Sep 01, 2010 02:18PM

Experts See Progress, Hope in Battle Against Childhood Cancers

Sep 01, 2010 12:37PM

Medicare Expands Coverage for Smoking Cessation

Sep 01, 2010 06:19AM

Revised Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines: What Has?and Hasn't?Changed

Sep 03, 2010 08:48PM

Long-Term Use of Bone Drugs May Be Linked to Esophageal Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- People with osteoporosis who take drugs such as Boniva (ibandronate), Fosamax (alendronate) or Actonel (risedronate) to strengthen their bones may be at an increased risk of esophageal cancer, British researchers report.

Sep 02, 2010 04:09PM

Common bone drugs linked to esophageal cancer risk (Reuters)

Reuters - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of the gullet or esophagus, a British study found on Friday.

Sep 02, 2010 04:01PM

Bone drugs may raise risk of throat cancer (AP)

AP - People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests.

Sep 03, 2010 08:44AM

West Nile virus kills 15 in Greece, health officials say

West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

Sep 03, 2010 05:24AM

Would you get selective reduction?

For women carrying multiple fetuses, a medical argument for reducing that number is clear. But the decision isn't always clear-cut.

Sep 02, 2010 10:03AM

She drops 100 pounds, gains new world

I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.