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11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC
11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC
1st Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine Set for Early October
1st Drug From Genetically Altered Animals Approved
1st U.S. Drug Approved for Fibromyalgia
2 Diabetes Drugs Double Fracture Risk in Women
2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks
2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing
228 People in 22 States Sickened in Ongoing Salmonella-Tomato Outbreak
25% of Teen Girls Vaccinated for HPV
2nd Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients
2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes
4 More Deaths Reported Among Byetta Patients
A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery
A Hope: Contaminant-Free Synthetic Heparin
A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances
Abdominal Surgery May Become Easier for Patients
ACL Reconstruction With Cadaver Tissue Risky in Younger Patients
Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Lung Cancer Risk
Add More Facts to Drug Ads, Experts Urge
Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
Afinitor Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer
After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study
Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer
Air Pollution May Cause Appendicitis: Study
Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First
Alcohol Use Frequently Overlooked Before Surgery
Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise
America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%
Amitiza Treats Irritable Bowel With Constipation
Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients Increase Death Risk
Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA
Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients
Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities
Anesthesia Type Won't Influence Neck Artery Surgery Outcomes
Anesthesia, Exertional Heat Deaths May Be Linked
Angioplasty Outcomes May Vary Little Between Hospitals
Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death
Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer
Ankle Replacement Device Approved
Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move
Another Study Warns of Risk From Cardiac Surgery Drug
Another Swine Flu Vaccine Approved for Children
Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB
Anti-Nausea Patch Approved for Chemo Patients
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Anti-Smoking Drugs Get FDA 'Black-Box' Warning
Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery
Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion
As TV Drug Ads Increase, So Do Concerns
Aspirin Doesn't Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke
Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed
Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects
Autumn Sees More Women With Bunion Problems
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Banzel Approved for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies
Bariatric Surgery Centers Don't Deliver Better Outcomes
Bayer Marketing Two Unapproved Aspirin Products: FDA
Benzyl Alcohol Lotion Approved for Head Lice
Berinert Approved for Rare Genetic Disease
Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery
Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery
Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery
Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis
Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery
Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment
Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes
Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial
Blood Transfusions Not Linked to Long-Term Problems
Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant
Bone Marrow Treatment Approved for Rare Bleeding Disorder
Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men
Brain Rewires Itself After Hand Transplant
Brain Stimulation Therapy Eases Tough-to-Treat Depression
Breast Cancer May Be Gone, But Pain Lingers
Breast Cancer Survivors Report High Quality of Life After Treatment
Breast Cancer Test Rates Drug Therapy Candidates
Breast-Conserving Surgery Leaves Many Cancer Patients Disappointed
Breathing Muscles Atrophy Quickly During Mechanical Ventilation
Bunion Surgery Patients Need 6 Weeks Before Driving
Bye, Bye Back Fat?
Caldolor Is First Approved Injected Ibuprofen
Cancer Drug May Help With Kidney Transplants
Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early
Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins
Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen AMD
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study
Cataracts World's Leading Cause of Vision Loss
Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA
Cervarix Approved to Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer
Children's Belly Aches Don't Disappear With Antidepressant
Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk
Cimzia Sanctioned to Treat Crohn's Disease
Circumcision Rates Too Low
Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
Coartem Approved to Treat Malaria
Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes
Collagen Wrinkle Filler Approved
Colonoscopy Beats 'Camera Pill' at Catching Colon Cancer
Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics
Combo Treatment Ups Survival When Cancer Spreads to Abdominal Lining
Common Weight-Loss Surgery May Double Risk of Kidney Stones
Compact Heart Assist Device Approved
Computerized Medication Box Approved
Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia
Consumers Still Buying Risky Imported Drugs Online: FDA
Consumers Urged to Avoid Raw Milk and Raw Milk Products
Controversial Anemia Drug Doesn't Cut Need for Transfusions
Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects
Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise
CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
Creon, a Pancreatic Enzyme Substitute, Approved
C-Sections Explain Jump in U.S. Preemie Births
Cycloset Approved for Type 2 Diabetes
Cymbalta Approved for Fibromyalgia
Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed
Declines in Foodborne Illness Have Plateaued, Report Says
Decorative Halloween Eye Lenses May Pose Serious Risks
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Severely Depressed
Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life
Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk
Delirium Episodes Could Hasten Alzheimer's-Linked Decline
Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals
Depression Treatment Wanes Following FDA Warnings
Device Approved for Child Heart Operations
Device Approved to Assess Arterial Plaque
Device Helps Spinal Patients Breathe Without Ventilator
Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve
Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass
Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass
Diagnostic Approved to Detect C. diff
Did Medicare Reimbursement Changes Affect Prostate Cancer Treatment?
Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies
Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Doctors Describe First U.S. Face Transplant
Doctors' Guide to Cancer Drugs May Need Revising
Donor Dogs Give the Gift of Life
Drug Coated Stents Better After Heart Attack
Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth
Drug Combo Helps Larynx Cancer Patients Preserve Voice Box
Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable
Drug Companies Say No Cold Meds for Kids Under 4
Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo
Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With Parkinson's
Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery
Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics
Drug May Stem Slide Into Alzheimer's for Some
Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo
Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates
Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures
Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says
Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk
Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories
Dysport, a Botox Competitor, Approved
Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off
Early Elective C-Sections Produce Complications
Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps
Early Onset Approved for ADHD Drug
Easy Way to Prevent Post-Op Nausea?
Effient Sanctioned for Angioplasty Patients
Elbow Injuries on Rise Among Young Athletes
Electrode Placement Key to Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Patients
Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Relieves Chronic Inflammation
Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes
Errors in Surgical Procedures Persist
Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids
Experimental Blood Substitutes Unsafe, Study Finds
Experimental Urine Test Spots Appendicitis
Extavia Approved for Multiple Sclerosis
Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients
Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death
Face Transplant Patient Can Smell, Taste, Breathe Normally
Face Transplants Show Promising Results
Fanapt Sanctioned for Schizophrenia
Fatty Acids in Diet Linked to Bowel Disease Risk
FDA Acknowledges Mistakes in Knee-Device Approval
FDA Adds Suicide Warning to Epilepsy Drugs
FDA Advisers Don't Back 'Black Box' Warning for Epilepsy Drugs
FDA Approves Generic Risperdal
FDA Approves Genetic Test for Breast Cancer
FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy
FDA Approves Seasonal Flu Vaccine for 2009-2010
FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin
FDA Bars Generic Drugs From Indian Company
FDA Calls for Stricter Controls on Mercury Fillings
FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs
FDA Details Access to 'Investigational' Drugs
FDA Expands Pepper Warning in Salmonella Outbreak
FDA Expands Tomato Warning Nationwide
FDA Expands Weight-Loss Products Safety Alert
FDA Faulted for Lack of Produce Oversight
FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics
FDA Faults Drug Information for Consumers
FDA Goes After Unapproved Eye Washes, Skin Ointments
FDA Halts New Applications From Indian Drug Maker's Plant
FDA Identifies Contaminant in Blood-Thinning Drug
FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses
FDA Investigating Safety of Asthma Drug Xolair
FDA Investigating Salmonella-Tainted Pistachios
FDA Issues Final Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals
FDA Issues Warning for Diabetes Drug
FDA Mandates Black Box Warning for Some Antibiotics
FDA Mandates New Warnings for Botox
FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills
FDA Narrowing Tainted Tomato Probe to One Cluster
FDA OKs 1st Embryonic Stem Cell Trial
FDA OKs Flu Vaccines for 2008-09 Season
FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics
FDA Panel Backs Giving HPV Vaccine Gardasil to Young Males
FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug
FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs
FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads
FDA Panel OKs Newer Antipsychotics for Children
FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients
FDA Panel Snubs Seroquel as 1st Choice Depression Treatment
FDA Panel Supports Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients
FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet
FDA Panel Urges Stronger Warnings for LASIK Surgery
FDA Proposes New Drug Labels for Pregnant Women
FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals
FDA Questions Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks
FDA Recalls Dietary Supplements Tied to 1 Death, Liver Damage
FDA Renews Warnings on Pain-Relief Patch
FDA Reverses Stance on Removal of Morphine Painkiller
FDA Rules How Much Melamine Is Too Much
FDA Says It's Safe to Eat Tomatoes
FDA Seeks Better Regulation of Painkillers
FDA Seizes All Drugs From Generics Maker
FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs
FDA Struggles to Keep Pace With Requests for Generics
FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues
FDA to Require Faster Reporting of Food-Safety Problems
FDA to Study Ways to Be More Open With Public
FDA Touts Efforts to Enhance Food Safety
FDA Wants More Time to Study Cold Meds for Kids
FDA Warns About Weight Loss Products
FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures
FDA Warns Drug Makers to Stop Selling Unapproved Prescription Painkillers
FDA Warns of Dangers of Mexican Vanilla
FDA Warns of Skin-Numbing Drug Dangers
FDA Warns Users on Psoriasis Drug
FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries
Female Surgeons Like What They Do, Survey Finds
Fertility Can Be Preserved in Ovarian Cancer Patients
Fewer Dying Now From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves
Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Fine-Tuning Prosthetic Hands to Restore a Sense of Touch
First Ablation Catheters Approved for Atrial Fibrillation
First DNA Tests for HPV Approved
First Generic Versions of Depakote Approved
First Treatment Sanctioned for Chorea in Huntington's Patients
First-Time Shoulder Dislocations Helped by Surgery
Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function
Food-borne Illnesses From Leafy Greens on Rise in U.S.
