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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 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective
2 Diabetes Drugs Double Fracture Risk in Women
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 Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective
2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes
3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps ID Breast Cancers
3-D MRI Helps Detect Patients at High Risk for Stroke
3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes
3-Drug Combo Reduces Nausea After Chemo
4 More Deaths Reported Among Byetta Patients
5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs
9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma
A Better Method of Kidney Storage
A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery
A Drop of Blood May Help Assess Cancer Therapy
A Health Gift for Men on Father's Day
A Hope: Contaminant-Free Synthetic Heparin
A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances
'Abuse-Resistant' Form of OxyContin May Be Near
Accidental Overdoses in the Home Soaring
Acid-Suppressing Meds May Boost Pneumonia Risks
Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema
Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Lung Cancer Risk
Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments
Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes
Add More Facts to Drug Ads, Experts Urge
Addiction Drug Causes Rapid Weight Loss in Rats
Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure
Adding a Cancer Drug May Make Matters Worse
Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm
ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk
ADHD Stimulant Meds Cut Young Girls' Drug Abuse Risk
Admissions for Prescription Painkiller Abuse on Rise
Advances Aid Treatment, Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
Advertising to Consumers May Raise Drug Prices
Afinitor Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer
After Fits and Starts, New Hope for Psoriasis Patients
After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study
After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems
Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock
Aggressive Therapy May Stem CF Progression in Infants
Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer
AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer
Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First
Alcohol Use Frequently Overlooked Before Surgery
Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too
Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners
All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death
All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says
Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury
Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims
Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems
America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%
Amitiza Treats Irritable Bowel With Constipation
An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment
An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings
Androgen Production Continues in Prostate Cancer Tumors
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
Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery
Angioplasty Not Cost-Effective for Chronic Coronary Disease
Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death
Animal Study Links Social Standing With Drug Use Risk
Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks
Ankle Replacement Device Approved
Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary
Another Swine Flu Vaccine Approved for Children
Antacids Are Best First Choice for Indigestion
Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat
Antibiotic-Resistant Meningitis Reported in U.S.
Antibiotics Being Prescribed Less for Respiratory Infections
Antibiotics Bought Easily on the Internet
Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth
Antibiotics for Preterm Labor Linked to Cerebral Palsy
Antibiotics Largest Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Damage
Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection
Antibiotics May Not Cause Diarrheal Bacteria
Antidepressant Eases Anxiety in Older Adults
Anti-Drug TV Campaign Didn't Curb Teen Pot Use: Study
Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD
Anti-Nausea Patch Approved for Chemo Patients
Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings
Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
Antipsychotic Drugs of Little Benefit to Alzheimer's Patients
Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Anti-Smoking Drugs Get FDA 'Black-Box' Warning
Antiviral Drugs Should Be Used Cautiously to Fight Flu, U.S. Says
Any Exercise Good After a Heart Attack
Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor
Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion
As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise
As TV Drug Ads Increase, So Do Concerns
Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same
Aspirin Doesn't Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke
Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients
Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed
Assisted Fertilization Risks May Be Due to Infertility
Asthma Combo Seems Less Influenced by Genes
Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects
Asthma 'Rescue' Inhalers Are Changing
Athletes Seeking Doping Agents Can Still Find Them Online
Automated Calls May Help Doctors Monitor Patients
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Awareness of Alternative Therapies May Be Lacking
Baking Soda May Be Key Ingredient for Kidney Patients
Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use
Banzel Approved for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk
Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies
Bariatric Surgery Centers Don't Deliver Better Outcomes
Barriers to Good Asthma Care Detailed
Bayer Marketing Two Unapproved Aspirin Products: FDA
Benzyl Alcohol Lotion Approved for Head Lice
Berinert Approved for Rare Genetic Disease
Best Treatment for Vertigo Is Easiest One
Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories
Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas
Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery
Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery
Bioartificial Kidney Cuts Death Risk, Improves Outcomes
Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Biomarker May Predict Response to Cancer Therapy
Bipolar Disorder Might Be Overdiagnosed
Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse
Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation
Black Cancer Patients Choose More Aggressive End-of-Life Care
Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression
Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds
Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses
Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus
Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes
Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's
Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics
Blood Pressure Treatment Can Be Used Against Stroke
Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial
Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection
Blood Test Could Boost Clarity of Breast MRI Results for Some
Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment
Blood Test Narrows Down Need for Antibiotics
Blood Thinner Linked to Increased Brain Bleeding
Blood Thinner May Cause Skin Lesions
Blood Thinner May Prevent Chemo-Related Clots
Blood Thinner, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky After Heart Attack
Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant
Blood-Thinner No Help for Dialysis Treatment
Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-Stage Cancers
Bone Disease Test Shows Death Risk for Dialysis Patients
Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
Bone Marrow Treatment Approved for Rare Bleeding Disorder
Boosting Brain Protein Quickly Cut Excessive Drinking
Botox Works on Muscle Disorders But Not Migraines
Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk
Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men
Brain Activity May Predict Schizophrenia Behavior
Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes
Brain Scan May Help Predict Cancer Drug Response
Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier
Brain Scans Show Differences in Cocaine Addicts
Brain Stimulation May Ease Treatment-Resistant Depression
Brain's Olfactory Bulb Grows With Sense of Smell
Breast Cancer Drug May Beat Fungal Infection
Breast Cancer Drug Not Tied to Cognitive Decline: Study
Breast Cancer Drugs May Fight Cervical Cancer, Too
Breast Cancer Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look
Breast Cancer Survivors Report High Quality of Life After Treatment
Breast Cancer Test Rates Drug Therapy Candidates
Breast Cancer Vaccine Works Against Deadlier Form of Disease
Breast Self-Exam Rates Go Up With Counseling
Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers
Breast-Feeding While on Seizure Meds Doesn't Harm Babies
Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier
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Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk
Caffeine May Block High Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer's
Caldolor Is First Approved Injected Ibuprofen
Cancer Care Unaffected by Doctor Reimbursement Changes
Cancer Cells' Chromosomes Hint at New Treatments
Cancer Diagnosis May Tax Physical, Mental Health
Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS
Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage
Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation
Cancer Drug May Help With Kidney Transplants
Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients
Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early
Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins
Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets
Cane Use May Cut Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis
Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer
Can't Sleep? Try Online Therapy
Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients
Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Vary Widely
Cardiac Patients Admitted During Week More Likely to Survive
Cardiologists Spot Best Treatment for a Deadly Duo
Carpal Tunnel Relief in a Cup
Casting Seems Best for Severe Ankle Sprains
Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections
CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects
Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker
Celexa May Not Help Kids With Autism
Cell Protein Suppresses Pain Better Than Morphine
Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA
Certain Diabetes Drugs May Pose Eye Risk
Certified ER Docs in Short Supply to Meet Future Needs
Cervarix Approved to Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
Changes Reduced Infections From Medical Abortion
Chemicals in Marijuana Smoke May Harm DNA
Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors
Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer
Chemo Drug May Help Sun-Damaged Skin
Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits
Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed
Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment
Children as Young as 4 Can Develop OCD
Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders
China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread
Chinese Ants Show Promise in Fighting Arthritis, Other Diseases
Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack
Cholesterol Drug Controversy Continues
Cholesterol Drug Tied to Sleep Disturbances
Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Increased Fatigue
Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People
Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk
Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally
Chronic Low Back Pain Is on the Rise
Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks
Cimzia Sanctioned to Treat Crohn's Disease
Circumcision Rates Too Low
Clinical Trial Volunteers Uneasy About Some Financial Ties
Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists
Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes
Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
Coartem Approved to Treat Malaria
Cocaine Spurs Long-Term Change in Brain Chemistry
Coffee Beans May Be Newest Stress-Buster
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths
Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain
Collagen Wrinkle Filler Approved
Colon Cancer Drug Won't Help Those With Certain Gene Mutation
Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low
Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease
Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely
Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders
Combination Therapy Best for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Combination Therapy Helps to Combat Myeloma
Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks
Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics
Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work
Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors
Combo Therapy Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible
Combo Treatment Beneficial in Biliary-Tract Cancer Study
Combo Treatment Best for Anxiety Disorder in Kids
Combo Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumor May Lengthen Life
Combo Treatment May Ease Depression After Stroke
Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread?
