| ALBANY (The New York Times News Service) -- Buried deep in the state Department of Health website lives a document that lists the number of open-heart surgeries each New York cardiac surgeon performs, and how many patients die. The report also discloses the doctors' names. Most patients have never heard of the annual study, but going under the knife in New York is safer because of it.
(Associated Press) -- Blood clots like the one that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is being treated for following her recent concussion can occur for a host of reasons. How serious a clot is depends on where it is and why it formed. A Clinton aide would not say where hers is located.
(Associated Press) -- Young cancer patients who couldn't get a key medicine because of a national drug shortage were more likely to suffer a relapse than others who were able to get the preferred treatment, doctors report. It's the first evidence that a long-standing drug-supply problem probably has affected cancer treatment results in specific patients.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Under police guard, thousands of health workers pressed on with a polio immunization program Thursday after nine were killed elsewhere in Pakistan by suspected militants who oppose the vaccination campaign.
(USA TODAY) -- The nation's most elite fighting forces -- celebrated this year in film and best-selling books -- are under more emotional strain after a decade of war than commanders realized, according to the senior non-commissioned officer for special operations.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Canadian Press) -- The United Nations suspended its polio vaccination drive in Pakistan on Wednesday after eight people involved in the effort were shot dead in the past two days, a U.N. official said.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- Are young Canadian women undergoing too many Pap tests? New research suggests they probably are.
ISLAMABAD (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Authorities suspended a polio immunization campaign Tuesday after six Pakistani health workers were shot dead, officials said.
(USA TODAY) -- Breast cancer patients who double the length of time that they take a common medication can sharply reduce their risk of death, according to a new study that's predicted to influence medical practice.
(Associated Press) -- A new study sets the stage for wider use of gene testing in early pregnancy. Scanning the genes of a fetus reveals far more about potential health risks than current prenatal testing does, say researchers who compared both methods in thousands of pregnancies nationwide.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Kinky sex has been admitted to Harvard.
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