Foodborne Illnesses Remain Constant in U.S.
Form IDs Spinal Patients Likely to Stick With Therapy
Forteo Approved for Drug-Related Osteoporosis
Free Prescription Drug Samples Pose Risk to Kids
Freezing Kidney Cancers Shows Promise
'Fresh' Transfusions Improve Odds for Cancer Patients After Surgery
Frying Tumors Can Boost Lung Cancer Survival
Gardasil Approved for Additional Uses
Gardasil Approved to Prevent Genital Warts in Males
Gastric Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Boost Reflux
Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens
Gastric Bypass May Also Relieve Low Back Pain
Gastric Bypass Success Sparks Debate
Gelnique Approved for Overactive Bladder
Gender Bias at Play in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants
Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease
Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found
General Anesthesia Boosts Post-Op Pain
General Anesthesia Tied to Developmental Woes in Kids
Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts
Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery
Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery
Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples
GI Bleeding After Stroke Raises Death Risk
Glaucoma Treatment Can Prevent Blindness
Gleevec Prevents Return of Intestinal Cancer, Study Confirms
Gloves Made From New Form of Latex Approved
Good Planning Paves Way for Kid's Operation
Good Trauma Program Boosts Patient Survival
Gradual Exercise Best After Joint Replacement
Group Works to Streamline Cancer Therapy Approvals
Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants
Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries
Gum Chewing May Speed Colon Surgery Recovery
Gut Bacteria Fights Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag
Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed
Health Tip: After a Hip Replacement
Health Tip: Before Getting Plastic Surgery
Health Tip: Healing After a C-Section
Health Tip: Is LASIK Right for You?
Health Tip: Prepare Yourself for Surgery
Health Tip: Protecting a New Hip
Health Tip: Reasons for Adenoid Removal
Health Tip: Recovering From a Tonsillectomy
Health Tip: Recovering From C-Section
Health Tip: Recovery After a C-Section
Health Tip: The Word on Wisdom Teeth
Health Tip: Triggering Abdominal Bloating
Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese
Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab
Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks
Heart Defect Spotted During Surgery May Not Need Repair
Heart Failure Raises Risks After Non-Cardiac Surgeries
Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant
Heart Surgeon Shortage Predicted
Heart Transplant Failures More Likely in Poor, Minority Kids
Heart Valves Fashioned From Stem Cells in Umbilical Cord Blood
Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner
Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure
High Temps Degrade Contact Lens Solution: Study
High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs
Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo
Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age
Hip, Knee Replacements Do Ease Symptoms
Hospital Volume Imperfect Gauge of Cancer Surgery Outcomes
Hot Flashes Reduced by Neck Injection
How Much Fish to Eat While Pregnant?
How to Have Your Tomatoes, and Eat Them, Too
How Weight Loss Helps the Heart
IBD, Liver Disease Patients Show Vitamin D Deficits
If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?
