For the three Ohio women held captive for nine years or more, the world had shrunk to a small white house on Cleveland’s Seymour Avenue.Early reports indicated that locked doors and covered windows kept the women trapped inside the working-class dwelling. Police said they were hostages to the whims of three 50-something brothers -- until 27-year-old Amanda Berry kicked her way to freedom on Tuesda...    

Elizabeth Smart. Jaycee Dugard. Shawn Hornbeck. Many parents of missing children repeat these names like a mantra -- each one is evidence that their long-lost child is not a lost cause.Now Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight can be added to that list of found children. The discovery of the three Ohio women on Monday is exactly the kind of hope that keeps parents of missing children going...    

Patients with advanced bladder cancers that are surgically removed might need additional therapy to prevent recurrence in certain situations, a new UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests. The five-year international study led by researchers at UT Southwestern validates the use of a marker panel to predict which patients are more likely to have a recurrence of cancer after bladder removal, thereby identifying those patients as good candidates for follow-up chemotherapy. The findings, published in the most recent edition of European ... more