HIV early keeps them healthy, cuts their chances of infecting others, and ...
Suspect in hepatitis C outbreak wrote suicide note
A traveling medical technician accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire wrote a suicide note saying he "couldn't handle this stress ...
Aging AIDS epidemic raises new health questions
AIDS is graying. By the end of the decade, the government estimates, more than half of Americans living with HIV will be over 50. Even in developing ...
NFL launches wellness program for players
In an offseason marked by Junior Seau's suicide and scores of lawsuits over brain injuries, the NFL on Thursday launched a comprehensive wellness ...
Suspect in hepatitis C outbreak was fired in Ariz.
A dozen hospitals in seven states are scrambling to identify people who might have been infected with hepatitis C by a traveling medical technician ...
'GMA' host may take medical leave late next month
"Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts is planning to take a medical leave around the end of August for her bone marrow transplant. But during ...
DEA leads crackdown on sellers of designer drugs
The Drug Enforcement Administration seized more than $36 million in cash and arrested 91 people in a nationwide crackdown against manufacturers, ...
Soda companies racing for a new sweet spot
Coke and Pepsi are chasing after the sweet spot: a soda with no calories, no artificial sweeteners and no funny aftertaste. The world's top soft drink ...
Scientists: Heat wave hurts London air quality
British scientists say a heat wave has caused London's air quality to deteriorate, which could affect athletes' performances at the Olympics.
Soda taste test: How the new diets stack up
Ask five strangers to taste five new diet sodas and you might get one opinion: Try again. As soda consumption has declined over the past several years ...
Robbed blind? Greece cracks down on benefit fraud
Greece's biggest welfare fund says 60 percent of people drawing disability payments for the blind on the eastern island of Chios are not entitled to ...
WHO: On track to 15 million on AIDS drugs by 2015
The World Health Organization says the global target of 15 million people taking life-saving AIDS drugs by 2015 is just a first step. With 8 million ...
Indonesian zoo moves orangutan to stop her smoking
Indonesian zookeepers have moved an orangutan out of visitors' sight so she'll no longer smoke lit cigarettes people regularly throw into her cage.
Japanese women fall behind Hong Kong in longevity
Japanese women are no longer the world's longest living, their longevity pushed down in part by last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami, ...
Fashion show shines spotlight on Ukraine disabled
At a glitzy Kiev night club brimming with neon lights and energetic pop music, the models showed off sleek evening gowns and glamorous hats as ...