Posted: 11:03 AM The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) will honor researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) for their work in cancer prevention efforts in the Brazos and Rio Grande valleys.

Updated: 10:42 PM A College Station mother on a mission to raise awareness about a disease that killed her young son. Because of her determination, two local hospitals are now screening for the disease.

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Posted: 3:11 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - A new study finds that about a quarter of Americans now have to travel farther to reach the nearest hospital trauma center.

Posted: 2:48 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists used a cloning technique to create the type of customized stem cells that show promise for treating disease. But the first-of-its-kind result comes with a big hitch.

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Updated: 8:58 PM NEW YORK (AP) - Americans talk skinny but eat fat.

Updated: 5:05 PM You thought they would be gone by now, right? But those allergies that have been torturing you since the end of summer are still around. Recently, a USDA-led study found that ragweed pollen is lingering up to 27 days longer than it did in the mid-1990s.

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Posted: 10:02 AM Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef that might be contaminated with E. coli.

Updated: 3:19 PM An 89-year-old Dallas County resident who became ill from listeria linked to cantaloupes from a Colorado farm has died.

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Posted: 10:29 AM A preliminary study suggests the vaccine against whooping cough falters after only about three years, adding support to school rules requiring kids to get the vaccination periodically.

Posted: 5:55 PM Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is recalling multiple lots of birth-control pills because of a packaging error that could lead to incorrect dosing and unintended pregnancies.

Updated: 3:42 PM The West is leading a national decline in the rate of new lung cancer cases, with states like California and Texas accounting for much of the improvement - particularly in women.

Posted: 7:48 AM LONDON - Health officials estimate that 366 million people worldwide now suffer from diabetes.

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Posted: 9:27 AM A federal judge in Austin has struck down key provisions of Texas' new law requiring a doctor to perform a sonogram before an abortion.

Posted: 9:25 AM Aerobic exercise is better than resistance training if you want to lose the belly fat that poses a serious threat to your health, researchers say.

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Posted: 10:05 AM Experts say Texas would be among the biggest beneficiaries of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The state stands to gain coverage for nearly 4 million uninsured residents.

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Posted: 4:29 PM At least three major grocery store chains are recalling certain packages of ground beef due to possible E. coli contamination.

Posted: 10:27 AM The federal government says Parkland Memorial Hospital doesn't meet the requirements to participate in the Medicare program after a survey of the hospital found conditions that were a "serious threat" to patient safety.