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Measures attached to International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans may have contributed to a resurgence in tuberculosis in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Governments could be reducing funding for health services such as hospitals and clinics to meet strict IMF economic targets.

A study found that countries participating in IMF programs had seen tuberculosis death rates increase by at least 17 percent between 1991 and 2000, which is equivalent to more than 100,000 additional deaths. Nations that received money from institutions with less restrictive economic conditions saw a nearly 8 percent drop in tuberculosis death rates over the same period.

Cancer is now the leading cause of death in the United States. This video details a new theory of cancer which could lead to novel cures.

Many women remain confused about the right way to check their breasts for early signs of cancer. Experts say there is no evidence that rigorous monthly “self-examination” reduces breast cancer deaths and it can lead to unnecessary biopsies.

Two large studies looking at a total of more than 388,000 women found that death rates from breast cancer were the same among women who rigorously self-examined as those who did not, while there were almost twice the number of biopsy operations in the self-examination group.

According to some experts, the best way for a woman to check her breasts is not to follow a strict examination routine, but to get to know what is normal, and feel them regularly for signs of any changes.

Questions have emerged over whether long-term use of bone-building drugs for osteoporosis may actually lead to weaker bones in some people.

The concern rises from a series of case reports showing a rare type of leg fracture that shears straight across the upper thighbone, often after little or no trauma. People who have used bone-building drugs called bisphosphonates for five years or more have reported that after weeks or months of unexplained aching, their thighbones simply snapped while they were walking or standing.

A recent study reported on 20 patients with the fracture. Nineteen had been using the bone drug Fosamax for an average of 6.9 years. Last year, another report tracked 13 women with low-trauma fractures, including 9 who had been on long-term Fosamax therapy.