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Radical mastectomy was once standard treatment for even localized breast cancer, but a new study shows that lumpectomy, a procedure in which only the cancerous lump is removed, can be nearly as effective when combined with radiation.
The Food and Drug Administration has struck a blow for the tobacco-addicted. It will ban almost all over-the-counter stop-smoking aids; they don't work.
A cure for influenza has always been elusive to researchers: the virus's outer coat undergoes frequent mutation, so a vaccine can attack only one strain. But newly synthesized enzymes designed by computer may be able to kill a...
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