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Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 pm ET White women have higher breast cancer rates overall, but black women get the disease more often before age 40.

Children and youths are especially hard-hit by swine flu. It is important to watch for danger signs, as the onset of respiratory failure can be swift.

At least that's what people have been told for years - get mammograms, Pap smears, colonoscopies and prostate tests as early and often as possible to catch cancer before it spreads.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims crowd the roads toward the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Mecca, Saudi Arabian (CNN) -- A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WIVB) - Medical investigators are in North Carolina, to learn more about H1N1 Tamiflu resistant cases. The seriously ill patients were all housed at Duke University Medical Center's Cancer ward.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents cast a tie vote on human embryonic stem cell research on Friday, defeating a rare effort to limit such research at a university system beyond what state and federal laws allow.

The Rev. Phillip Bone, senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church, recently led his congregation in a Bible study on how to implement their spiritual gifts.

WASHINGTON - If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast.

The first US trials of a spray-on anesthetic for the penis showed that it increased the time to ejaculation nearly fivefold, providing the first good solution for premature ejaculation, researchers reported Thursday.

Area congregations and religious organizations are invited to send us notices regarding holiday services and special programs. Advent, Christmas, and other end-of-year holiday-related information needs to be sent by Monday, Nov. 30.

PRETORIA, South Africa - The head of the US government's international AIDS campaign says the global recession is not dampening his efforts.

Seniors need to review their options now to be aware of changes for 2010, including premium increases, new deductibles and alterations in the Extra Help program.

THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (healthday News) -- New research may provide the foundation for future medical treatment of memory deficits associated with Down syndrome.

FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers are reporting that children with asthma are more likely to develop severe cases of H1N1 flu than seasonal flu.

Nicole Bennett Engler is a public affairs consultant for Mayo Clinic's Cancer Education Program. In this role, she helps inform patients, families and caregivers about services and resources to help them through the cancer journey.

It's estimated that more than 80 Americans try to take their own lives every day, leaving their loved ones with question that may never be answered.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday to boost Medicare payments to physicians in a move that could help shore up support from doctors for a sweeping Democratic-backed healthcare overhaul.