Health

FDA warns about counterfeit Adderall tablets
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that a counterfeit version of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Adderall is ...
Fighting US's worst teen pregnancy rate in Miss.
With her hair in a ponytail and her smile quick and wide, it's hard to tell that high school junior Donyell Hollins has been pulling all-nighters for ...
Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery
Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It's not science fiction.
SPIN METER: Political ads stir health care horror
They're throwing granny off a cliff! That's the not-so-subtle message Republicans and Democrats seem to be converging on for political ads on health ...
Dairies pamper cows with massages, waterbeds
Lucky, a 7-year-old dairy cow, had been walking with a limp for several weeks when veterinarian Sara Gilbertson was called. Instead of prescribing ...
New approach tested for hard-to-treat hypertension
"Maxed out on the medications" is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It's dangerously high even though the North Carolina man ...
Japan farmers plant, pray for radiation-free rice
Last year's crop sits in storage, deemed unsafe to eat, but Toraaki Ogata is back at his rice paddies, driving his tractor trailing neat rows of ...
AP IMPACT: Almost half of new vets seek disability
America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation ...
Parents' dilemma: Let children play football?
Already uneasy about the idea of letting her 7-year-old son Jason start playing tackle football, Elizabeth Giancarli made up her mind when former NFL ...
P&G to add latches to make detergent packs safer
The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a ...
Obese UK woman cut out of house
Emergency workers who needed to take an obese teenager from her home to a hospital in Wales had to break through a wall of the residence to get her ...
Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs
Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across ...
Ohio hospital settles lawsuit over fetuses in jars
An Ohio hospital reached a proposed lawsuit settlement of about $1 million with women who said they were emotionally distressed to learn a former ...
Auction of Ronald Reagan blood vial canceled
A European auction house Thursday canceled the planned online sale of a vial containing dried blood residue said to be from Ronald Reagan after ...
Missouri opts for untested drug for executions
The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir ...
In US, Castro's daughter focuses on gay rights
The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro brought her fight for gay rights to a U.S. forum Wednesday, stressing the need to secure social equality ...
FDA panel votes against new use for J&J's Xarelto
A majority of Food and Drug Administration panelists voted against a new use for Johnson & Johnson's blood thinner Xarelto to reduce life-threatening ...
Man says Ore. psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay
Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, as well as his ...
Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis
A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had ...
Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood
A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced Tuesday by the ...
UK may allow IVF for older women, same-sex couples
A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, ...
Study: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, Africa
More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, ...
'House' closes after 8 seasons of healing and pain
Whither Dr. Gregory House? Would the cantankerous hero of the Fox medical drama mend his ways or self-destruct for all time? That was the mystery as ...
Surgical scars some see as racist provoke SD march
Hundreds of people marched Monday in support of a man who says the letters KKK were carved into his stomach by a surgeon at a South Dakota hospital.
Michelle Obama promotes healthy lunch contest
Children from across the nation will have a chance to dine like dignitaries and politicians at the White House this summer as part of a contest to ...