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A drug used to build bone mass might help relieve arthritis pain.
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Osteoporosis Drug Might Repair Joints Damaged by Arthritis

Experiments with mice show Forteo induces thicker cartilage

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Patients reporting greater stress were more likely to have more aggressive breast cancer tumors, according to a new study.

Stress Linked to Aggressive Breast Cancer

Study finds minority women experience more aggressive tumors, more stress

Atlanta chef Hans Rueffert demonstrates his salad making skills at a Cancer Survivorship Conference in Houston.

Study: Spicier Diet Could Help Fight Cancer

MD Bharat Aggarwal thinks investigating chemicals in foods, spices, will do more to prevent cancer than expensive genetic research

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WHO Urges Governments to Adopt Low Cost Strategies to Killer Diseases

WHO says it does not need to cost a lot of money to save millions of people from a wide range of noncommunicable ailments

Rachel Gibson feeding her child

Study Finds High Levels of BPA in Canned Food for Kids

Bisphenol A, or BPA, has been linked to breast and prostate cancer and other diseases in animal studies

HIV virions budding and releasing from an infected cell

Scientists Disarm AIDS Virus’ Attack on Immune System

Scientists discover HIV needs cholesterol, which it picks up from first immune cells it infects, to keep virus' outer membrane fluid

Booth at Cancer Survivors conference in Houston, Texas

Cancer Survivors Find Information, Encouragement at Houston Conference

Annual event, held at one of the world's top cancer hospitals, provides forum to share advice about disease

African women often lack access to family planning services

UN Called on to Fulfill Family Planning Promises

Advocates say lives of many poor women at stake

These vendors promote jogging and healthy eating during Wellness Week in New York's Harlem neighborhood.

NY Wellness Week Focuses on Prevention

Educating residents about non-communicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, lung disease, diabetes and obesity

Kay Taylor gave up a successful California medical practice to fight against cervical cancer in developing countries.

Doctor Fights Cervical Cancer in Developing Countries

Kay Taylor's nonprofit screens women for HPV

Spies Track Physical Illnesses of Foreign Leaders

There may be no secret more closely guarded than the health of the country’s leader

Egypt's late President Anwar el-Sadat

Spies Probe the Mental State of Foreign Leaders Pt II

The CIA maintains a special unit to look for clues as to the mental stability, as well as the physical health, of world leaders

A man's testosterone level drops by about half immediately after the birth of his child, then rebounds somewhat, according to a new study.

Testosterone Drops When Men Become Fathers

Lower male hormone may reduce cancer risk

Common Link Found in All Forms of "Lou Gehrig's Disease"

The discovery could speed development of a treatment for the degenerative ALS disease

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