Common Drug Eases Leg Pain From Walking
Common Heart Drugs May Hamper Blood Thinner
Common Knee Pain May Improve With Therapy
Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly
Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors' Strength
Compact Heart Assist Device Approved
Compound Reverses Huntington's Symptoms in Mice
Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
Compression Stockings Often Incorrectly Used
Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing
Computer Program Helps Drug Abusers Stay Clean
Computerized Medication Box Approved
Concerted Effort Needed to Fight Drug-Resistant Flu Strain
Conflicts of Interest Still Exist in Cancer Research
Constipation May Lead to Other Problems
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
Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings
Cool Air Blown Under Pads May Protect Footballers From Illness
Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects
Costs Can Vary By $100 or More for Same Drugs
Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health?
Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis
Course of West Nile Infection Charted
CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged
Cranberries May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections
Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab
Creon, a Pancreatic Enzyme Substitute, Approved
CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis
CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries
CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a Cure-All
Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble
Cycloset Approved for Type 2 Diabetes
Cyclosporine Eye Drops a Good Deal for Dry Eye
Cymbalta Approved for Fibromyalgia
Dads' Substance Use Hurts Expectant Moms' Efforts to Quit
Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure
Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care
Death Rate 70% Lower at Top U.S. Hospitals
Declines in Foodborne Illness Have Plateaued, Report Says
Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look
Decorative Halloween Eye Lenses May Pose Serious Risks
Deep Brain Stimulation Aids Those With Rare Headache Condition
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Severely Depressed
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's
Deep Sedation Becoming More Common for Dying Patients in Holland
Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals
Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms
Depression Poses Pregnancy Risks
Depression Treatment Wanes Following FDA Warnings
Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke
Dermatitis Can Have Many Causes
Dermatologists Release Psoriasis Care Guidelines
Despite More Tests, Some Aren't Getting Results
Detecting, Diagnosing Breast Cancers
Device Approved for Child Heart Operations
Device Approved to Assess Arterial Plaque
Device Helps Spinal Patients Breathe Without Ventilator
Device May Offer Alternative to Warfarin for Arrhythmia
Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve
Diabetes Drug Byetta May Aid Weight Loss in Obese Patients
Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls
Diabetes Drug May Slow Eye Disease
Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass
Diagnosing Strep Key to Curbing Rheumatic Heart Disease
Diagnostic Approved to Detect
C. diff
Dialysis Catheter Placement Makes Little Difference in Infection Risk
Dialysis Patients Do Better at Higher Altitudes
Dialysis Via Fistulas May Help Young or Old
Diluted Bleach Baths Ease Kids' Eczema
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Have Little Effect on Sales: Study
Discharge Plan Cuts Hospital Readmissions, Patient Costs
Disinfectants Can Boost Bacteria's Resistance to Treatment
Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure
DNA-Based HPV Tests More Accurate Than Pap Smears
Doc-Patient Relationship May Be Key to Quality
Docs Issue Guideline on Screening for Osteoporosis in Men
Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings
Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Doctor-Pharmacist Teams Boost Blood Pressure Control
Doctors Could Play a Part in Preventing Suicides
Doctors Describe First U.S. Face Transplant
Doctors' Groups Collaborate on Care for Heart Patients
Doctors' Guide to Cancer Drugs May Need Revising
Doctors Issue New Neuropathy Test Guidelines
Doctors Lack Smoking Cessation Training
Doctors Often Overestimate Patients' Health Literacy
Doctors Often Prescribe Placebo Treatments
Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes
Doctors' Ties to Drug Companies Called Commonplace
Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea
Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research
Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants
Don't Prescribe Antibiotics for Adult Sinus Woes
Drug Can Slow Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients
Drug Coated Stents Better After Heart Attack
Drug Combo Cuts COPD Lung Function Loss
Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth
Drug Combo Improves Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable
Drug Combo May Offer Best Relief for Nerve Pain
Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes
Drug Combo May Relieve MS Symptoms
Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer
Drug Companies Say No Cold Meds for Kids Under 4
Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors
Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo
Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions
Drug Effective Against Heart-Lung Disorder
Drug Failed to Reduce Heart Attack Risk After Bypass
Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis
Drug Fights Diabetic Eye Disease
Drug for Deadly Lung Disease Shows Promise
Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease
Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue
Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean
Drug Impedes Body's Deadly Reaction to Flu Virus
Drug Improves Mobility in Some MS Patients
Drug Improves Outcomes for Gout Patients
Drug Improves Survival in Mice With Brain Tumors
Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer in Mice
Drug Limits Stomach Trouble in Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With Parkinson's
Drug May Ease Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis
Drug May Extend Life When Breast Cancer Spreads
