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Doctors bring young cancer patients’ eggs to maturity

LYON, France (AP) Doctors have removed eggs from young female cancer patients and Д for the first time Д brought the eggs to maturity before freezing them, giving the girls a better chance to one day have children. Previously, scientists had thought viable eggs could only be obtained from girls who had undergone puberty. […]

Deadline near for landmark Mass. health insurance plan

BOSTON (AP) The goal was as audacious as it was simple: Plug the holes in Massachusetts’ health care network without resorting to the politically nuclear option of a single government-funded program.
The result is a landmark insurance law praised as innovative, derided as a house of cards and touted by former Gov. Mitt Romney […]

Fish out the facts on the safety of Chinese seafood

With news that the Food and Drug Administration has restricted imports of five kinds of seafood from China, consumers are wondering just how safe their seafood is and what they can do to protect themselves. USA TODAY food-safety reporter Elizabeth Weise answers some common questions:
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Q: What did the FDA do?
A: The […]

Doctors bring young cancer patients’ eggs to maturity

LYON, France (AP) Doctors have removed eggs from young female cancer patients and Д for the first time Д brought the eggs to maturity before freezing them, giving the girls a better chance to one day have children. Previously, scientists had thought viable eggs could only be obtained from girls who had undergone puberty. […]

A quarter of Britain’s virgins shun contraception when they have sex

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More than a quarter of Britons do not use contraception when they lose their virginity, according to a global sex report, raising fears over the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
The figures in today’s report from the Durex Network reveal 26.2 per cent of people in the UK are still choosing not to practise […]