Diagnosis And Treatment
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Stricken with cancer and fragile from chemotherapy, author and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens sits in an armchair before an audience and waits for the only question that can come first at such a time.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A juvenile court judge in Ohio has rejected the request of a Christian convert's Muslim parents to order the teenager to receive emergency medical treatment for uterine cancer.
CAIRO - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak returned home Saturday three weeks after undergoing gall bladder surgery in Germany - an operation that prompted him to temporarily hand over power to his prime minister and fueled speculation about the country's leadership.
Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.
Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.
