Call it a genetic patch job for worn lungs: Canadian researchers took donated lungs deemed too damaged to transplant and repaired them with outside-the-body gene therapy.

A thousand miles from the health care debate in Washington, Dr. Don Klitgaard and his colleagues are carrying out their own reform in a small Iowa community.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress.

Before Congress, NFL's Goodell won't acknowledge link between head injuries, brain diseases. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress.

LONDON (Reuters) - A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday.

US Sen. McCain's mother discharged from Portuguese hospital after fall. A Lisbon hospital says it has discharged the 97-year-old mother of U.S. Senator John McCain after a weeklong stay following a fall.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Attempting to aid a difficult childbirth with forceps instead of immediately performing a C-section may not raise the risks to the baby in most cases, a new study suggests.

Michael Jackson's dermatologist files nearly $50,000 claim against estate for treatments. Michael Jackson's dermatologist has filed a nearly $50,000 claim against the singer's estate.

A medical official in Somalia says five people have been killed in fighting after insurgents sent mortars toward the airport as the president was arriving.

NFL commissioner: League to offer medical follow-up to ex-players who reported mental problems. When a recent study conducted for the NFL suggested that retired pro football players may have a higher rate than normal of Alzheimer's disease or other memory afflictions, the NFL was quick to point out that the study did not prove a link between concussions and memory disorders.

LONDON (Reuters) - A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Tackling just five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life expectancy by almost 5 years, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Tackling just five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life expectancy by almost 5 years, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.

An apple a day may keep the doctor away but a fibre-filled diet could also hold the key to keeping asthma, diabetes and arthritis at bay, according to Australian research released Thursday.

Mike Ditka calls for more action not studies to help ailing retired football players. Mike Ditka has a message for the NFL and Congressional leaders: More action, not studies.

NFL Players Association says no battle with league on head injuries, but improvements needed. The head of the NFL Players Association said Tuesday his union has differences with the NFL over how to address head injuries suffered during pro football games, but they're not fighting about it.

In an Oct. 21 story about drug labels, The Associated Press erroneously described the Novartis drug Zometa. Zometa was approved in 2001 to treat excessive calcium levels, not to treat a form of osteoporosis in cancer patients. Also, the drug was approved only in a 4 milligram dose, not in both 4 milligram and 8 milligram doses.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood cancer survivors are 18 times more likely to develop thyroid cancer than the general population, UK researchers report.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people in their 70's, light to moderate alcohol intake may offer women, but not men, some protection against loss of mobility, a study hints.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An alarming number of Canadian teenagers has high blood pressure, high cholesterol or other major risk factors for heart disease and stroke, a researcher warned Tuesday at a conference in Edmonton, Alberta.