Children given radiation to cure their cancers end up worse off than those who had only surgery. Chemotherapy did not seem to worsen their post cancer health.

The report, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, adds to research showing that, while childhood cancer is usually curable, its effects can linger for decades and even a lifetime

Coretta Scott King's family is optimistic she will make a full recovery from a minor heart attack and a major stroke that impaired her ability to speak and affected her right side.

Says her daughter, Yolanda King, "We are completely assured she will come to a complete recovery

The University of Pennsylvania is training surgeons how to use a new device to treat a type of heart aneurysm that often grows without any symptoms until it bursts, usually with fatal consequences.

The Food and Drug Administration in March approved the stent, which is a flexible tube that comes in a range of lengths and diameters. It can be used for a specific kind of aneurysm that pops out from the aorta -- the body's main artery

Nearly 90 children are dead and dozens of others in serious condition following an outbreak of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis in a north Indian state over the past week, officials say Thursday

Seventy-nine children are dead and dozens of others in serious condition following an outbreak of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis in a north Indian state over the past week, officials say Thursday.

Local newspapers report that the death toll could be much higher, as many casualties are going unreported, according to The Associated Press