Correction: Transplant-Rabies Death story
In a story March 16 about the death of a transplant recipient from a rabies-infected liver, The Associated Press, relying on information from a ...
Study: Therapy as good as surgery for knee repair
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most ...
AstraZeneca reorg to cut 1,600 jobs in US, UK
Struggling Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC said Monday that it will eliminate 1,600 jobs, mostly in the U.S. and United Kingdom, as its new ...
OB/GYNs told robot hysterectomy not best option
Pricey robotic surgery shouldn't be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who ...
FDA probes new pancreas risks with diabetes drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is looking into new evidence that suggests a group of recently approved diabetes drugs can increase the risk of ...
5-organ transplant patient gives birth
A woman who was given a new liver, pancreas, stomach and small and large intestine at a Miami hospital in 2007 has delivered a healthy baby girl, ...
Study: Radiation for breast cancer can harm hearts
Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new ...
Grieving husband pushes bill for unproven remedies
After the best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart died from ovarian cancer in 2011, her husband was so devastated he often went to her grave to ...
Hard to find good info on drug safety in pregnancy
Nearly every woman takes a medication at some point during pregnancy. Yet there's disturbingly little easy-to-understand information about which drugs ...
VA says it won't follow New York gun law
The federal Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday its mental health professionals won't comply with a new gun law in New York that requires ...
Heart-lung machines prove safe even in the elderly
One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery — having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries — ...
Report details flaws in Army's handling of PTSD
An Army report released Friday finds the service still has trouble diagnosing and treating soldiers for post-traumatic stress disorder, despite more ...
Damages awarded in J&J's DePuy hip implant case
A jury on Friday awarded $8.3 million to a former prison guard who accused Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary of knowingly marketing ...
Ga. backs relaxing gun laws for mentally ill
While some states push to tighten gun control laws after the Connecticut school massacre, lawmakers in gun-friendly Georgia want to ease rules ...
Tennis adopts biological passport for anti-doping
Tennis is adopting the biological passport program and increasing the number of blood tests as part of a new anti-doping drive that players themselves ...
Do more women need diabetes care when pregnant?
A change in testing could nearly triple the number of women diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy, but would catching milder cases help mother or ...
Wash. and Colo. 'potrepreneurs' see opportunity
Kim Ridgway and her wife, Kimberly Bliss, can well envision the shop they plan to open — where they'll put the accessories, the baked goods and the ...
Chavez's cancer fight: a glance at cancer struggle
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has undergone surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatment since June 2011 for an undisclosed type of pelvic ...
FDA panel sees risk in long-used osteoporosis drug
A panel of federal health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because there is little evidence ...
Key dates in Hugo Chavez's political life
Key events in Hugo Chavez's life: Feb. 4, 1992 — Army paratrooper Lt. Col. Chavez leads botched coup against President Carlos Andres Perez.
Officials alarmed by increasing superbug reports
Health officials are reporting an alarming increase in some dangerous superbugs at U.S. hospitals. These superbugs from a common germ family have ...
Venezuela: Chavez hit by new, severe infection
A severe new respiratory infection has hit cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez and his condition is "very delicate," Venezuela's government says.
Michael Jordan wants paternity lawsuit dismissed
Basketball hall of famer Michael Jordan asked a Georgia court on Monday to dismiss a paternity suit against him, calling it a "shameless, bad faith ...
Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi ...
Spain's king gets spine surgery
King Juan Carlos of Spain successfully underwent surgery for herniated discs in his lower spine at a Madrid hospital on Sunday, the royal palace said.
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