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London - Liverpool agreed Tuesday night to sell Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid, subject to him passing a medical. Liverpool said the fee would remain undisclosed, but it is thought to be close to 30 million pounds. ...

Midfielder passes medical with Real Madrid and signs fouryear contract.

Liverpool reach an agreement to sell midfielder Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid, subject to a medical.

Vertebral and hip fractures are associated with an increased risk of death, found a new study of 7753 people in Canada aged 50 years and older published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). According to the results, approximately 25% of people (both men and women) living in the community who develop a hip fracture and 16% who develop a spine fracture will die over a 5 year period.

Doctors feared Christopher Wall, now 33, would not live beyond one day.

OSCEOLA, Mo. -- Electronic medical records are a life-or-death issue at Sac-Osage Hospital - not necessarily just for the patients, but for the hospital itself.

Pro-democracy leader tells court that verdict cannot be reached without addressing legality of her house arrestAung San Suu Kyi has described her trial for violating the terms of her house arrest as a test of the entire legal and governmental system installed by Burma's ruling junta.In a statement to the trial, a transcript of which has just been released by supporters, the pro-democracy leader argued that no proper verdict could be reached without an assessment of the legality of the process under which she has been detained at her home for the past five years.The comments were published as it was reported that the American man, whose surprise arrival at her lakeside home prompted the trial, had been admitted to hospital.Unnamed medical sources quoted by the Associated Press said John Yettaw, 53, had been taken to Rangoon's main hospital yesterday after suffering seizures, and his condition was now improving.Yettaw, whose motives remain unclear, swam to Aung San Suu Kyi's home in the

The success of electronic medical records may depend on the ultimate definition of their 'meaningful use.'

Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) yesterday visited the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center to meet with five prostate-cancer patients who received radioactive seed implants in the VA's troubled brachytherapy program.

Researchers at Stanford's School of Medicine have identified the first human bladder cancer stem cell and revealed how it works to escape the body's natural defenses. 'This is first time we've found this 'don't eat me signal' in a stem cell of a solid cancer,' said Irving Weissman, MD, the Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research at the medical school.