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(CNN) -- Back in March, Amnesty International began reporting that the Egyptian military had subjected 17 women protesters at a Tahrir Square demonstration to "virginity tests." The women told Amnesty that they had been handcuffed and beaten, stripped searched and photographed by male soldiers...

Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors. Researchers found: _For women 30 and over, a test for the virus, HPV, is better than a Pap smear...

U.S. regulators gave major banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co the green light on Friday to boost dividends, loosening the reins on the industry 2-1/2 years after the government bailed out the financial system. The strongest banks, including JPMorgan, are entitled to raise dividends and buy...

The European Union will discuss Tuesday whether to conduct "stress tests" on atomic power plants to check their safety in light of Japan's nuclear crisis, a European Commission spokeswoman said. The possible tests on nuclear plants will be debated at a meeting of ministers, national nuclear...

SAN DIEGO – CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor's benefit than the patient's, new research confirms. Roughly one-fifth of tests that bone and joint specialists order are because a doctor fears being sued, not because the patient needs them, a...

-- The mass deaths of thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas was caused by "blunt force trauma," according to a new report by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Laboratory tests were conducted on 13 of the red-winged blackbirds that were part of the group that flew into buildings and died in a...

Washington -- Oil giant BP and contractor Halliburton knew of potential flaws in the cement slurry used to reinforce the oil well below the Deepwater Horizon rig before it exploded in April, according to a letter Thursday from the lead investigator for a federal probe of the Gulf oil disaster...

Seven European banks fail stress tests BRUSSELS, Only seven of 91 European banks failed stress tests on their financial stability in the event of a sharp economic downturn, regulators said Friday. Five banks in Spain, one in Germany and one in Greece came up short when European Union...

FDA to look at commercial genetic tests WASHINGTON, Commercial genetic testing services need more stringent control and policing by the federal government over their services and claims, experts say. Few of the tests or the companies offering them have undergone stringent scientific...

Tests help predict falls in Parkinson's BRISBANE, Australia, (UPI) -- Tests may help predict who with Parkinson's disease may be more likely to fall, an Australian researcher says. Study leader Graham Kerr of Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, cautions falls are a...

Globalstar will launch six of its second-generation satellites during a 90-day window that opens on Jul. 5, the company announced. The satellites will be launched by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome using the Soyuz rocket. The new Globalstar satellites, part of a constellation that...

KLEINMOND, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa reacted angrily on Friday to a report that tests on its world champion runner Caster Semenya had found she was a hermaphrodite, threatening a "third world war" over the affair. Athletics' governing body declined to confirm the report in...

Banks asked to keep quiet on stress tests -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department is asking banks not to mention the regulatory "stress tests" as part of their first-quarter earnings results...