07/02/2012 | Argentina

Dead model's boyfriend says she was undergoing psychiatric treatment

The boyfriend of the late model Jazmín de Grazia, who was found dead at her home in Buenos Aires on Sunday, revealed today that the young woman “was undergoing psychiatric treatment and was taking sleeping pills.”

12/01/2013 | Argentina

'I went out of respect and solidarity for a friend,' CFK says

20/10/2011 | World

Jobs refused early surgery for cancer - biographer

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs refused potentially life-saving cancer surgery for nine months, shrugging off protests from his family and opting instead for alternative medicine, according to the tech visionary's biographer.

22/12/2012 | World

S.Africa's Mandela responding to treatment in hospital

Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, who is 94, continues to respond to treatment two weeks after being taken to hospital, the government said.

03/12/2012 | Latin America

Chávez will travel to Brazil for summit, ambassador says

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez will travel to Brazil for a regional summit at the end of this week despite cancer-related medical treatment in Cuba, Brazil's ambassador said on today.

07/12/2012 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez back from Cuba medical treatment

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returned from Cuba today following cancer-related medical treatment, walking and joking at the airport in a first public appearance in three weeks that quashed rumors he might have been at death's door.

10/12/2012 | Latin America

Chávez arrives in Cuba for surgery, vows 'I'll be back'

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez flew to Cuba early today for cancer surgery, vowing to return quickly despite admitting the disease could curb his 14-year rule of the South American nation.

26/04/2012 | Latin America

Chávez back from Cuba after cancer treatment

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has returned home after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba as the state television showed images of the Head of State chatting with his vice president and other aides after arriving at Caracas' international airport early today.

09/06/2012 | Latin America

Chavez says tests show him in good health

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said today medical tests following his cancer treatment show he is in good health, but provided few additional details about an illness that has become an obsession in the OPEC nation.

27/11/2012 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez to continue medical treatment in Cuba

Following a nearly two-week absence from the public eye, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Cuba for medical treatment, months after he underwent chemotherapy and radiation for cancer there.

14/07/2011 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez to get cancer treatment in Brazil

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will travel to Brazil for cancer treatment, a Brazilian government source told reporters, following his return home after an operation in Cuba.

31/10/2011 | Latin America

Lula´s cancer treatment divides Brazilians

By Gabriela Antunes
As Lula starts his chemotherapy today at the state of the art hospital Sirio Libanes in Sao Paulo controversy hit Brazilian media and social networks. While Brazilians digested the news of Lula’s larynx cancer on Saturday, a debate emerged as whether he should or not be treated in a public hospital run by the State’s health system, the infamous SUS.

24/04/2012 | Latin America

Chávez 'alive and kicking' in Cuba, pictures released

Photos released by the Venezuelan government showed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez wearing a track suit and strolling in a garden in Havana with Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro, playing bowls with his brother, Adán, and kissing a crucifix as he hugged his daughter, María Gabriela.

22/12/2011 | Entertainment

George Michael released from Vienna hospital

British singer George Michael was discharged from a Vienna hospital today after weeks of treatment for severe pneumonia, the Oesterreich newspaper reported.

29/06/2012 | Entertainment

TV, radio icon Juan Alberto Badía dies