Track gender genetics case: Birth defect turns question of private parts into public debateWASHINGTON — It’s the birth defect people don’t talk about. South African track star at focus of gender tests reportedly has internal male sex organsPRETORIA, South Africa — Caster Semenya had heard the taunts and whispers — that she was different from other girls. Now the most intimate details of her anatomy are headline news, and there is worry about how the 18-year-old runner from a poor South African village will handle it all. Risk of death higher for prostate cancer patients with heart disease who use hormone therapyCHICAGO — A new study links hormone therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk of death in older men who’ve had serious heart problems. Caster Semenya: Male or Female? Gender tests try to sort out medical rarities from men posing as womenMale or Female? Gender tests are not always easy LONDON — South African runner Caster Semenya has been ordered to undergo a gender verification test, to prove she rightfully won the gold medal in the women’s 800 meters at the world championships in Berlin on Wednesday. WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: White House staffers, Malia and Sasha, meet Pope Benedict XVI, tooVATICAN CITY — If one career highlight was getting Barack Obama elected president, another might be meeting the pope. |
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