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For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Health News

LONDON – Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer patients are, with minimal risk to … Continue reading →

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Hungarian home birth advocate looses appeal (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Health News

BUDAPEST, Hungary – A Hungarian obstetrician known for promoting home births lost an appeal Friday against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice. Budapest’s Court of Appeals also banned Dr. Agnes Gereb from working in her profession for the next 10 … Continue reading →

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Life in Antarctic lake? It’s everywhere else (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Science News

WASHINGTON – If scientists find microbes in a frigid lake two miles beneath the thick ice of Antarctica, it will illustrate once again that somehow life finds a way to survive in the strangest and harshest places. And it will … Continue reading →

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Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Science News

WESTERLY, R.I. – For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England’s southern coast. Now, researchers from the U.S. Navy are hoping to confirm what … Continue reading →

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Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Science News

MEXICO CITY – The ruins aren’t particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it’s that very ordinariness that has experts excited. The remnants being uncovered in the … Continue reading →

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Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Science News

CHICAGO – Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population. Doctors know the … Continue reading →

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Prostate Size May Be Clue to Severity of Cancer (HealthDay)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Health News

FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) — The size of a man’s prostate gland may help doctors predict the severity of his prostate cancer, according to a new study. Researchers from the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn., found smaller prostates … Continue reading →

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For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Health News

LONDON – Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer patients are, with minimal risk to … Continue reading →

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Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Health News

CHICAGO – Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population. Doctors know the … Continue reading →

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Hungarian home birth advocate looses appeal (AP)

Written on February 11, 2012 by Editor - Health News

BUDAPEST, Hungary – A Hungarian obstetrician known for promoting home births lost an appeal Friday against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice. Budapest’s Court of Appeals also banned Dr. Agnes Gereb from working in her profession for the next 10 … Continue reading →

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