Imaging System Lets Doctors 'See' Cancer During Surgery
Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection
Implanted Defibrillators Benefit Older People
Implanted Device Approved for Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Impotence, Incontinence Risk Casts Doubt on High-Tech Prostate Surgery
Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years
Induced Labor May Prevent Need for Cesarean Section
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Share Some Genetic Risk Factors
Infliximab-Based Treatment Effective for Crohn's Patients
Injected Drug Approved for High Blood Pressure
Innovative Care Is Helping Iraq War's Injured Survive
Intestinal Bacteria Trigger Immune Response
Intestinal 'Sleeve' Mimics Effects of Gastric Bypass
Intuniv Approved for Pediatric ADHD
Investigational Drug May Help Avert Blood Clots
Irradiation Almost Erases Risk of Food Poisoning
Is Human Growth Hormone a Key to Longevity?
IV 'Ice Slurry' Quickly Cools Body for Surgeries
Joint Replacement Soars as Number of Docs Falls
Kapidex Approved for Acid Reflux
Kennedy Faced Brain Surgeon's Knife While Awake
Keppra XR Approved for Partial-Onset Seizures
Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival
Kidney Disease in Blacks Undetected Until Late Stages
Kidney Trouble Short-Lived in Most Liver Transplant Patients
Knee Replacement Works Best When Patients, Providers Agree
Kogenate FS Prevents Joint Damage in Young Hemophiliacs
Laparoscopic Surgery on Pancreas Has Fewer Complications
Laser Eye Surgery Safe Long-Term: Study
Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers
Leafy Greens Top Risky Food List
Let Orthopedic Surgery Wait Until Morning When Possible
Limb-Sparing Surgery May Offer Little Benefit to Cancer Patients
Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps
Liposuctioned Fat Can Be Used for Breast Augmentation
Livalo Approved for High Cholesterol
Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk
Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk
Low Doses of Melamine Won't Harm Kids' Kidneys
Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease
Lung Transplant Outcomes Better at High-Volume Hospitals
Lymphedema Raises Cost of Breast Cancer Care
Lysteda Approved for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Magnets in Kids' Toys Pose Broad Dangers
'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate Cancer
Malpractice Premiums, Rate of C-Sections Rise Together
Many Clinical Trials Moving Overseas
Many Heart Attack Patients Not Referred to Cardiac Rehab
Many Opt for Surgery to Lower Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk
Many Trial Reports on FDA-Approved Drugs Go Unpublished
Mastectomies on the Increase
Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients
Medical Adhesive Helps Burn Patients
Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions
Melt-Away Stent Works Well in Trial
Men Who Have Prostate Cancer Surgery Do Well
Men's Sex Lives May Suffer as Waistlines Expand
Mexican Peppers ID'd as Salmonella Culprits
Micardis Given Wider Approval
Microsurgery May Cut Swelling After Breast Cancer Treatment
Midwest and Northeast May Face Surgeon Shortage
Might Weight-Loss Surgery Lead to Fractures?
Minimally Invasive Surgery Not Better for Sciatica
Minnesota Pig Infected With H1N1 Flu
Missing Gene Tied to Bone Marrow Transplant Problems
More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers
More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer
More MRI Machines May Mean More Back Surgeries
More Women Having Other Breast Removed
Morning Sickness Drug Gets Green Light in Study
Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients
Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies
MRI May Help Find Deep Endometriosis
Multaq Sanctioned for Heart Rhythm Disorders
Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications
Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer
Nasal Surgery Helps Ease Sleep Apnea Symptoms
NeuroStar Depression Therapy Cleared
New 5-in-1 Vaccine May Reduce Number of Pediatric Shots
New Advances May Treat Stroke Faster, Better
New Anti-Clotting Pill Works Well in Trials
New Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Improves Results
New Class of Drugs Might Treat Many Conditions
New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates
New Drug Approved for Gaucher Disease
New Drug Fights Cancer in Dogs
New Drug Shows Promise Against Heartbeat Abnormality
New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial
New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster
New FDA Study Seeks Feedback on Lasik Surgery
New Guidelines Issued for Management of IBS
