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2 Genes Implicated in Autism
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A Fat That May Keep You Thin
A Hope: Contaminant-Free Synthetic Heparin
A New Way to Get Chemo to Pancreatic Tumors
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'Abuse-Resistant' Form of OxyContin May Be Near
Accidental Overdoses in the Home Soaring
Acid-Suppressing Meds May Boost Pneumonia Risks
Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema
Adapting Gait May Help Elderly Avoid Falls
Add More Facts to Drug Ads, Experts Urge
Addiction Drug Causes Rapid Weight Loss in Rats
Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure
Adding a Cancer Drug May Make Matters Worse
ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk
ADHD Stimulant Meds Cut Young Girls' Drug Abuse Risk
Admissions for Prescription Painkiller Abuse on Rise
Advertising to Consumers May Raise Drug Prices
After Fits and Starts, New Hope for Psoriasis Patients
Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease
Aging Brain May Contribute to Some Hearing Loss
AIDS-like Illness Found in African Chimps
Ailment Linked to Pigs May Reveal Keys to Other Disorders
Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First
Alcohol Abuse Can Damage Bones
Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too
Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners
Almost Half of Adults Will Develop Knee Osteoarthritis by 85
ALS, Alzheimer's Insights Could Improve Treatment
Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury
Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims
Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise
Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems
Alzheimer's Plaques More Complex Than Thought
Alzheimer's Protein Tied to HIV Progression
Alzheimer's Research Brings Progress, Setbacks
Alzheimer's Treatment Trials May Have Special Challenges
Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients Increase Death Risk
Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients
Angst May Protect Against Some Skin Cancer
Animal Study Links Social Standing With Drug Use Risk
Antacids Are Best First Choice for Indigestion
Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB
Antibiotics Being Prescribed Less for Respiratory Infections
Antibiotics Largest Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Damage
Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection
Antidepressant Eases Anxiety in Older Adults
Anti-Drug TV Campaign Didn't Curb Teen Pot Use: Study
Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD
Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings
Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
Antipsychotic Drugs of Little Benefit to Alzheimer's Patients
Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Antiviral Drugs Should Be Used Cautiously to Fight Flu, U.S. Says
Anxiety, Shyness May Be Long-Lasting Traits
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Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor
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As TV Drug Ads Increase, So Do Concerns
Aspirin Reduces Asthma Risk Among Older Women
Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients
Asthma Combo Seems Less Influenced by Genes
Asthma 'Rescue' Inhalers Are Changing
Asthma's Course Differs by Gender
Athletes Seeking Doping Agents Can Still Find Them Online
Autistic Children Make Limited Eye Contact
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Automated Calls May Help Doctors Monitor Patients
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Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
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Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use
Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk
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Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories
Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas
Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery
Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery
Biological Product Shows Promise Against Gum Disease
Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Biologists Discover How Dengue Virus Matures
Biomarker May Predict Response to Cancer Therapy
Biomarker May Signal HIV Progression
Bipolar Disorder Might Be Overdiagnosed
Bipolar Disorder May Be Tied to Body Clock
Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse
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Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation
Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression
Blacks at Higher Risk for Brain Lesions Causing Stroke
Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk
Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses
Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus
Blood Pressure Drug Might Work Against MS
Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's
Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics
Blood Pressure Treatment Can Be Used Against Stroke
Blood Protein May Predict Heart Attack But Not Stroke
Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial
Blood Test for Early Lung Cancer Shows Promise
Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment
Blood Thinner Linked to Increased Brain Bleeding
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Blood Thinner May Prevent Chemo-Related Clots
Blood Thinner, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky After Heart Attack
Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant
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Blueberry Drink Protects Mice From Obesity, Diabetes
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Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
Bone Growth Protein Also Promotes 'Good' Fat
Bones May Suffer From Green Tea Consumption
Boosting Brain Protein Quickly Cut Excessive Drinking
Boston Trial to Test New HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Botox Works on Muscle Disorders But Not Migraines
Brain Activity May Predict Schizophrenia Behavior
