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In clinical trials at Johns Hopkins Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland, doctors report they successfully pumped cancer-fighting medicine directly into a breast tumor.

New Breast Cancer Treatment Shows Great Promise

Clinical trials at Johns Hopkins Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland, show it could eliminate need for surgery in early stages

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Naturalist Tim MacWelch shows Tamae and Bob Heilen how to distinguish edible plants from the dangerous ones.

Foragers Sample Nature's Bounty

Wilderness students separate the delicious from the deadly

Sara Stulac (right), consults with colleagues at the Rwinkwavu Hospital in Eastern Rwanda. Stulac, director of pediatrics for Partners In Health, has designed a program which brings Rwandan physicians together with Boston-based pediatric oncologists.

Rwanda Doctors Treat Children with Help from US Specialists

Half of treated lymphoma patients in program survive

A breast cancer patient undergoes a mammography examination.

Vaccine Attacks Breast Cancer in Mice

Experimental protein treatment might protect against other tumors

The most common form of diabetes, type 2, occurs when the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin, which regulates sugar in the blood. The excess sugar can affect the heart and blood vessels, eyes and

Antibody Could Reverse Diabetes

New approach treats more than symptoms

Radioactive Cleanup in Japan Could Last Decades

But for now, Japan is breathing a slight sigh of relief after official word the crippled reactors are now in a 'cold shutdown' state

A person holds a sign with the date December 23, 1947 next to the wound of a person who had been infected with a venereal disease in the late 1940s in an unknown location in Guatemala, in this undated picture released online in March 2011 by The National

US Report Finds Human Research Subjects Enjoy Adequate Protection

The head of presidential commission says 'what happened in Guatemala in the 1940s could not happen today'

A breast cancer patient undergoes a mammography examination in a hospital in Athens, Greece, October 2008. (file photo)

Report Identifies Obesity, Hormones as Major Breast Cancer Risks

Critics say report fails to emphasize cancer-causing impact of many industrial chemicals, environmental pollutants

A boy tries to outrun a man fumigating for mosquitoes in an effort to combat dengue fever, on the streets of Lahore, Pakistan, September 20, 2011.

Vaccines in Development to Protect Against Dengue Fever

Researchers say two new vaccines are showing promise in fight against disease that WHO estimates affects 2.5 billion people

Mosquito

WHO Reports Fragile Progress Against Malaria

This year's World Malaria Report finds global mortality rates have fallen by over 25 percent since 2000, 33 percent in Africa

Researchers found mental health issues accounted for almost half the illness they charted in the 10-24-year-old age group.

WHO: Poor Treatment of Mentally Ill Violates Their Human Rights

World Health Organization calls abusive conditions endured by people with mental health conditions a hidden human rights emergency

Motorcycles bring victims to specialized snakebite clinics in Nepal, where paramedics are able to treat most patients, who arrive soon after being bitten.

Threat of Fatal Snakebites Often Overlooked

New strategies improve patient treatment

A tuberculosis patient receives free treatment at the Indonesian Union Against Tuberculosis clinic in Jakarta, April 4, 2011.

New TB Regimen Simplifies Treatment

Shorter alternative to nine-month treatment many don't complete

Sahel

Over 1 Million Children in Sahel Face Malnutrition

UNICEF launching multi-million dollar appeal to provide emergency therapeutic care in Sahel region

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals some of the form and structure of an Ebola virus.

New Ebola Vaccine Proves Effective in Mice

Can be stockpiled for long-term storage

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