Drug May Help Against Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery
Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics
Drug May Lower Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Hypertension
Drug May Stem Slide Into Alzheimer's for Some
Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas
Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions
Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment
Drug Resistance Is Slowing Global Fight Against TB
Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy
Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes
Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo
Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates
Drug to Prevent Preterm Labor Shows Little Benefit
Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged
Drug Trials Show Modest Gains Against Lung Cancer
Drug Use Increasingly Common in All Countries
Drug Use in Teens May Damage Memory Years Later
Drug Works Well for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis
Drug-Coated Stents Better at Keeping Arteries Open
Drug-Eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries
Drug-Resistant TB Declines in United States
Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk
Drugs From Vegetables May Target Melanoma Tumors
Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes
Drugs to Treat Lung Damage in Preemies May Harm Brain
Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events
Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories
Dysport, a Botox Competitor, Approved
Earlier HIV Treatment Could Save Lives Worldwide
Earlier Vaccination Could Cut Whooping Cough Deaths
Early Alzheimer's Hinders Brain's Effort to Sort Information
Early Drug Treatment May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk
Early Exercise Boosts Outcomes for ICU Patients
Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies
Early Mobility Best for ICU Patients
Early Onset Approved for ADHD Drug
Early TB Found in 9,000-Year-Old Bones
Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder
'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice
ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk
ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Education Program Spurs Blacks to Take Blood Pressure Meds
Educational Drive Cut Death Rate From Sepsis
Effient Sanctioned for Angioplasty Patients
Elderly Can Benefit From High Blood Pressure Treatment
Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders
Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies
Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity
Electrode Placement Key to Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Patients
Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk
Elevated Urate Levels May Slow Parkinson's in Men
ELS Plus CPR Boosts Blood Flow After Cardiac Arrest
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Relieves Chronic Inflammation
Engineered Viruses Could Battle Superbugs
Enrollment for Medicare Drug Plans Begins Again
Entereg Helps Restore Post-Operative Bowel Function
Epilepsy Drug May Boost Birth Defect Risk
Epilepsy Drug May Prevent, Treat Alzheimer's
Epilepsy Receiving Inadequate Attention
ER Physicians Press for New Cardiac Arrest Strategies
ER Visit Leaves Many Confused
ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006
Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes
Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes
Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients
Estrogen May Have Preventive Role in Women's Schizophrenia
Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA
Ethnicity Plays Role in Parents' Treatment of Childhood Fever
Europe Unlikely to Meet Measles Goals: Report
Even Kids With Known Allergies Can Be Safely Vaccinated
Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids
Evidence of TB Found in 500,000-Year-Old Fossil
Exercise Combats Cancer Fatigue
Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery
Exercise Lowers Risk of Colon Cancer
Exercise May Help Prevent Age-Related Memory Loss
Exercise Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes
Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines
Exercise, Counseling Benefits Depressed Heart Failure Patients
Experimental Blood Substitutes Unsafe, Study Finds
Experimental Drug Eases Symptoms of Mild Alzheimer's
Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity
Experimental Drug Shows Early Promise Against Cystic Fibrosis
Experimental Vaginal Gel Doesn't Ward Off HIV
Experimental Weight-Loss Pill Passes Early Test
Experts Release Guidelines on Use of Breast MRI
Experts Say Blood Sugar Guidelines Remain Effective
Experts Urge Research on Sleep Apnea-Heart Disease Link
Experts Urge School Screening of Athletes' Hearts
Exposure Therapy Effective in Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress
Extavia Approved for Multiple Sclerosis
Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients
Extended Therapy Helps Drug-Addicted Teens
Extra Drug Improves Rectal Cancer Treatment
Face Transplants Show Promising Results
Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy
Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk
Fall Sports Peak Time for Lower Leg Damage
Family Docs Do Colonoscopies Safely
Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates
Fanapt Sanctioned for Schizophrenia
Faster Detection of TB May Be on the Horizon
Faster Test Detects Fake Tamiflu Drugs
'Fasting Signal' Offers Clues to Insulin Resistance in the Obese
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
Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
Fertility Treatment Twins More at Risk for Hospitalizations
Fetal Exposure to Substance Abuse Changes Brain Structure
Fewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side Effects
Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves
Fewer Teens Sniffing Glue, Household Products
Fighting Cancer With a Pen
Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients
Fingerprints May Vanish With Cancer Drug
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
Fish Oil's Benefits Remain Elusive
Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots
Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic
Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer
Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function
Focusing on CPR Improves Survival
Food-borne Illnesses From Leafy Greens on Rise in U.S.
