AP - Two American scientists and a Briton won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique for manipulating mouse genes.
AP - With bright smiles and energy to spare, formerly conjoined twins Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim of Egypt have returned to Dallas, four years after a marathon operation to separate them.
AP - It can take your pulse, check your body fat, time your jogs and tell you if you have bad breath. It even assesses stress levels and inspires you with a pep talk. Meet your new personal trainer: your cell phone.
AP - Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut. That's the theory from surgeons and immunologists at Duke University Medical School, published online in a scientific journal this week.
AP - As cooler weather approaches, Arkansas health officials are stressing the importance of flu shots to two groups in particular — young children and pregnant women.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly patients with multiplemyeloma live longer when thalidomide is added to standard combinationchemotherapy treatment, a new study finds.
Reuters - A lack of genetic diversity in Australia's Tasmanian Devil means it has failed to launch an immune defense response to a facial cancer decimating populations, Australian researchers say.
