A study published in the the British Medical Journal finds left-handed women are more than twice as likely to develop pre-menopausal breast cancer as non-left-handed women.

The report details how a team of researchers based in the Netherlands looked into women who were left-handed and took 12,000 healthy, middle-aged women who were born between 1932 and 1941 and compared body measurements as well as assessing risk factors such as economic status, smoking habits, and family history of breast cancer and their reproductive background

Medical company Genentech says it has stopped enrolling ovarian cancer patients in a test for Avastin, because a higher-than-expected number of the women developed perforations in their gastrointestinal tracts.

Genentech says five of 44 patients involved in the study, 11 percent, have developed perforations as a result of taking the drug

Medical company Genentech says it has stopped enrolling ovarian cancer patients in a test for Avastin, because a higher-than-expected number of the women developed perforations in their gastrointestinal tracts.

Genentech says five of 44 patients involved in the study, 11 percent, have developed perforations as a result of taking the drug

A California Superior Court judge, citing health risks of lead and arsenic in tattoo inks, has ordered two major tattoo-ink manufacturers to carry warning labels, according to a CNN medical report.

The preliminary injunction granted by Judge Irving Feffer also requires Huck Spaulding Enterprises of New York and Superior Tattoo Equipment of Phoenix to carry the labels in their catalogs and on their Internet sites aimed at California customers

A California Superior Court judge, citing health risks of lead and arsenic in tattoo inks, has ordered two major tattoo-ink manufacturers to carry warning labels, according to a CNN medical report.

The preliminary injunction granted by Judge Irving Feffer also requires Huck Spaulding Enterprises of New York and Superior Tattoo Equipment of Phoenix to carry the labels in their catalogs and on their Internet sites aimed at California customers