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Biases on beauty draw Thais to illegal surgery
Her dream was to look less Thai and more like Jennifer Lopez, so the 25-year-old street food vendor went to the Internet and typed in "cheap Botox.
Mass. pharmacy dodged reprimand after protest
Massachusetts regulators in 2004 proposed a formal reprimand for a company now linked to deadly meningitis outbreak, but they never delivered it after ...
CPR less likely for minorities on street or home
People who collapse from cardiac arrest in poor black neighborhoods are half as likely to get CPR from family members at home or bystanders on the ...
Study: Cancer patients overestimate value of chemo
Most patients getting chemotherapy for incurable lung or colon cancers mistakenly believe that the treatment can cure them rather than just buy them ...
Chief: Texas' battered $3B cancer effort endures
An embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting fund in Texas will recover from a controversy that led two Nobel laureates and others to resign over ...
Tony NYC suburb welcomes NJ's first pot dispensary
Across New Jersey, most communities approached about hosting one of the state's first legal medical marijuana dispensaries in out-of-the-way ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 317 cases, 24 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Cancer risks studied near 7 US nuclear sites
Federal regulators say a pilot study of cancer risks posed to residents near seven nuclear power sites in the United States will update 22-year-old ...
Panel: Pregnant women, get whooping cough shot
An expert panel is urging every expecting mother to get a shot preventing whooping cough, preferably in the last three months of her pregnancy to help ...
Answers sought as $3B Texas cancer agency meets
Texas put $3 billion on the table to prove it was serious about fighting cancer, but it will take more than money to convince scientists that's still ...
Mass. gov.: Fungus seen at meningitis-linked firm
State officials investigating a pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis said Tuesday they found shoddy sterilization practices and unclean ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 308 cases, 17 states
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis
New state documents detail problems found in 2006 by an outside firm hired to do an assessment at the company at the center of a deadly meningitis ...
Report: Most women need Paps every 3 or 5 years
Most women can wait three to five years between checks for cervical cancer, depending on their age and test choice, say guidelines issued Monday.
Rare card could help TX couple have a child
Barry Sanders knows that his trading cards are bought and sold every day. When the Hall of Fame running back learned that a Houston couple desperate ...
FDA: 5 reported deaths with Monster drink link
The highly caffeinated Monster Energy Drink has been cited in five deaths and one non-fatal heart attack, according to reports that the U.S. Food and ...
Pediatricians offer first report on organic foods
Parents who want to reduce their kids' exposure to pesticides may seek out organic fruits and vegetables, but they aren't necessarily safer or more ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 297 cases
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Cheerleading needs sports safety rules, docs say
Cheerleading isn't just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one ...
Benin: 3 held for alleged attempt to poison leader
A Benin police official says at least three people close to the West African country's president have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to ...
In Myanmar, only sickest HIV patients get drugs
Thein Aung has been trained not to show weakness, but he's convinced no soldier is strong enough for this. He clenches his jaw and pauses, trying to ...
Meningitis victims face long, uncertain recovery
Vilinda York lies in her Florida hospital bed, facing a dry-erase board that lists in green marker her name, her four doctors and a smiley face.
Judge stays execution of mentally ill mass killer
A federal judge on Saturday granted a stay of execution for a convicted mass killer in Florida, who is mentally ill and was scheduled to be put to ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 284 cases, 23 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Women describe circumstances that led to abortion
They say they were using birth control, but it failed. One woman would have had the baby but the man she was in a relationship with didn't want her to