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Analysis of data from studies as far back as 1966 show women smokers 25 percent more likely to develop heart disease than men who smoke
Read More »Chimp attack victim Charla Nash reveals new face
Two years after friend's chimp ripped off her nose, lips, eyelids, and hands, Connecticut woman shows off handiwork of face transplant surgeons
Read More »New leukemia therapy destroys cancer by turning blood cells into "assassins"
Gene therapy allows patient's T-cells to destroy leukemia cells; experts "surprised" how well it works
Read More »Video: Promising gene therapy treats Leukemia
Dr. Jennifer Ashton discusses an experimental gene therapy that used modified T-cells to attack tumor cells.
Read More »Video: Gene therapy beats leukemia
Researchers engineered a patient's own immune cells to treat a type of blood cancer called chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL. And, as Dr. Jon LaPook reports, the results of this new form of treatment have researchers "happily surprised."
Read More »New cancer treatment reprograms immune system
In a small study, scientists succeed in reengineering a patient's own T-cells to attack cancer cells
Read More »Breakthrough multiple sclerosis DNA study could lead to new treatments
Scientists up number of identified MS genes to 57, link them to other immune diseases like Chron's, Type 1 diabetes
Read More »‘Amazing’ gene therapy destroys leukemia in 3 patients
Scientists report breakthrough success with gene therapy to treat cancer
Read More »Toking teens: 17 top states for marijuana use
Marijuana's been linked to all sorts of health problems, but that doesn't stop adolescents from lighting up
Read More »Sleep apnea-dementia link revealed in new study
Study of older women shows that those with apnea twice as likely to experience cognitive decline
Read More »New date rape drink detector gets rocky reception
Experts caution that drug-detecting senor could give false sense of security
Read More »Not me! 22 cities that volunteer least
Volunteers enjoy multiple health benefits, but citizens of some cities don't seem to be getting the message
Read More »Blood tests to predict baby’s gender shown to work: Will abortion rate soar?
Gender-predicting blood test 95 percent accurate at 7 weeks, researchers report
Read More »E. coli outbreak linked to Oregon strawberries
Health officials say outbreak blamed for one death likely caused by berries from farm near Portland, Ore.
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