Foodborne Illnesses Remain Constant in U.S.
For Adolescents, Inhalants Are Drug of Choice
For Primary Care, More Patients Are Seeing Specialists
For Some, Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Just As Good
Foreclosures Plunge People Into Depression
Form IDs Spinal Patients Likely to Stick With Therapy
Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page
Formula Samples Hinder Breast-Feeding Efforts
Forteo Approved for Drug-Related Osteoporosis
Frankincense Provides Relief for Osteoarthritis
Free Drug Samples Hike Out-of-Pocket Costs
Free Prescription Drug Samples Pose Risk to Kids
Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses
Gains Against Heart Failure Reported
Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure
Gardasil Approved for Additional Uses
Gardasil Approved to Prevent Genital Warts in Males
Gastric Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Boost Reflux
Gastric Bypass May Also Relieve Low Back Pain
Gator Blood May Be New Source of Antibiotics
Gel Enables Severed Spinal Cord Fibers to Regrow
Gelnique Approved for Overactive Bladder
Gender Bias at Play in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Gender May Influence Heart Failure Treatment
Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Gene Behind Childhood Anemias Found
Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness
Gene Mutation Improves Response to Lung Cancer Drug
Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease
Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found
Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer's Return
Gene Therapy in Rats Reduces Cocaine Use
Gene Therapy May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Severe Hereditary Eye Disease
Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix
Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases
Gene Variant Tied to Cocaine-Induced Paranoia
Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response
Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts
Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery
Genes May Predict Lymphoma Treatment Outcome
Genes Play Part in Prostate Cancer Among Races
Genetic Approach Boosts Yeast Infection Treatment
Genetic Clues May Lead to New Skin Cancer Therapies
Genetic Factors Affect Codeine's Work as Painkiller
Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence
Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates
Genomic Profiling of Breast Cancers a Better Treatment Tool
Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples
Get in Step With Summer Foot Care
Ginger Eases Nausea From Chemo
Giving Swine Flu Drug by IV Could Save Lives
Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks
Gleevec Prevents Return of Intestinal Cancer, Study Confirms
Gleevec Pushes Advanced Melanoma Into Remission
Global Efforts to Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol Working
Gloves Made From New Form of Latex Approved
Glowing Substance Lights Up Cancer in Mice
Glucose Control Pays Long-Term Benefits for Diabetics
Going Online to Draw the Line on High Blood Pressure
Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer
Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms
Gradual Exercise Best After Joint Replacement
Grapefruit Compound Inhibits Hepatitis C Virus
Green Tea Boosts Antibiotics for Superbugs
Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients
Group Works to Streamline Cancer Therapy Approvals
Guideline Urges HIV Tests for All Patients 13 and Older
Guidelines Seek to Reduce Medication Errors Involving Kids
Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries
Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure
Gum Chewing May Speed Colon Surgery Recovery
Hallucinations Are Rare Side Effects of ADHD Medications
Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost
Halting Avandia Use Hikes Blood Sugar Levels
Hard, Cold Facts About Frostbite
Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified
'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought
Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed
Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
Health Tip: Before You Take an NSAID
Health Tip: Before You Take Medication
Health Tip: Choosing Your Child's Therapist
Health Tip: Drugs That May Lead to Diarrhea
Health Tip: Follow Directions When Taking Medication
Health Tip: Giving Medications to People With Alzheimer's
Health Tip: Giving Your Child Medicine
Health Tip: Have Unused Medications?
