WASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors treating Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a blood clot in her head said blood thinners are being used to dissolve the clot and they are confident she will make a full recovery.

(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.

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.

(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.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A 3 billion dollar cancer-fighting effort that's already under criminal investigation received yet more humiliation Wednesday when Texas Gov. Rick Perry called for a moratorium on new grants until confidence is restored in a once-celebrated agency that has plunged into turmoil in just three years.

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.

ALAMO, Texas (AP) -- For years, Sonia Limas would drag her daughters to the emergency room whenever they fell sick. As an illegal immigrant, she had no health insurance, and the only place she knew to seek treatment was the hospital -- the most expensive setting for those covering the cost.

LONDON (AP) -- Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far at life expectancy and the biggest health threats.

TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- Women who survive breast cancer may be more likely than other women to go on to develop Type 2 diabetes, a new Canadian study suggests.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning. But there's a downside: It could make it harder to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nicole Ari Parker was motivated by frustration. For Star Jones, it was a matter of life or death. Toni Carey wanted a fresh start after a bad breakup.

SYDNEY (Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)) -- The onset of diabetes more than doubles a patient's risk of suffering depression or other mood disorders.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Native American military veterans will be able to access health care closer to home thanks to an agreement between the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and the Indian Health Service.

(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.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

(Associated Press) -- Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years instead of five years as doctors recommend now, a major study finds.

WASHINGTON (Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)) -- A new study suggests that mild but repeated brain injuries often sustained by athletes can lead to degenerative brain disease in the long run.

(USA TODAY) -- This year's flu season is starting earlier and hitting harder than it has in almost a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- For Alzheimer's patients and their families, desperate for an effective treatment for the epidemic disease, there's hope from new studies starting up and insights from recent ones that didn't quite pan out.

LONDON (AP) -- While morning sickness in pregnant women is common, the problem the Duchess of Cambridge has been hospitalized with is not.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade -- and it could be a bad one.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Eight Planned Parenthood organizations sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding them from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women, saying the new rule violates their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and association.

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