Alan Landers, the handsome model who posed for Winston cigarette ads and later sued the tobacco industry over his health claims, has died while undergoing treatment for throat cancer. He was 68. ...more

March 3, 2009

Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. ...more

November 19, 2008

Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. ...more

November 19, 2008

When Cindy Kocher heard the words "lung cancer" come out of her doctor's mouth in mid-July, she likely reacted the way others do when diagnosed with a disease that, according to the American Cancer Society, kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver, kidney and melanoma cancers combined. ...more

October 8, 2008