Health Tip: Help Prevent Medical Errors
Health Tip: If Your Child Takes Medicine
Health Tip: Keep Medications Away From Children
Health Tip: Manage Medications Safely
Health Tip: Managing a Chronic Illness
Health Tip: Medications and Pregnancy
Health Tip: Pain Reliever Side Effects
Health Tip: Remember to Take Your Medicine
Health Tip: Symptoms of a Drug Allergy
Health Tip: Take Medications Safely
Health Tip: Take Medicines As Prescribed
Health Tip: Taking ADHD Medications
Health Tip: Taking an Antibiotic
Health Tip: Understanding Antibiotic Resistance
Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms
Heart Docs Often Fail to Order Tests Before Angioplasty
Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter
Heart Drug Used in Ambulance Boosts Survival
Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending
Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses
Heart Failure Drugs Linked to Hip Bone Loss in Older Men
Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant
Heart, Bone Problems May Follow Prostate Cancer Treatment
Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner
Heavy Drinking Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Hepatitis C Therapy Useless for Some
High Blood Fat Levels Tied to Ischemic Stroke Risk
High Blood Fats Tied to Diabetic Nerve Loss
High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors
High Temps Degrade Contact Lens Solution: Study
High-Dose Chemo Fails Against Small Cell Lung Cancers
Higher Chemo Drug Dose Prolongs Lives of Leukemia Patients
High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs
Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo
Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age
Hispanics Respond Poorly to Standard Hepatitis C Therapy
HIV Can Penetrate a Woman's Healthy Genital Skin
HIV Can Re-Emerge From a Single Cell
HIV Drug a Double-Edged Sword for Infants
HIV Drugs Provide Breast-Fed Babies With Some Protection
Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Breast Cancer Later
Home Dialysis a Good Option for Kidney Disease Patients
Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients
Home-Based Programs Benefit Older Cancer Survivors
Honey Bees on Cocaine 'Dance' When Food Is Found
Hormone Drug May Help Drinkers Stay Sober
Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP
Hormone Therapy May Make Lung Cancer More Likely
Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients
Hormone Therapy Shows Little Benefit Against Prostate Cancer
Hormone-Boosting Drug May Help Treat Frailty
Hospice Care Eases the End for Loyal Pets
Hospital Fixes Cut Opiate Errors in Kids
Hospital Practices Influence Which Moms Will Breast-Feed
Hospital Volume Imperfect Gauge of Cancer Surgery Outcomes
How Much Fish to Eat While Pregnant?
How to Have Your Tomatoes, and Eat Them, Too
HPV Tied to Better Tongue, Tonsil Cancer Outcomes
Human Stem Cell Transplant Helps Brain-Impaired Mice
Hydrating Kidney Patients With Sodium Bicarb Has Little Effect
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Extends Survival After Cardiac Arrest
Hypnosis Cuts Hot Flashes for Breast Cancer Survivors
Ibuprofen Linked to Reduced Alzheimer's Risk
Ibuprofen No Better at Reducing Alzheimer's Risk
ICU Nutritional Program Failed to Boost Outcomes
If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?
Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes
Imaging Advances Map Brain Areas Affecting Mood
Imaging of Low Back Pain Fails to Change Outcomes
Imaging Sheds Light on How Acupuncture Works
Imaging Shows Why Injured Brains 'Work Harder'
Imaging System Lets Doctors 'See' Cancer During Surgery
Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection
Immune Response May Speed AIDS Progression in Women
Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer
Immune Therapy May Aid Kids With Neuroblastoma
Immunotherapy Boosts Treatment of Kids' High-Risk Sarcomas
Implanted Device Approved for Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Impotence Drugs Don't Harm Vision: Study
In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission
In U.S., No Comeback Seen for Hormone Therapy
Inappropriate Prescribing for Older Patients a Growing Problem
Increase in Diagnostic Imaging Fueled by Self-Referring Doctors
Indigo Ointment Benefits Psoriasis Patients
Inexpensive Compound Could Treat Severe Diarrhea
Inflammation, Coagulation Tied to Non-AIDS Deaths in HIV Cases
Infliximab-Based Treatment Effective for Crohn's Patients
Injectable Antibiotic Protects Against Lyme Disease in Mice
Injected Drug Approved for High Blood Pressure
Injected Medication Errors a Major Problem
Intensive Insulin Therapy Reduces Mortality in Sick Kids
Internet Program Helps Problem Drinkers
Intestinal 'Sleeve' Mimics Effects of Gastric Bypass
Intuniv Approved for Pediatric ADHD
Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer
Irradiation Almost Erases Risk of Food Poisoning
Is Bypass Truly Better than Stenting?
Is Human Growth Hormone a Key to Longevity?
