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Community Health Systems said that hackers likely from China broke into its systems and stole identification data for 4.5 million patients.

• 19 августа 2014, 10:17

Immunotherapy has made great strides against cancers like melanoma that were once believed incurable, though scientists still do not understand why it works well in some cases but not others.

• 04 июня 2014, 10:09

A fire swept through a South Korean hospice for elderly, infirm patients early Wednesday, killing 21 people in what police said appeared to be an act of arson by an 81-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer.

• 28 мая 2014, 11:17

Aspirin can reduce the risk of colon cancer by half, but only in people who carry high levels of a specific type of gene, a study found.

• 25 апреля 2014, 11:26

A woman who underwent fertility treatment at a clinic in Rome became pregnant with the twins of another couple after their embryos were mixed up, press reports said.

• 14 апреля 2014, 20:58

A male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.

• 29 марта 2014, 11:14

While the team or doctors and scientist is working in Kalachi village to determine what is causing the mysterious sleep syndrome, one more patient has fallen asleep.

• 20 марта 2014, 15:32

For a year, the patient suffered from a range of worsening symptoms that left doctors stumped.

• 07 февраля 2014, 11:02

A new cancer center in Astana will provide diagnose of cancer at early stages.

• 30 января 2014, 22:20

It won't cure dementia or Alzheimer's disease, but music can nevertheless help sufferers "wake up" their memories, reveals a moving documentary presented at the Sundance Film Festival.

• 22 января 2014, 10:22

A drug used to treat advanced breast and colorectal cancers has been linked to sometimes fatal skin reactions in patients, its Swiss manufacturer and Canadian health officials said Wednesday.

• 05 декабря 2013, 11:50

A French tourist was in an Australian hospital Monday with burns after a fellow traveller allegedly set fire to his fancy dress costume which was made of toilet paper.

• 27 августа 2012, 13:16