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Angelina Jolie mastectomy: A closer look at DNA, breast cancer risk

By opting for surgery to remove her breasts while they were still healthy, Angelina Jolie joined a growing number of women who have used...

Mich. cancer patients to back Medicaid expansion

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Cancer patients and survivors in Michigan are expected to call on lawmakers to...

Fever reducers don't slow children's recovery: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of past research finds that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children's recovery...

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More people are living normal lives despite having a mental disorder....

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In the Hamptons, catering to the rich (and their dogs) is good business

EAST HAMPTON, New York (Reuters) - Judging by early demand for everything from doggie daycare to Ferrari rentals and fine art, rich...

Egypt tourist arrivals rise, not back to pre-revolt levels

CAIRO (Reuters) - The number of tourists visiting Egypt rose in the first four months of 2012, the cabinet said on Tuesday, but analysts say...

Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"

KABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the...

Swimming sites in Cyprus ranked cleanest in Europe

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Struggling Cyprus should be able to lure tourist revenue with pristine bathing waters, ranked the European Union's best...

Moscow, St Petersburg vie in Impressionist tug-of-war

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's cultural elite is at loggerheads over whether to rebuild a museum closed by the late Soviet dictator Josef...

Atlanta to get 20-story Ferris wheel from Paris, via Pensacola

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Downtown Atlanta will soon look a little more like London, after a decision by city council members on Monday to allow...

In Ukraine, no way to avoid a bumpy ride

KIEV (Reuters) - As the snow and ice began to melt in Ukraine this spring, exposing fresh cracks and potholes in the roads, hundreds of...

More poor now live in U.S. suburbs than cities

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people living in poverty in U.S. suburbs surpassed the number of poor in cities over the past decade,...

Vatican marks anniversary of 1972 attack on Michelangelo's Pieta

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an altar railing in St. Peter's Basilica and dealt...

Shakespeare's sonnets come to life in new app

TORONTO (Reuters) - A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films...