IV 'Ice Slurry' Quickly Cools Body for Surgeries
IVF Treatments Often Work for Women Under 35
Kapidex Approved for Acid Reflux
Kennedy Faced Brain Surgeon's Knife While Awake
Keppra XR Approved for Partial-Onset Seizures
Key Factors Define 'Prolonged Grief'
Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival
Kidney Disease in Blacks Undetected Until Late Stages
Kidney Function Test May Not Be Cost-Effective
Kidney Injury While Hospitalized May Lead to Future Dialysis
Kidney Nerve Deactivation Could Ease Hypertension
Kidney Patients Less Likely to Get Heart Attack Meds
Kidneys Donated After Cardiac Death Cut Racial Disparities
Kids' Fever Time Cut Using Ibuprofen First
Kogenate FS Prevents Joint Damage in Young Hemophiliacs
Lab Study Slows Breast Cancer Spread to Bone in Mice
Laparoscopic Surgery on Pancreas Has Fewer Complications
Larger Skin Lesions More Likely to Be Melanoma
Laser Resurfacing Produces Long-Term Results
Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers
Laser Therapy as Good as Drugs for Diabetic Eye Problems
Late Preterm Birth Poses Developmental Risks
Latest Breast Imaging Techniques Offer New Views
Latest Research Supports New AIDS Drug
Leading COPD Drugs Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack
Leafy Greens Top Risky Food List
Leave That Ear Wax Alone
Leprosy Drug Holds Promise for Autoimmune Diseases
Less Sensitivity to Hormone May Play Role in Autism
Leukemia Risk From MS Drug May Be Up
Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome
Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug
Lifestyle Counseling Reduces Heart Risk
Light-Activated Therapy Seems to Rejuvenate Aging Skin
Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps
Livalo Approved for High Cholesterol
Live Chickens on Trucks Could Transmit Dangerous Germs
Living Healthily on Less
Longer Hormone Treatment May Improve Prostate Cancer Outlook
Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications
Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria
Long-Term Aspirin Use Seems to Protect Against Colorectal Lesions
Long-Term Help Regimen Cut Heart Attack Recurrence
Long-Term Problems Linked to Testicular Cancer Chemo
Love Hormone May Ease Discussion of Painful Topics
Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk
Low Blood Sodium Predicts Mortality in PAH Patients
Low Doses of Melamine Won't Harm Kids' Kidneys
Low Iron Levels Cut Cancer Risk in Men With PAD
Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival
Low-Dose Acitretin May Reduce Nail Psoriasis
Lower Drinking Age Linked to Later-Life Problems
Lowering Blood Pressure Improves Brain Hemorrhage Outcomes
Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks
Lowering Cholesterol May Also Lower Prostate Cancer Risk
Lung Cancer Genetics Different in Black Patients: Study
Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease
Lymph Node Shots Tested for Grass Pollen Allergy
Lysteda Approved for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Maggots as Good as Gel in Leg Ulcer Treatments
Magnesium Sulfate Reduces Threat of Cerebral Palsy
Malaria Drug Doesn't Boost Survival Odds With Prion Diseases
Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count
'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate Cancer
Mammograms Remain Best Way to Spot Breast Cancer
Many Americans Share Prescription Meds
Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments
Many Clinical Trials Moving Overseas
Many Doctors Don't Know Blood Pressure Guidelines
Many Kids Suffer Medication Side Effects: Study
Many Phase 3 Cancer Drug Trials Yield Effective Medicines
Many Seniors Not Selecting Lowest Cost Medicare Drug Plans
Many Trial Reports on FDA-Approved Drugs Go Unpublished
Marijuana Linked to Aggressive Testicular Cancer
Measurements Poor for Assessing Clinical Trials With Children
Media Doesn't Often Mention Pharma Funding on Research
Medical Adhesive Helps Burn Patients
Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions
Medical Heroin Helps Treatment-Resistant Addicts
Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment
Medicare Advantage Plans Get Lion's Share of Insurers' Ad Dollars
Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar
Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums to Rise in '09
Medication May Improve Scar Healing
Medication Reduces Violence in Some Schizophrenics
Medication Review May Help With Heart Failure
Medicinal Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain in HIV
Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival
Men With Low Testosterone Not Receiving Treatment
Methadone Kills Resistant Leukemia Cells
Methamphetamine Abuse Costs U.S. $23.4 Billion
Mexican Peppers ID'd as Salmonella Culprits
Micardis Given Wider Approval