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Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes
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Brain May Use Its 'Mind's Eye' to Control Chaos
Brain Protein May Have Potential Against Alzheimer's
Brain Protein Tied to Retardation
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Brain Scan May Help Predict Cancer Drug Response
Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier
Brain Scans Show Differences in Cocaine Addicts
Brain Scans Show Heightened Risk for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Brain Stem Cells Reverse Myelin Deficiency in Mice
Brain Tumor Biomarker May Improve Patient Outcomes
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Brain's Memory Capacity Much Larger Than Believed
Brain's Serotonin May Explain Seasonal Mood Changes
Brazilian Mint Tea Naturally Good for Pain Relief
Breast Cancer Drug May Beat Fungal Infection
Breast Cancer Drug Not Tied to Cognitive Decline: Study
Breast Cancer Drugs May Fight Cervical Cancer, Too
Breast CT Scanner Could Improve Cancer Screen Comfort
Breast-Feeding While on Seizure Meds Doesn't Harm Babies
Broad-Spectrum Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
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Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk
Caffeine Could Stave Off Multiple Sclerosis
Caffeine May Block High Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer's
Caffeine May Offer Some Skin Cancer Protection
Calcium Might Have Taste Humans Can Detect
Cancer Cells' Chromosomes Hint at New Treatments
Cancer Deaths Take Heavy Financial Toll
Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS
Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage
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Cancer Drug May Fight Alzheimer's
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Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early
Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins
Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts
Cancer Stem Cells Created in Lab
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CARDIA Studies Open Window on Heart, Lung Diseases
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Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker
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Cell Protein Could Help Spur Malignancy
Cell Protein Suppresses Pain Better Than Morphine
Cellular Disorder Might Influence Behavior
Cellular Protein Yields Clues to Diabetes, Alzheimer's
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
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Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer
Chemo Drug May Help Sun-Damaged Skin
Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits
Chemotherapy Superior to New Drug for Early Breast Cancer
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Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed
Chicken Soup May Lower Blood Pressure
Childhood Obesity May Cause Thyroid Problems
Chimps Show Signs of Culture
Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack
Chinese Work Sees Through Invisibility Quest
Cholesterol Drug Controversy Continues
Cholesterol Drug Tied to Sleep Disturbances
Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Increased Fatigue
Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People
Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk
Chromosome Abnormality Tied to Autistic Behavior in Mice
Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks
Chromosome Tests Help Study of Kids' Mental Anomalies
Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung Cancers
Clear Skies Have Become Less So Over Time, Data Show
Clinical Trial Volunteers Uneasy About Some Financial Ties
Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes
Clue to Cause of Epileptic Seizures Discovered
Clues Found to Brain Mechanism Behind Migraines
Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
Cocaine Spurs Long-Term Change in Brain Chemistry
Cocaine Use in Pregnancy Linked to Impulsivity in Sons
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People
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Link Dinosaur to Birds
Colon Cancer Drug Won't Help Those With Certain Gene Mutation
Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely
Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders
Combination Therapy Helps to Combat Myeloma
Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work
Combo Therapy Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible
Combo Treatment Beneficial in Biliary-Tract Cancer Study
Combo Treatment May Ease Depression After Stroke
Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread?
Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson's
Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson's
Common Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer
Common Drug Eases Leg Pain From Walking
Common Gene Mutation Lowers Risk for Bipolar Disorder
Common Genetic Variant Tied to Lung Cancer Risk
Common Heart Drugs May Hamper Blood Thinner
Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly
Complete Horse Genome Sequence Revealed
Complications Found in Proposed Prostate Cancer Treatment
Compound Could Reduce Heart Attack Damage
Compound Reverses Huntington's Symptoms in Mice
Compound Targets, Destroys Cancer Stem Cells in Mice
Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
Compounds Found to Protect Rabbits From Cerebral Palsy
Computer Program Helps Drug Abusers Stay Clean
Computer-Based Method IDs Alzheimer's Protein Structures
Concerted Effort Needed to Fight Drug-Resistant Flu Strain
Conflicts of Interest Still Exist in Cancer Research
Consciousness Helps the Mind and Body Work Together
Constipation May Lead to Other Problems
Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia
Consumers Still Buying Risky Imported Drugs Online: FDA
Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings
Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects
Costs Can Vary By $100 or More for Same Drugs
Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health?
