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By Steve Stecklow, Andrew MacAskill and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) – The World Medical Association, the leading international medical-ethics body, said it will look into “a number of questions” raised by a Reuters investigation of the organization’s future president. Earlier today, Reuters reported that the WMA is standing behind Indian urologist Dr. Ketan Desai, who is scheduled to assume its presidency in 2016, even as he faces criminal allegations
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – – Chemotherapy can hasten deterioration near the end of life in patients with advanced cancer who haven’t yet lost their ability to perform normal daily activities, a study suggests. Many physicians have voiced concerns about the use of chemotherapy for cancer patients nearing death, the researchers note. To see what effects chemotherapy has on cancer patients in their last week of life, Prigerson and
Ouch: This one’s gotta burn. Jessica Alba’s massively successful Honest Company brand is coming under fire for a sunscreen that’s apparently, well, not doing its…
BEIJING (AP) — Britain has denied Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei a six-month business visa to attend a London exhibition of his work, saying he failed to disclose that he has a criminal conviction — a claim that the artist and his attorney dispute.
It’s no secret that our metabolism slows as we get older, but is there a specific age or age range where it starts to go downhill? Chrissy Teigen thinks so.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Simon Pegg has too many state secrets to keep track of, and most of that is J.J. Abrams’ fault.
Far away from the glare of China’s stock market chaos, stampede of sell orders and freeze on new listings, the spirit of free markets is alive and kicking right in the nation’s capital.
Spain reported on Thursday that its economy grew 1 percent between the first and second quarters of the year and is running at an annual clip of 3.1 percent. Ireland, meanwhile, issued a delayed report on its first quarter. Spain and Ireland have suffered badly over the past few years as their banks have creaked under the weight of lending into now-burst housing bubbles.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has set a trial date in wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against a website over a sex tape.