Micro Molecules May Be Cancer Biomarker
'Micromagnets' May One Day Enhance MRI Technology
Migraine Medications May Cause 'Serotonin Syndrome'
Millions More Americans Might Be Placed on Statins
Mineral May Reduce High-Risk Bladder Disease
Mini-Stroke Found to Precede 1 in 8 Strokes
Minnesota Pig Infected With H1N1 Flu
Moderate Aerobics May Ease Insomnia Symptoms
Modified MRI Spots Early Osteoarthritis
Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer
Moms-to-Be Need Facts on Pain Control
Monitoring Hormone May Improve Kidney Failure Outcomes
Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD
More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers
More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer
More Juices Found to Affect Drugs' Effectiveness: Study
More Than 60,000 Patients Risked Hepatitis Infections
More Vitamin D in Childhood Cuts Later Diabetes Risk
Morning Sickness Drug Gets Green Light in Study
Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients
Most Cancer Survivors Say Chemo Fears Unfounded
Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies
Most Newer Antipsychotics No Better Than Older Ones, Just Different
Most Not Worried by Delayed Prostate Cancer Therapy
Most Off-Label Cancer Drug Use for Palliative Care
Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose
MRI Can Be Predictor of Post-Treatment Prostate Cancer Spread
MRI Can Spot Presymptomatic MS
MRI Captures Alzheimer's Lesions
MRI Detects Soft Tissue Damage Affecting Kids' Hearing
MRI Scans Reveal Post-Heart Attack Bleeding
MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome
MRSA Cases Dropping in Hospital ICUs
MRSA Infections Spreading to Kids in Community
MRSA Rates Tied to Hospital Understaffing
Mud Harnessed to Fight Infections
Multaq Sanctioned for Heart Rhythm Disorders
Multiple Doses of Steroids Don't Help Preemies
Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications
Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection
Musicians' Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound
Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer
Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading
Nanoparticles May Help Attack Cancer More Directly
'Nanotechnology' May Simplify Antibiotic Treatment
Naprapathy: A Hands-On Approach to Pain Management
Nasal Insulin Won't Shield At-Risk Kids From Diabetes
Nasal Surgery Helps Ease Sleep Apnea Symptoms
Natural Soy Component May Help Treat Colon Cancer
Nausea Drug Shows Promise Against Opioid Addiction
NeuroStar Depression Therapy Cleared
New Calcium Measure Better Predictor of Heart Risks
New 5-in-1 Vaccine May Reduce Number of Pediatric Shots
New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell
New Alzheimer's Treatment Could Be on the Horizon
New Anal Cancer Therapy Fails to Improve Outcomes
New Antibiotic Could Shorten TB Treatment
New Antibiotics May Target Cancer-Causing Proteins
New Anti-Clotting Pill Works Well in Trials
New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients
New Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Improves Results
New Benefits From Old Heart Measures
New Brain Hemorrhage Guidelines Stress Quick Action
New Chemo Regimen May Benefit Ovarian Cancer Patients
New Chemotherapy Combo Holds Promise for Lung Cancer
New Class of Drugs May Fight Alzheimer's
New Class of Drugs Might Treat Many Conditions
New Compound Might Be Improvement Over Allergy Shots
New Compound Slows HIV Replication
New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates
New Diabetes Drug Works Well in Trial
New DNA Stool Testing Spots More Colon Cancers
New Drug Approved for Gaucher Disease
New Drug Fights Cancer in Dogs
New Drug Helps Relieve Gout
New Drug May Help Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis
New Drug Shows Promise Against Heartbeat Abnormality
New Drug Shows Promise for Rheumatoid Arthriitis
New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer
New Drugs No Better Than Older Ones for Schizophrenia
New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster
New FDA Study Seeks Feedback on Lasik Surgery
New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins
New Guidelines Issued for Management of IBS
New Guidelines Recommend Opioids for Seniors' Pain
New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75
New Guidelines Tackle Treatment of Resistant Hypertension
New Guidelines Urged for Young Athletes' Neck Injuries
New Hib Vaccine Granted Accelerated Approval
New HIV Drug May Help Those Resistant to Therapy
New Hope for Parkinson's Patients
New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers
New Imaging Identifies Types of Liver Disease
New Imaging Technique Could Spot Early Cancers
New Laser Approved to Treat Psoriasis
New Laser Combo Therapy Zaps Acne