FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out.Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible.But the ordinary rate of cancer is so high, and our understanding of the effects of radiation exposure so limited, that any increase in cases from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster may be undetectable.Several experts inside and outside Japan told the Associated Press that cancers c

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- Your blood type might affect your risk of stroke. People with AB and women with B were a little more likely to suffer one than people with O blood - the most common type, a study found.The research can’t prove such a link. But it fits with other work tying A, B and AB to more risk of blood clots in the legs and heart attacks. Blood type O also has been tied to an increased risk of bleeding, which implies less chance of clots, the cause of most strokes.“There’s increasing

DUBLIN (AP) ― Anne McCaffrey, whose vision of an interstellar alliance between humans and dragons spawned two dozen “Dragonriders of Pern” novels, has died in Ireland aged 85, her publisher and family announced Wednesday.Random House said the Cambridge, Massachusetts-born author died of a stroke Monday at her rural residence south of Dublin, her home for four decades. She christened her self-designed house Dragonhold.“Surrounded by the reassuring presence of family and close friends, her passing

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Your blood type might affect your risk of stroke. People with AB and women with B were a little more likely to suffer one than people with O blood - the most common type, a study found.The research can’t prove such a link. But it fits with other work tying A, B and AB to more risk of blood clots in the legs and heart attacks. Blood type O also has been tied to an increased risk of bleeding, which implies less chance of clots, the cause of most strokes.“There’s increasing

Korea MSD released Implanon NTX, an implantable contraceptive for women. Implanon NXT is a radiopaque, non-biodegradable, progestagen-only, flexible implant preloaded in a sterile, disposable applicator. It contains 68 milligrams of etonogestrel and is effective for three years, According to the pharmaceutical, Implanon should be inserted just under the skin of the arm. It is removable and should be re-implanted when further contraceptive effect is needed. Those willing to be inserted with the d

The Korea Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday disclosed the average nutritional value of some popular Korean restaurant dishes. According to its report on 130 foods, the highest in calories was “samgyetang” at 918 kcal in a serving of 1,000 grams of the chicken broth. It was followed by japchaebap, or fried rice with mixed vegetables and noodles, at 885 kcal; ganjjajang, or noodles served separately with black bean paste, at 825 kcal; jajangmyeon, noodles in black bean paste, at 797 kcal,

PARIS, Nov 24, 2011 (AFP) - The word's first artificial windpipe transplant has been such a success that a second operation has been carried out and a third is being planned, The Lancet reported on Thursday.Andemariam Teklesenbet Beyene, a 36-year-old Eritrean, is doing well after undergoing the gro

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified an intracellular signaling enzyme that regulates the wake-sleep cycle, which could help lead to the development of more effective sleep aid medications. Subimal Datta, PhD, director and principle investig