Health

Poll: Most of Ireland favors wider abortion access
Most people in Ireland want lawmakers to give women wider access to abortion, a poll revealed Thursday as senior clerics testified before a ...
Indonesia to add photo warnings to cigarette packs
Indonesia has issued regulations that will require cigarette packets to bear graphic photographic warnings, a long-delayed measure in a country with ...
Eli Lilly settles Mass. pregnancy drug-cancer case
Eli Lilly and Co. has settled a lawsuit brought by four sisters who contended their breast cancer was caused by a drug their mother took during ...
Indian park battles poachers targeting rhino horn
Out of the early morning mists and tall grass of northeast India emerges a massive creature with a dinosaur-like face, having survived millions of ...
Flu season has Boston declaring health emergency
Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as flu season struck in earnest and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. The city is ...
Retooling Pap test to spot more kinds of cancer
For years, doctors have lamented that there's no Pap test for deadly ovarian cancer. Wednesday, scientists reported encouraging signs that one day, ...
Zimbabwe: Germany may boycott tourism convention
Germany says it is considering whether to take part in the world's largest United Nations tourism convention in Zimbabwe or stay away to protest ...
Bobcat that attacked Mass. man had rabies
The bobcat that attacked a Massachusetts man and his nephew had rabies. The Telegram & Gazette (http://bit.ly/11f0LY7 ) reports that state lab results ...
DOJ official wants trustee in Mass. pharmacy case
An independent trustee must be appointed to oversee the bankruptcy of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak because of the firm's ...
Mass. women at trial: Pregnancy drug caused cancer
Eli Lilly and Co. failed to test a drug's effect on fetuses before promoting it as a way to prevent miscarriages, a lawyer charged Tuesday in opening ...
Iran's medical crisis deepens as economy sputters
For the first time in more than a decade, the black market pharmaceutical peddlers are back on Nasser Khosrow Street near Tehran's main bazaar.
Texas company: Microwave keeps bread mold at bay
Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.
Warning to inspect Fisher-Price infant sleepers
The government is warning consumers to inspect Fisher-Price Newborn Rock 'N Play Sleepers due to risk of exposure to mold for infants who use them.
Report: Death rates from cancer still inching down
Death rates from cancer are continuing to inch down, researchers reported Monday. Now the question is how to hold onto those gains, and do even ...
Unusual respite from surging health care costs
Americans kept health care spending in check for three years in a row, the government reported Monday, an unusual respite that could linger if the ...
Organ donations fall in Germany after scandal
Organ donations have dropped sharply in Germany following a scandal over alleged corruption at several transplant clinics. The German Foundation for ...
Court won't stop embryonic stem cell research
The Supreme Court won't stop the government's funding of embryonic stem cell research, despite some researchers' complaints that the work relies on ...
Overweight-only gym fosters supportive atmosphere
Downsize Fitness is an exclusive health club, evocative of the nation's trendiest gyms. But there's a strict requirement to join: You must be 50 ...
Poll: Few Americans know all the risks of obesity
Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health? Carrying too many pounds may lead ...
Sandy prompts some elderly to seek assisted living
For the first time in her life, Marion Johnston says she feels old. The petite 80-year-old retired school secretary who uses a walker is still ...
Your medical chart could include exercise minutes
Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer. Report how many minutes ...
FDA: New rules will make food safer
The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease ...
NY homes for elderly under scrutiny after Sandy
A nursing home and an assisted living facility are under scrutiny by state officials and an advocacy group after The Associated Press disclosed that ...