New Heart Valve Repair System Tested for Safety
New Hib Vaccine Granted Accelerated Approval
New Laser Approved to Treat Psoriasis
New Lymphoma Drug Shows Promise
New Noninvasive Device Could Control Diabetes
New Options Offered for Sleep Apnea
New Robotic Arm Has Softer Surgical Touch
New Scan 'Sees' Tumors Deep Inside Body
New Standards Set for Heparin and Glycerin
New Surgery for Heart Failure Proves Ineffective
New Surgical Technology Holds Promise of Painless, Scarless Procedures
New Technique Removes Gallbladder Without External Incisions
New Technology May Boost Artificial Arms
New Technology No Better at Spotting 'Anesthesia Awareness'
New Test Identifies Heart Transplant Rejection
New Test IDs Cancer Cells in Tumors
New Therapy Freezes Out Esophageal Cancers
New Therapy Spares Organ in Early Esophageal Cancer
New Treatment Lessens Heart Attack Damage
New Type of Stent Shows Promise
New Vaccine May Account for Less Severe Rotavirus Season
New Wiring Adds Risk When Replacing Pacemaker
Newer Prostate Cancer Treatment Similar to Traditional Surgery
Newer Sedative May Reduce Delirium in ICU Patients
Nicotine Replacement May Help Smokers Quit Gradually
No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths
No Increase in Clots With Drug-Eluting Stents
No Link Found Between Birth Anesthesia and Learning Issues
Noninvasive Surgery Effective for Acid Reflux Disease
Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers
Nucleic Acid Test Screens for HIV
Number of U.S. General Surgeons in Decline
Nuts, Seeds, Popcorn Don't Boost Diverticulosis Risk
Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency
Obama Signs Tough New Anti-Smoking Law
Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement
Obesity May Affect Fertility in Young Women
Obesity Surgery Complications on the Decline
Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes
Off-Hours Heart Patients Less Likely to Get Angioplasty
Older Adults Reluctant to Question Surgical Treatment
Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men
One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues
Onglyza Sanctioned for Type 2 Diabetes
Onsolis Approved for Severe Cancer Pain
Ontak Approved to Treat T-Cell Lymphoma
Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival
Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control
Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement
Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals
Osteoporosis Drug Prompts Increase in Certain Bone Cells
Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem
OTC Cold Medicines Sending Children to Emergency Rooms
Outbreak Investigation Highlights Drug Safety Issues
Outcomes Similar for Laparoscopic, Open Colon Cancer Surgeries
Outpatient Procedures on Rise, CDC Says
Ovarian Cancer Test Approved
Ovary Removal Lowers Odds of Cancer in High-Risk Women
Ovary Removal May Not Be Needed in Endometrial Cancer
Ozone-Depleting Inhalers Being Phased Out
Ozurdex Implant Approved for Macular Edema
Patients Pleased With Laparoscopic GERD Surgery
Pediatric Heart Surgeons May Be Best Choice for Adults
Peppers Picked as Salmonella Culprit
'Phase 0' Trials Aim to Speed Cancer Drug Development
Plastic Surgery Technique Might Ease Migraines
Plavix Plus Heartburn Drugs May Hike Heart Risk
Poor Blood Sugar Control After Heart Surgery Impacts Outcomes
Poorer Outcomes After 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery
Post-Op Chemo Fails to Boost Survival in Stomach Cancers
Post-Op Painkillers Tied to Deaths After Spinal Fusion
Post-Surgical Epidural May Boost Survival
Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers
Post-Traumatic Stress May Raise Death Risks
Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
Promacta Approved for Rare Blood Disorder
Protein Helps ID Thyroid Cancer Nodules
PSA 'Nanotest' May Spot Prostate Cancer's Return After Surgery
Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Pulled From U.S. Market
Psychotherapy Can Ease Post-Surgical Depression
Quality Care, Not Number of Procedures, Determines Bypass Results
Questions Continue About Using Beta Blockers Before Surgery
Quick Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery
Quick Orthopedic Repair Can Save Young Shoulders
Quitting Smoking Simplifies Surgical Recovery
Qutenza Approved for Post-Shingles Nerve Pain
Racial Disparities Exist in Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes
Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes
Radiation Plus Chemo a Good Option in Lung Cancer
Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast Cancer
Rapaflo Approved for Enlarged Prostate
Rapid Test to Detect Bird Flu in People Approved
