Vancouver - When Vancouver opened a safe injection shelter in the heart of its troubled Downtown Eastside in 2003, it immediately ignited a storm of controversy. Why, incredulous critics asked and are still asking, would any government help addicts t...

Research by U.S. physicians indicates the new trend of treating prostate cancer with higher radiation doses does not lead to more sexual dysfunction. The study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncolog...

A U.S. researcher says brachytherapy -- radiation seed implants -- should be considered a treatment option for prostate cancer in men under age 60. Lead study author Dr. Alice Ho of New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center said she found brachyt...

A British woman who slipped into a coma six years ago after taking heroin is reportedly regaining consciousness after being given an Ambien-type drug. Amy Pickard of Hastings was given zolpidem, the drug marketed in the United States under the name Ambien...

STS-120's third spacewalk is completed HOUSTON, Oct. 30 -- U.S. astronauts Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock Tuesday completed the third spacewalk of space shuttle Discovery's STS-120 mission. The 7-hour, 8-minute spacewalk included installation of...