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SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Two-year follow-up findings of the PARTNER trial indicate that transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) may be a better option than standard treatment, according to late-breaking results presented here.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Thousands of ingredients that go into food have been classified as safe by private industry alone, without any government oversight, according to a new report published Wednesday....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Some California schools are turning away middle and high school students who have not received a required whooping cough vaccine while others are defying a law passed last year after a historic spike in cases of the potentially fatal disease....

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- When patients who have an implantable electronic cardiac device need surgery, the device has to be considered as well as the operative procedure, and that requires a multidisciplinary approach, the head of the guideline writing team explains in this exclusive InFocus audio report.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Child maltreatment in the U.S. can be directly linked to unemployment rates, researchers reported here.

SAN FRANCISCO - The mystery surrounding a retrovirus recently implicated in prostate cancer and possibly chronic fatigue syndrome is beginning to yield clues.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Within a few months of infection with HIV, a large percentage of patients exhibit neurological impairments, researchers said here.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Breast reduction surgery turns up abnormal breast pathology in roughly one woman in 10, researchers affirmed.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- New studies show that many people with swine flu may be able to spread the virus for a week or more after symptoms first appear.

That's longer than some experts had thought....

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Most women surgeons would make the same career choice again if given the option, even though it affected their personal life somewhat, researchers found.