Rate of Unnecessary C-Sections Far Lower Than Thought
Raw Nuts Could Be Salmonella Source in Pistachios: Report
Reaching the Heart Through the Wrist
Reclast Approved as Once-Yearly Osteoporosis Drug
Rectal Cancer Outcomes Best With Short-Course Radiation
Relistor Helps Ease Painkiller-Related Constipation
Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations
Report Confirms Source of Contaminated Heparin
Report Slams U.S. Food Safety System
Researchers Identify Contaminant in Tainted Heparin
Researchers Suppress 'Hunger Hormone'
Researchers Test New Source for Blood Platelets
Respirator Masks Best for Swine Flu Health Workers
Rethinking Prostate Cancer in Older Men
Returning to the Road Tricky After Injury
Riastap Approved for Rare Blood Disorder
Rotarix Approved to Treat Rotavirus in Children
Sabril Approved for Infantile Spasms
Salmonella Illnesses Now Top 1,000
Salmonella Outbreak Over, U.S. Says
Salmonella Sickness Toll Climbs to 1,148
Saphris Approved for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Savella Approved for Fibromyalgia
'Scaffold' Could One Day Repair Damaged Hearts
Scams and Shams That Prey on Cancer Patients
Scientists ID 2 New Genes for Bowel Disease in Kids
Scientists ID New Genetic Markers for Bowel Disease
Scorpion Anti-Venom Speeds Children's Recovery
Sea Worm Inspires Novel Bone Glue
Seasonal Flu Vaccine Approved
Seasonal Flu Vaccine Approved for Children
Sebelius: There Will Be Swine Flu Vaccine for All Who Want It
Second-Generation Female Condom Approved
Sen. Kennedy Up and Walking After Brain Tumor Surgery
Sen. Kennedy's Brain Tumor Surgery Called a 'Success'
Seniors in Poor Areas More Likely to Die After Surgery
Shoulder Surgery Helps Athletes Get Back in the Game
Simple Procedure Improves Male Fertility
Sleep Apnea Screening Cuts Surgical Complications
Sleep Benefits From Tonsillectomy Peak at 6 Months
Smokers More Likely to Bleed After Throat Surgery
Solostar Injection Pen Approved for Diabetes
Soluble Fiber, But Not Bran, Soothes Irritable Bowel
Some Arteries Opened Safely Without Heparin
Some Parents Aren't Giving Kids Pain Meds Post-Surgery
Some People Vulnerable to Persistent Post-Op Pain
Special Dyes and Lighting Kill MRSA, Research Shows
Specialized Care for Ovarian Cancer Improves Outcomes
Spinal Anesthesia Doesn't Cause Restless Leg Syndrome
Spinal Cord Stimulation Need Not Keep Soldiers From Action
Statins Help Prevent Delirium After Heart Surgery
Statins May Help Before Artery-Opening Surgery
Statins May Stave Off Gallstones
Stelara Approved for Psoriasis
Stenting as Good as Surgery for Stroke Prevention
Stenting May Equal Bypass for Diabetic Heart Patients
Steroid After Tonsillectomy Raises Bleeding Risk
Steroid Concoction May Ease Sinusitis
Stress Management Battles Prostate Cancer Anxiety
Study Calls for Greater Scrutiny of 'Off-Label' Drug Use
Study Cites Gains in Gall Bladder Cancer Treatment
Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods
Study Counters Warnings on Quit-Smoking Drug
Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury
Study Finds Older Corneas Suitable for Transplantation
Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought
Study Questions Lymph Node Harvesting in Colorectal Cancer
Study Sheds Light on Painkillers' Heart Risk
Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery
Study Urges Low-Tech Solutions for Medical Errors
Sucking Out Clot Debris Helps Heart Attack Patients
Suicide Risk With Antidepressants Falls With Age
Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery
'Superbug' Test Detects MRSA Faster
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Faces Tough Battle Against Pancreatic Cancer
Surgeon's Checklist Saves Lives
Surgeons Often Are Blamed When Hip Replacements Fail
Surgeon's Preferences Dictate Choice of Kidney Cancer Surgery
Surgery a Boon for Most Common Form of Epilepsy
Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery
Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis No Better Than Therapy, Meds
Surgery for Neck Pain May Also Relieve Headaches
Surgery Helps With Prostate Cancer, Sometimes
Surgery May Not Help Most People With Narrowed Brain Artery
Surgery Not Always Best for Narrowed Kidney Arteries
Surgery Unneeded in Most Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Cases
Surgery, Illness Not Linked to Mental Decline in Seniors
Surgery, 'Sham' Equal in Treating Compression Fracture Pain
Surgical Deaths Linked to Handling of Complications
Surgical Errors Cost Almost $1.5B a Year
Surgical Outcomes Depend on a Host of Variables
Swine Flu Vaccine Still in Short Supply
Tailored Treatment Boosts Kidney Cancer Survival
Tainted Tomato Cases Jump to 383 People in 30 States, D.C.
