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President Obama makes over health care

Anthony DiLorenzo — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:35:48 GMT

Republicans are challenging President Barack Obama's plan to make one health care option the purchase of government-sponsored medical coverage.

New bills limiting embryo implants

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:51:45 GMT

The legislation in Missouri and Georgia is intended to spare taxpayers from footing the bill for women having more children than they can afford.

Failure worries weaken life insurers

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:31:43 GMT

If the markets and economy keep deteriorating, analysts say, life insurers' troubles could escalate to the point where they require billions in federal money.

NY county votes ban on BPA baby bottles

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:10:11 GMT

Lawmakers in a Long Island county have voted to approve what would be the nation's first ban on baby bottles and toddler sippy cups made with a chemical that some studies suggest may be harmful to infants.

Is my chemo working?

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:49:12 GMT

Researchers are exploring a new use for medical imaging that could possibly reveal within a few days whether chemo is working.

Hepatitis outbreak in western India

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:27:27 GMT

Investigators in western India looking into a deadly hepatitis outbreak traced to infected syringes have uncovered an operation to illegally recycle hundreds of tons of used medical equipment, officials said Wednesday.

Doctors seek to stop patients' reviews

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:51:11 GMT

Consumer ratings services like Zagat's and Angie's List are expanding beyond restaurants and plumbers to medical care, and some doctors are fighting back.

Is the FDA a broken agency?

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:55:17 GMT

Every few months, the Food and Drug Administration goes into fire-brigade mode, rushing to get control over another safety crisis.

Glaxo prostate drug ad 'misleading'

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:30:12 GMT

A marketing campaign for a GlaxoSmithKline prostate drug has drawn complaints from federal regulators, who said the space-themed advertisement is misleading.

Right to die case sparks more debate

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:58:36 GMT

The case against an alleged assisted suicide ring known as the Final Exit Network has revived a long-simmering debate about the right to die.

Genes that make teeth grow in a row

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:13:59 GMT

Ever wonder why sharks get several rows of teeth and people only get one? Some geneticists did, and their discovery could spur work to help adults one day grow new teeth when their own wear out.

FDA slaps warning on heartburn drug

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:00:09 GMT

Federal health officials are adding their sternest warning to a heartburn drug that has been linked to muscle spasms.

Woman infected with herpes awarded $7M

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:46:15 GMT

A jury awarded nearly $7 million to a 56-year-old woman who said she was unknowingly infected with herpes by the 77-year-old founder of a hair-care company.

China: No melamine in infant formula

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:12:57 GMT

Quality inspectors have found no melamine in infant formula produced by U.S. drug maker Wyeth, despite claims from about 20 families that said the milk caused kidney stones in their children.

Drugmaker accused of medical bribery

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:36:44 GMT

Federal prosecutors say drugmaker Forest Laboratories Inc. tried to pay doctors for prescribing its antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro and pushed the drugs for unapproved use on children.

Low fat vs low carb: what diet works

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:42:00 GMT

Low-fat, low-carb or high-protein? The kind of diet doesn't matter, scientists say. All that really counts is cutting calories and sticking with it, according to a federal study that followed people for two years.

FDA did not inspect syringe plant

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:21:26 GMT

A North Carolina syringe factory linked to hundreds of sicknesses and five deaths operated for almost two years without an inspection despite a series of complaints that its needles were dirty or filled with colored particles.

Some prenatal vitamins short on iodine

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:59:12 GMT

Many brands of multivitamins for pregnant women may not contain all the iodine they claim, potentially putting babies at risk of poor brain development, a new study suggests.

Big differences in Medicare costs

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:43:28 GMT

The dramatic cost differences don't appear connected to climate or to who lives where, and people in the more expensive areas don't get better care.

Okla wells test positive for E. coli

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:31:13 GMT

Seventeen private water wells have tested positive for E. coli bacteria near an Oklahoma town where an E. coli outbreak last summer killed one man and sickened hundreds, state officials said Wednesday.

More teens getting anti-drug message

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:14:08 GMT

Parents appear to be talking more effectively with their children about the dangers of drug use, says a study being released Thursday.

Adopting abroad? Get hepatitis A shot

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:56:18 GMT

Federal officials estimate that international adoptees trigger only 100 to 1,000 of the estimated 32,000 hepatitis A infections in the United States each year--- but cases that do occur are sometimes tragic.

Dentists wary of salon teeth-whitening

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:29:16 GMT

In some salons, the whitening is sometimes facilitated by people wearing white coats who hand the trays to customers to put into their own mouths or adjust the lights over their teeth.

Partners Healthcare will get new CEO

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:48:28 GMT

The board of directors at New England's largest hospital chain has named Dr. Gary Gottlieb its new chief executive officer.

Pfizer drops development of 2 drugs

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:19:32 GMT

Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday it is ending development of two medicines that had been in final human testing in order to shift funding and staff to other experimental drugs with more potential.

Court: EPA must reconsider soot limits

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:42:58 GMT

A federal appeals court is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency for a better explanation of how the Bush administration's limit on the amount of soot and dust allowed in the air protects public health.

Alcohol linked to cancer in women

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:08:55 GMT

A study of nearly 1.3 million British women offers yet more evidence that moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of a handful of cancers.

Who's minding your food?

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:53:23 GMT

The FDA bears the brunt of food safety oversight, a mission called into question in the wake of a massive recall of peanut products.

Guilty pleas in tainted syringe case

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:38:40 GMT

Two former workers at a North Carolina plant pleaded guilty for their roles in shipping bacteria-tainted syringes that prosecutors blamed for five deaths and hundreds of infections.

Healthcare costs to top $8K per person

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:22:26 GMT

Health care costs will top $8,000 per person this year, consuming an ever-bigger slice of a shrinking economic pie, says the report by the Department of Health and Human Services, due out Tuesday.