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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc . said today it expects to collect proceeds of $48.75 million from a new stock offering.

They call it the "Botax." The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

More H1N1 vaccines are available Thursday to people who live in the Lehigh Valley and South Jersey areas.

Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday.

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.

"Reporting so far reconfirms that the pandemic flu vaccine is as safe as the seasonal flu vaccine," says WHO vaccine expert Dr.

People with advanced liver cancer will be denied a new drug on the NHS under draft guidance which has been published.

Nicole Richie has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital and is being treated for pneumonia.

One of the big concerns about getting the swine flu vaccine is that the patient may come down with Guillain Barre Syndrome.

Federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday.

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2005, the "Rising Man" symbol stands in front of the Fridley, Minn., based... FILE - In this Aug.

Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast.

You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.

FBI officials say an elderly, thin, gray-haired man nicknamed the "Geezer Bandit" is responsible for holding up five San Diego-area banks since summer.

Nov 17 - Afghan wives choose to burn themselves to death to escape a life of domestic torture and abuse.

Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular heartburn medication can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke.

Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be immunized with current supplies.

With a simple marketing twist, tobacco companies are avoiding hundreds of millions of dollars a year in taxes by exploiting a loophole in President Barack Obama's child health law.

A government task force is offering breast examination advice that runs contrary to the long-standing position of the American Cancer Society.