Court Says Vaccine Not the Cause of Autism
Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab
'Crime Boss' Gene May Spur Breast Cancer
Crucial Finding Advances Spinal Cord Injury Research
Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble
Cyclosporine Eye Drops a Good Deal for Dry Eye
Dads' Substance Use Hurts Expectant Moms' Efforts to Quit
Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Decide for Me When I Can't, Most People Say
Deciphering the Language of Intoxication
Decoding Muscle Stem Cell Development
Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's
Deep Sea Microbes Shed Light on Human Biology
Deep Sedation Becoming More Common for Dying Patients in Holland
DEET Works Because Mosquitoes Hate the Smell
Defect in Gene Tied to Atrial Fibrillation
Delivering Chemo Directly Into Brain Tumors Shows Promise
Dementia Underestimated in Developing Countries
Depression Poses Pregnancy Risks
Device May Offer Alternative to Warfarin for Arrhythmia
Diabetes and Depression Go Hand-in-Hand
Diabetes Drug Byetta May Aid Weight Loss in Obese Patients
Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls
Diabetes Drug May Slow Eye Disease
Diabetics May Soon Have Low-Sugar Vegetable Juice
Dietary Supplement May Prevent Breast Cancer
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Have Little Effect on Sales: Study
Discoveries Brighten Search for AIDS Vaccine
Discovery May Boost Bird Flu Vaccine Potency
Discovery May Pave Way to Better Diabetes Care
Discovery Points to Regulation of Calcium Metabolism
Discovery Sheds Light on Huntington's Disease
Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines Developed
Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure
DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer
DNA Find in Oregon Is Oldest Yet Discovered in Americas
DNA Fingerprinting Could ID Viable Embryos
Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings
Doctor-Pharmacist Teams Boost Blood Pressure Control
Doctors' Groups Collaborate on Care for Heart Patients
Doctors Often Prescribe Placebo Treatments
Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes
Doctors' Ties to Drug Companies Called Commonplace
Dog Ailment, ALS Link Seen
Dogs Get Petty About Treats
Dogs Help in Hunt for New Cancer Drugs
Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research
Drinking May Trigger Genetic Marker for Depression
Drug Boosts Natural Growth Hormone in Seniors
Drug Can Slow Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients
Drug Combo Cuts COPD Lung Function Loss
Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth
Drug Combo Improves Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable
Drug Combo May Offer Best Relief for Nerve Pain
Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes
Drug Combo May Relieve MS Symptoms
Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer
Drug Companies Say No Cold Meds for Kids Under 4
Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo
Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions
Drug Effective Against Heart-Lung Disorder
Drug Failed to Reduce Heart Attack Risk After Bypass
Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis
Drug for Deadly Lung Disease Shows Promise
Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease
Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue
Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean
Drug Holds Promise Against AIDS
Drug Impedes Body's Deadly Reaction to Flu Virus
Drug Improves Mobility in Some MS Patients
Drug Improves Outcomes for Gout Patients
Drug Improves Survival in Mice With Brain Tumors
Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer in Mice
Drug Limits Stomach Trouble in Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With Parkinson's
Drug May Ease Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis
Drug May Extend Life When Breast Cancer Spreads
Drug May Help Against Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery
Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics
Drug May Lower Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Hypertension
Drug May Stem Slide Into Alzheimer's for Some
Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas
Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions
Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment
Drug Resistance Is Slowing Global Fight Against TB
Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy
Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes
Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo
Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates
Drug to Prevent Preterm Labor Shows Little Benefit
Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged
Drug Trials Show Modest Gains Against Lung Cancer
Drug Use Increasingly Common in All Countries
