Health

FDA says Xarelto reduced deadly heart attacks
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that a blood thinner from Johnson & Johnson appears to reduce life-threatening blood clots in high-risk ...
Notre Dame sues over Obama birth control mandate
The University of Notre Dame is suing Obama administration officials over the mandate requiring most employers to cover birth control. The school said ...
Study: Simple scope exam cuts colon cancer deaths
A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study ...
McNamee can name 2 other players he injected
The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury trial has ruled that key prosecution witness Brian McNamee can identify two players who confirmed under oath ...
CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and ...
Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya
He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane ...
Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts
Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't. Geisinger Health Systems is looking ...
Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.
Georgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria
Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria ...
CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time ...
Experts: Insanity defense doesn't fit in stabbings
Mental health experts who interviewed a Michigan serial stabbings suspect testified Friday that he revealed a pattern of planning, control and lack ...
French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more ...
Ky. weighed politics, medicine in inmate's surgery
A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security, politics ...
Pot groups hope Ore. race sends feds a message
Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don't mess with pot.
More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad
Dropping a paper prescription at the drugstore is becoming old-school: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according ...
Panel debates bioterrorism protection for children
The Obama administration is asking a presidential commission to help decide an ethical quandary: Should the anthrax vaccine and other treatments being ...
New SC mom hospitalized with flesh-eating bacteria
Days after giving birth to twins, a South Carolina mother has been hospitalized for what doctors say is a rare flesh-eating infection. The development ...
Boomers' love of pets could change as both age
Hazel the schnauzer and Wrigley the black lab mix mean everything to Harriet Buscombe. The dogs protect her on her pre-dawn runs around her Champaign, ...
TB patient charged in Calif for not taking meds
Armando Rodriguez was warned several times to continue taking his tuberculosis medicine. At one point, authorities said, he told his case officer he ...
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following ...
Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year. State Farm ...
Antibiotic linked with rare but deadly heart risk
An antibiotic widely used for bronchitis and other common infections seems to increase chances for sudden deadly heart problems, a rare but surprising ...
Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer
One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise ...
Study links vets to brain disease seen in athletes
A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers — suggesting they may be at ...
US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kids
For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children. The new standard announced ...