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VATICAN CITY – African cardinals denounced the “cultural imperialism” of wealthy countries in their aid, trade and health care policies for Africa, saying Wednesday that Western influences were destroying the continent’s moral fabric. African prelates attending the three-week meeting on the role of the Catholic Church in Africa said their …

A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. Laparoscopic, or keyhole, surgery is increasingly chosen by men having a cancerous prostate removed. And often it involves the highly marketed da Vinci robotics system. …

CLEVELAND – The federal government has begun a study of how much swine flu vaccine to give to people with asthma. Asthma sufferers are considered a group at higher risk of complications from swine flu, but medication taken by many asthmatics may interfere with the vaccine. Dr. Serpil Erzurum, the …