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For breast cancer, shorter-term radiation works

Two-thirds of women who have lumpectomies for breast cancer are getting radiation treatment that lasts nearly twice as long as necessary, a new study reports. The conventional, lo...

Keys to elusive cures in genes

Mutations are probable answers to various diseases

You may want to rethink mamograms

Long-term study puts procedure in some doubt

Gene tests, healthy kids and ethical doubt

Her first thought after she heard the news was that she would never have children. Amanda Baxley’s doctor had just told her she had the gene for Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, or GS...

Obesity takes hold early in life

Your weight in kindergarten a strong predictor