SHANGHAI - American and Shanghai health authorities opened an epidemiology center in the Chinese city Tuesday to train experts in sleuthing out ways to prevent chronic and epidemic diseases. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Should healthy people with low cholesterol take a pill to lower their cholesterol even more in hopes of preventing heart problems? The question is dividing heart doctors and confusing patients. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Ninety percent of physicians surveyed said doctors overtest and overtreat to protect themselves from malpractice lawsuits. Full Story »

WEDNESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight and obese people in the Asia-Pacific region have a significantly increased risk of dying from cancer compared to those of normal weight, finds a new study. Full Story »

In June, Human Rights Watch released a study about female genital mutilation, commonly referred to as FGM, in Iraqi Kurdistan that stresses the prevalence of the practice and its lasting effects on women in the region Full Story »

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MADRID - Spain's highest court has agreed to study whether a new abortion law allowing the procedure without restrictions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy is constitutional. Full Story »

WEDNESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Research into Alzheimer's disease has reached a point of significant potential, even as the disease's looming impact on society grows more and more dire, experts say. Full Story »

It's no secret that exercise lifts mood, but some researchers believe it may even be powerful enough to treat depression Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Medicare program said on Wednesday it was evaluating data on Dendreon Corp's prostate cancer therapy to decide whether to cover the product nationwide for seniors in the federal health program. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by Pfizer, which sought to end lawsuits by Nigerian families who accuse the pharmaceutical giant of testing a new antibiotic on their children without proper consent. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy called Saturday for the world to come up with the "billions of dollars" needed to make AIDS history, possibly through a global tax. Full Story »

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Aggressive drug treatment to lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol in diabetics does little to prevent heart disease and strokes, but it does help prevent diabetic eye disease, nerve and kidney disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Full Story »

THURSDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Living in a home with high levels of mold may increase the risk of severe asthma attacks in people with certain gene variants, finds a new study. Full Story »

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asians who are overweight or obese are more likely to die from cancer compared with people of normal weight, a large study in Asia has found. Full Story »

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