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When elderly Medicare (search) patients are diagnosed with colon cancer (search), it’s often the first time they’ve ever been tested for the disease. That defies screening guidelines, say the Cleveland researchers who report the finding. Gregory Cooper, MD, is on staff at University Hospitals of Cleveland. Jonathan Payes, MS, works …

PARIS – The trial of six men accused of plotting to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris opened with testimony from the suspected ringleader. Voluble French-Algerian Djamel Beghal (search), 39, told the Paris court on Monday that he had been kept in solitary confinement awaiting trial since his arrest in …

NEW YORK – Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) is in talks to sell its consumer over-the-counter drug line, which includes pain relievers Excedrin and Bufferin, cold medicine Comtrex and Keri lotions, according to published reports. The pharmaceutical giant, which has struggled to restructure in the face of lost patents on key …