Tainted Tomato Toll Now 552
Tainted Tomatoes Likely From Florida or Mexico: FDA
Taking Codeine While Breast-Feeding May Harm Infant
Tanning Beds Get Highest Carcinogen Rating
Teaching Hospitals' Post-Op Gains Not Extended to Blacks
Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome
Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women
Tests May ID Older Patients at Risk for Post-Op Delirium
The Elderly Can Be Candidates for Angioplasty, Stenting
Therapy Could Save Limbs After Frostbite
Therapy, Meds Best for Lumbar Low Back Pain
Tired Doctors More Prone to Errors
Tissue-Freezing Technique Effective Against Prostate Cancer
Tobacco Control Bill Heads to White House as Health Groups Cheer
Tobacco Marketing Promotes Youth Cigarette Use
Tomatoes May Not Be Only Source of Salmonella Outbreak
Torn Surgical Gloves Put Patients at Risk for Infection
Toxic Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice
Traditional Nonsurgical GERD Treatments Not Impressive
Trans Fat Labeling Gets Tricky
Transfusions of 'Older' Blood Don't Work as Well
Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb
Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection
Traveling for Treatment
Treanda Treats Rare Cancer
Treatment May Limit Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Treatment Options Are Many for Prostate Cancer
Treximet Approved for Migraines
Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: Report
TriLipix Approved to Help Lower Cholesterol
Two Drugs Better Than One for Crohn's Patients
Two Endometrial Cancer Treatments May Not Work
Two Treatments Equally Effective for Chronic Pelvic Pain
Type of Knee Surgery Makes Difference in Football Career
Type of Tomato Product Determines Power Against Prostate Cancer
Tysabri May Cause Liver Damage, Health Officials Say
U.S. Doctors Treat Heart Attack With Man's Own Stem Cells
U.S. Face Transplant Patient Is Reportedly Doing Fine
U.S. Health Officials Closer to Origin of Salmonella Outbreak
U.S. May Soon Face Shortage of General Surgeons
U.S. Officials Stymied in Salmonella Search
U.S. Public Lacks Confidence in FDA: Poll
U.S. Urged to Start 'Fixing the Problem' of Food Safety
U.S. Web Site Helps Consumers Compare Hospitals
Ulcer Preventative May Raise Pneumonia Risks
Uloric Approved for Gout
Uninsured Face Worse Outcomes After Diverticulitis
Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell
Using a Balloon to Repair a Broken Back
Using C-Section Scars to Predict Future Deliveries
Vaccine Approved for Japanese Encephalitis
Vectical Ointment Approved for Psoriasis
Vein Removal Method Linked to Bypass Results
Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect
Vioxx Problems Known Years Before Recall
Viread Approved for Hepatitis B
Viscosity Enhancers Curb Bleeding Complications
Votrient Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer
Vytorin Fails to Lower Heart Valve Problems
Warm-Up Reduces ACL Injury in Female Soccer Players
Wealthy More Likely to Have Breast Reconstruction
Web Giants Urge FDA to Update Ad Guidelines
Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Is Key to Easing Diabetes
Weight-Loss Surgery Safe, Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
Weight-Loss Surgery Simplified
Weight-Loss Surgery Weighed as Diabetes Rx
What You Need to Know When Your Stomach Aches
Wireless Device Approved for Diabetics
With Angioplasty, More Is Better
Woman's Abdominal Organs Removed in Unique Cancer Surgery
Women at Higher Risk of Abnormal Burn Scars
Women Smokers Prone to Dangerous Blood Vessel Condition
Women's Death Rate Higher From Severe Heart Attack
Worldwide Surgery Rates Tied to Economic Status
Wrinkle Fillers Need Better Label Warnings: FDA Panel
Younger Men Fare Best After Hip Joint Resurfacing
Younger Women With Breast Cancer Face Added Peril
Zingo Offers Pain Relief During Child Injections
Zolpimist Approved for Insomnia