Drug Use in Teens May Damage Memory Years Later
Drug Works Well for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis
Drug-Resistant TB Declines in United States
Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk
Drugs From Vegetables May Target Melanoma Tumors
Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes
Drugs to Treat Lung Damage in Preemies May Harm Brain
Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events
Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories
Early Alzheimer's Hinders Brain's Effort to Sort Information
Early Drug Treatment May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk
Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies
Early TB Found in 9,000-Year-Old Bones
Early Use of NSAIDs Might Prevent Alzheimer's
'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice
Eating Habits Not Sole Cause of Thinness or Obesity
Eating Less May Slow Aging Process
ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Educated Parkinson's Patients Move to Meds Sooner
Education Program Spurs Blacks to Take Blood Pressure Meds
Effort Could Lead to Blood Tests for Heart Problems
Elaborate Network Drives When and Where Proteins Are Made
Elderly Can Benefit From High Blood Pressure Treatment
Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders
Electrical Signal in Brain Seems to Warn of 'Mistakes'
Electrode Placement Key to Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Patients
'Electronic Nose' Could Spot Kidney Disease
Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk
Elevated Urate Levels May Slow Parkinson's in Men
Embryonic Heart Shows Strong Capacity to Regenerate
Embryonic Pathways Induce Stem Cell Traits
Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Three Types of Heart Cells
Emotions of Music Touch Universal Chord
Engineered Viruses Could Battle Superbugs
Enrollment for Medicare Drug Plans Begins Again
Enzyme Beneficial to Alzheimer's Plays Darker Role in Other Dementia
Epilepsy Drug May Boost Birth Defect Risk
Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes
Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients
Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA
Ethnicity Plays Role in Parents' Treatment of Childhood Fever
Even Mild Sleep Apnea Hikes Heart Risk
Evidence of TB Found in 500,000-Year-Old Fossil
Evolution May Have Made Humans More Cancer Prone
Existing Drug May Lead to ALS Treatment
Experimental AIDS Vaccine Delivers Good News
Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise
Experimental Drug Eases Symptoms of Mild Alzheimer's
Experimental Drug Fights Bone Marrow Cancers
Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity
Experimental Drug May Dampen Severe Asthma
Experimental Drug May Prevent Plaque Buildup
Experimental Drug Shows Early Promise Against Cystic Fibrosis
Experimental Imaging System Helps Detect Breast Cancer
Experimental Therapy Beats Back One Patient's Melanoma
Experimental Weight-Loss Pill Passes Early Test
Experts Optimistic About Melanoma Vaccine
Exposure to Peanuts May Build Tolerance to Allergy
Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients
Extra Drug Improves Rectal Cancer Treatment
Eye Cell Implants Improve Parkinson's Symptoms
Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk
Fairness Is a Hard-Wired Emotion
Family History Might Improve Odds Against Colon Cancer
Family History of Melanoma Doubles Parkinson's Risk
Family Physicians Have Little Input at NIH: Report
Family Study Associates Pesticide Use With Parkinson's Risk
Faster Detection of TB May Be on the Horizon
Faster Test Detects Fake Tamiflu Drugs
'Fasting Signal' Offers Clues to Insulin Resistance in the Obese
Fat Deposits Boost Heart Attack Risk
Fat-Sensing Hormones Might Fight Obesity
Fatty Acid in Olive Oil Wards Off Hunger
FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy
FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin
FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs
FDA Details Access to 'Investigational' Drugs
FDA Faults Drug Information for Consumers
FDA Identifies Contaminant in Blood-Thinning Drug
FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses
FDA Mandates Black Box Warning for Some Antibiotics
FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills
FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug
FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs
FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads
FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients
FDA Proposes New Drug Labels for Pregnant Women
FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals
FDA Renews Warnings on Pain-Relief Patch
FDA Seeks Better Regulation of Painkillers
FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs
FDA Struggles to Keep Pace With Requests for Generics
FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues
FDA Wants More Time to Study Cold Meds for Kids
FDA Warns About Weight Loss Products
FDA Warns of Skin-Numbing Drug Dangers
FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries
Fear Response May Stem From Protein in Brain
'Fearless' 3-Year-Olds Might Be Tomorrow's Criminals
Female Mammals May Select Out Competing Sperm
Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
Fetal Exposure to Substance Abuse Changes Brain Structure
Fewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side Effects
Fewer Teens Sniffing Glue, Household Products
Fighting a Fungus That Thrives on Tomatoes
Final Rules Broaden Pool for Stem Cell Research
Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Finding Points to Possible Blood Test for Brain Tumors
Fine-Tuning Prosthetic Hands to Restore a Sense of Touch
Fingerprints May Vanish With Cancer Drug
First Vessel Graft Grown From Kidney Patients' Own Cells
Flavonoids May Help Treat Alzheimer's
Folk Medicine Therapy May Prevent Alcoholic Relapse
'Food Clock' May Override Master Sleep Clock in Times of Duress
For Adolescents, Inhalants Are Drug of Choice
For Dialysis Patients, More Pills = Lower Quality of Life
For Kids With Down Syndrome, a 'Ray of Hope'
Foreclosures Plunge People Into Depression
Fossils Push Back Bipedalism to 6 Million Years Ago
Framingham Score May Not Spot Lifetime Heart Risk
Free Drug Samples Hike Out-of-Pocket Costs
Free Prescription Drug Samples Pose Risk to Kids
Full Results of AIDS Vaccine Trial Confirm Modest Benefit
Gains Against Heart Failure Reported
Gator Blood May Be New Source of Antibiotics
Gender May Influence Heart Failure Treatment
Gene Behind Childhood Anemias Found
Gene Behind Gaucher Disease a Player in Parkinson's
Gene Behind Rare Eye Disease in Dachshunds Discovered
Gene Connections Key to Brain Tumor Growth
Gene Discovered for Most Common Form of Epilepsy
Gene Discovery May Advance Head and Neck Cancer Therapy
Gene Explains How High-Fructose Diets Lead to Insulin Resistance
Gene 'Fix' in Egg Prevents Inherited Diseases in Monkeys
Gene Fusions May Drive Certain Cancers
Gene Governs Response to Leukemia Chemotherapy
Gene Linked to 'Dry' Macular Degeneration
Gene Linked to Form of Parkinson's Disease
Gene Linked to High Blood Pressure Discovered
Gene Mutation Could Be Key to Rare Blood Vessel Disease
Gene Mutation Improves Response to Lung Cancer Drug
Gene Mutation in Dalmatians Sheds Light on Kidney Stones in Humans
Gene Mutation May Cause Some Cases of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Gene Mutation May Speed Learning
Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Atrial Fibrillation
Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease
Gene Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis
Gene Profiles Might Help Guide Lung Cancer Care
Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found
Gene Studies Reveal Cancer's Secrets
Gene 'Switch' May Help Drive Excess Fluid in Lungs
Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer's Return
Gene Therapy Brings New Muscle to Monkeys
Gene Therapy Helps Dogs Stricken With Cancer
Gene Therapy Holds Promise for HIV
Gene Therapy in Rats Reduces Cocaine Use
Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Severe Hereditary Eye Disease
Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Chronic Pain
Gene Tied to Common Childhood Language Disorder
Gene Tied to Infants' Lung Maturation
Gene Treatment in Mice Makes Old Liver Cells Young
Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix
Gene Variant May Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease
Gene Variant May Hike Women's Risk of Alzheimer's
Gene Variant Tied to Cocaine-Induced Paranoia
Gene Variation Linked to Neuroblastoma, a Childhood Cancer
Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response
Genes Help Cancer-Linked Viruses Elude Immune System
Genes Linked to Cholesterol in Cells Are Identified
Genes Linked to Osteoporosis Identified
Genes May Predict Lymphoma Treatment Outcome
Genes May Raise Risk of Neuroblastoma in Kids
Genes Predict Chances of Breast Cancer's Spread
Genes Seem to Affect Tissues Differently
Genes That Control Body's Salt Levels Are Identified
Genetic Approach Boosts Yeast Infection Treatment
Genetic Clues May Lead to New Skin Cancer Therapies
Genetic Discovery May Improve Hepatitis C Treatment
Genetic Disorder Drug Helps Reverse Heart Muscle Enlargement
Genetic Factors Affect Codeine's Work as Painkiller
Genetic Link Between Type 1 Diabetes, Celiac Disease Seen
Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence
Genetic Mutations Linked to Deadly Cancers
Genetic Research Offers Insights Into Form of Malaria
Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
Genetic Trait Linked to Alcoholism
Genetically Engineered Mice Regenerate Beta Cells
Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates
Genetics, Environment Shape Sexual Behavior
Gene-Transfer Proves Safe for Vision Problem
Genome Study Points to New Culprit for Schizophrenia
Germicide Might Guard Against HIV Infection
Germs Mingle Most on Palms, Feet, Forearms
Ginkgo Prevented Stroke Damage in Mice
Giving Swine Flu Drug by IV Could Save Lives
Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks
Global Efforts to Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol Working
Glowing Substance Lights Up Cancer in Mice
Going Online to Draw the Line on High Blood Pressure
Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer
Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms
Grab a Tool and Change Your Brain
Green Spaces Boost the Body and the Mind
Green Tea Boosts Antibiotics for Superbugs
Green-Glowing Gene Heralds a Better Research Monkey
Group Works to Streamline Cancer Therapy Approvals
Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's
Guidelines Seek to Reduce Medication Errors Involving Kids
Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries
Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure
Gut Bacteria Fights Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People Fat
Gut Hormone Could be Key to Blood Sugar
Hallucinations Are Rare Side Effects of ADHD Medications
Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost
Hangovers May Be Tougher for Migraine Sufferers
Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified
Harmless Virus May Be Deadly to Breast Cancer
Head-First Slide a Heads-Up Play
Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
Health Tip: Before You Take an NSAID
Health Tip: Before You Take Medication
Health Tip: Drugs That May Lead to Diarrhea
Health Tip: Follow Directions When Taking Medication
Health Tip: Giving Medications to People With Alzheimer's
Health Tip: Giving Your Child Medicine
Health Tip: Have Unused Medications?
Health Tip: Help Prevent Medical Errors
Health Tip: If Your Child Takes Medicine
Health Tip: Keep Medications Away From Children
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Health Tip: Medications and Pregnancy
Health Tip: Pain Reliever Side Effects
Health Tip: Remember to Take Your Medicine
Health Tip: Symptoms of a Drug Allergy
Health Tip: Take Medications Safely
Health Tip: Take Medicines As Prescribed
Health Tip: Taking a Mental Status Test
Health Tip: Taking ADHD Medications
'Healthy Fat' Chemical Aids Body's Metabolism
Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab
Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter
Heart Drug Used in Ambulance Boosts Survival
Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending
Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses
Heart Failure Drugs Linked to Hip Bone Loss in Older Men
Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner
Heartburn Drugs May Contribute to the Problem
Heart's Stem Cells Not Created Equally
Heavy Drinking Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Herbal Remedy Could Halt Peanut Allergy
High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer
High Sodium Levels Don't Raise Blood Pressure
Higher Chemo Drug Dose Prolongs Lives of Leukemia Patients
Higher Fitness Levels Tied to Lower Heart, Death Risks
Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo
HIV Can Penetrate a Woman's Healthy Genital Skin
HIV Can Re-Emerge From a Single Cell
HIV Drug a Double-Edged Sword for Infants
HIV Drugs Provide Breast-Fed Babies With Some Protection
'Hobbits' Were a Distinct Species, Study Concludes
Honey Bees on Cocaine 'Dance' When Food Is Found
Hopes for AIDS Vaccine Still Alive Despite Setbacks
Hormone Combo May Provide Reversible Male Birth Control Tool
Hormone Drug May Help Drinkers Stay Sober
Hormone Might Help Restore Female Fertility
Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP
Hormone Therapy May Make Lung Cancer More Likely
Hormone Therapy Shows Little Benefit Against Prostate Cancer
Hormone-Boosting Drug May Help Treat Frailty
Hormones May Affect Neurological Disease Risk
Hormones May Help Shield Women from Parkinson's
Hospice Care Eases the End for Loyal Pets
Hospital Fixes Cut Opiate Errors in Kids
Household Chemicals May Affect Cholesterol Levels
HPV Data May Aid Vaccine's Effectiveness
HRT Dosing May Determine Risks, Benefits
Human Body May Make Its Own 'Aspirin'
Human Brain Works Between Order and Chaos
Human Heart Can Make New Cells
Human Stem Cell Transplant Helps Brain-Impaired Mice
Hydrogen Sulfide Key Player in Blood Pressure Regulation
Hysterectomies Could Be Source of Stem Cells
Ibuprofen Linked to Reduced Alzheimer's Risk
Ibuprofen No Better at Reducing Alzheimer's Risk
'Iceman' Mummy Has No Modern Kin
Identical Genes From Parents May Raise Cancer Risk
If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?
