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In this April 19, 2007 file photo, a lab officer cuts a DNA fragment under UV light from an agarose gel for DNA sequencing as part of research to determine genetic mutation in a blood cancer patient, in Singapore, which prides itself as an advanced medical treatment and research hub.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, dogged by widespread speculation about his health, appeared chipper and energetic in a television appearance over the weekend.

For Republicans, it's an irresistible trifecta: A bill that gives them an election-season chance to say they're fighting to protect jobs and cut taxes, even as it erodes financing for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul they despise.

The star passed away at Los Angeles' Ronald Reagan Memorial hospital on Saturday night from complications of esophageal cancer.

One out of every three adults in America suffers from the malady and if left untreated, it can be a ticking time bomb, leading to heart disease, stroke or kidney failure.

Can allergies increase your risk of cancer? A new study out of University of Washington Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggests this may be the case.

For Bridget Spence, graduation from college was a short-lived joy. Just one week after receiving her degree, a medical diagnosis sent her reeling.

Patients battling certain lung, skin and kidney cancers may benefit from a new type of cancer treatment that harnesses and boosts a patient's immune system to shrink tumors, if early research pans out.

State Sen. Susan Wagle said she is running for re-election and announced she is undergoing chemotherapy for a strain of cancer different than the one she has battled since 1996.

CHICAGO - Doctors have successfully dropped the first "smart bomb" on breast cancer , using a drug to deliver a toxic payload to tumor cells while leaving health y ones alone.

Doctors have successfully dropped the first "smart bomb" on breast cancer, using a drug to deliver a toxic payload to tumor cells while leaving healthy ones alone.

One of the first questions a mom-to-be is asked by her doctor is "Do you smoke?" And while pregnant woman don't smoke in nearly the numbers they did decades ago, some still do.

YORK) -- A 3-year-old girl in Texas who suffers from a rare form of infant diabetes wouldn't be alive today if she didn't have a diabetic alert dog, her mother says.

In the 1950s -- a heady time for scientific and medical advances -- the color television was introduced to the American public and Jonas Salk discovered the polio vaccine.

A hormone-blocking pill approved last year for some men with advanced prostate cancer now also seems to help a wider group of men who were given it sooner in the course of treating their disease.

Chagas disease, a parasitic infection spread to humans by insects, is not the new HIV/AIDS of the Americas, according to infectious disease experts who called the comparison "unrealistic" and "unfortunate." Responding to an editorial posted Monday in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases and the media attention that followed, Rick Tarleton, president of ... (more)

In a story May 23 about choosing nursing homes, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires patients get a minimum amount of daily attention from a nurse and nurses aides.

The University of Missouri's medical school dean is stepping down amid a federal investigation into potential Medicare billing fraud by two radiology professors.

Years after thousands of veterans learned they may have been exposed to infections at government-run hospitals, many are still mired in legal battles seeking compensation from the Veterans Affairs Department.

Global cancer cases are projected to rise 75 percent by 2030, in part because many other diseases are being stamped out and more developing countries are adopting Western lifestyles linked to cancer, international cancer experts reported.