Health

Chavez back in Venezuela, stirs succession talk
Hugo Chavez's sudden return to Venezuela after more than two months of cancer treatments in Cuba has fanned speculation that the president could be ...
Drug overdose deaths up for 11th consecutive year
Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite ...
Costlier robotic surgery soars for hysterectomies
Robotic surgery is increasingly being used for women's hysterectomies, adding at least $2,000 to the cost without offering much benefit over less ...
CDC app lets you solve disease outbreaks at home
You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home. The nation's public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called ...
Romania: alleged illegal trafficking of human eggs
Police questioned 30 people on Tuesday and searched the homes of six employees of a private fertility clinic who are suspected of illegally ...
UK patient dies from SARS-like coronavirus
A patient being treated for a mysterious SARS-like virus has died, a British hospital said Tuesday. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central ...
Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba
President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela on Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, ...
Hip implants a bit more likely to fail in women
Hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men, according to one of the largest studies of its kind in U.S. patients. The risk ...
Hip replacements more likely to fail in women
A new study shows that hip replacements are more likely to fail in women than in men. Researchers found that a small number of the hip implants failed ...
Israeli Ethiopian birth control ignites debate
Accusations that Israel deliberately tried to curb birth rates among Ethiopian immigrants have reopened a debate over discrimination against the group ...
Study: Better TV might improve kids' behavior
Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch less, ...
Fewer bees in US a threat to world's almond supply
In an almond orchard in California's Central Valley, bee inspector Neil Trent pried open a buzzing hive and pulled out a frame to see if it was at ...
Bird flu found at German farm; ducks slaughtered
About 14,000 ducks at a German farm are being slaughtered following a bird flu outbreak. A federal laboratory confirmed Friday the H5N1 virus was ...
UN warns risk of hepatitis E in S. Sudan grows
The United Nations says an outbreak of hepatitis E has killed 111 refugees in camps in South Sudan since July, and has become endemic in the region. U
Merck settles investor suits on cholesterol drugs
Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $688 million to settle two long-running lawsuits brought by investors who alleged the drugmaker delayed releasing bad ...
Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction
What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social ...
NIH chief: Cuts put vital medical research at risk
Better cancer drugs that zero in on a tumor with fewer side effects. A universal flu vaccine that could fight every strain of influenza without ...
Carnival cancels 12 more cruises on troubled ship
Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other ...
Morning-after pill use up to 1 in 9 younger women
About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception ...
Report: Tracking system needed to fight fake drugs
Fighting the problem of fake drugs will require creating a national drug-tracking system, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday. The call for ...
SARS-linked virus may have spread between people
British officials say a mysterious virus related to SARS may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new ...
Coroner: Soft drinks may need health warnings
A New Zealand food industry association on Wednesday rejected a coroner's call to add health warnings to soft-drink labels following the 2010 death ...
NY health chief: Longer gas-drilling study needed
Environmental groups praised state regulators for delaying a decision on shale gas development until a more in-depth health study is finished, but ...
Toddler is Cambodia's 6th bird flu death of year
A 3-year-old Cambodian girl has become the sixth person to die from bird flu in the country this year. Cambodia's Health Ministry and the World Health ...
21-year-old woman dies of bird flu in China
A 21-year-old woman who contracted the H5N1 strain of bird flu has died in southwest China. The health department of the city of Guiyang says the ...