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Report: Rape is common against Darfur women

NEW YORK - A survey of dozens of women who fled Sudan's Darfur conflict found that a third of them reported or showed signs of rape, and revealed a widespread fear of ongoing sexual violence in their refugee camp in Chad, a human rights group reported Sunday. More »

Immune system taught to fight deadly skin cancer

ORLANDO, Fla. - For the first time, a novel treatment that trains the immune system to fight cancer has shown modest benefit in late-stage testing against the deadly skin cancer melanoma. More »

BeHealthy: Childhood obesity - An avoidable problem

Michelle Botus-Foster admits that it took some doing to break the cycle of overeating. More »