If You Want Help From a Chimp, You'll Have to Ask
Imaging IDs Brain Neurons With Preference for Real Words
Immune Cells Shrink Tumors in Mice
Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection
Immune Response May Hinder Stem Cell Treatments
Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer
Immune System Gene Discovery Sheds Light on Staph Infections
Immune System Protein Predicts Toxic Shock Survival
Immune System Works Better at Night
Immune-Based Lymphoma Treatment Shows Promise
Immune-Boosting Lung Cancer Therapy Shows Promise
Immunity to Swine Flu May Be Broader Than Thought
Implantable Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
Impotence Drugs Don't Harm Vision: Study
Improved Fungicides May Be Easier on Environment
In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission
In U.S., No Comeback Seen for Hormone Therapy
Inappropriate Prescribing for Older Patients a Growing Problem
Individual Genome Changes Over a Lifetime
Inexpensive Compound Could Treat Severe Diarrhea
Inflammation Markers May Help Predict Stroke Risk
Infliximab-Based Treatment Effective for Crohn's Patients
Inhibiting Protein May Keep Cancer Cells From Refueling
Initiative Links Celebrities to Cancer Research
Injectable Antibiotic Protects Against Lyme Disease in Mice
Insights Give New Hope Against Cystic Fibrosis
Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer's
Insulin Resistance Tied to Peripheral Artery Disease
Insulin-Linked Genes Tied to Body's Internal Clock
Intense Heat May Boost Tomato Antioxidant
Internal Clock and Metabolism May Be Linked
International Consortium Will Hunt Down Genetics of Cancer
Interrupted Night Sleep Worse for Cognitive Function
Intestinal Bacteria Trigger Immune Response
Intestinal Gluten Receptor Is Gateway for Celiac Disease
Intestinal 'Sleeve' Mimics Effects of Gastric Bypass
Is Human Growth Hormone a Key to Longevity?
Japanese Researchers Develop New Smallpox Vaccine
Job Loss Has Long-Term Impact on Social Lives
Job, Education May Buffer Against Dementia
Joyful Music in Tune With Heart Health
Kennedy Faced Brain Surgeon's Knife While Awake
Key Protein Might Shield Brain Cells
Key to Lyme Disease Virulence Discovered
Key Vioxx Research Was Written by Merck, Documents Allege
Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival
Kidney Patients Less Likely to Get Heart Attack Meds
Kids' Fever Time Cut Using Ibuprofen First
Kids Who Lack Self-Control May Be Prone to Weight Gain
'Lab on a Chip' Might Speed Breast Cancer Monitoring
Lab Study Finds Protein That May Inhibit Cancer Spread
Lab Study Makes Strides in Mending Hearts
Lab Study Slows Breast Cancer Spread to Bone in Mice
Lab Test Predicts Acute Kidney Injury in ICU Patients
Lack of Two Related Genes Disrupts Sleep Cycle
Laser Therapy as Good as Drugs for Diabetic Eye Problems
Last of Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots
Latest Research Supports New AIDS Drug
Laughter Can Boost Heart Health
LDL Cholesterol Tied to Increased Cancer Risk in Diabetics
Leprosy Drug Holds Promise for Autoimmune Diseases
Less Money Means More Hurting
Less Sensitivity to Hormone May Play Role in Autism
Leukemia Drug May Help Some Ovarian Cancer Patients
Leukemia Risk From MS Drug May Be Up
Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome
Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug
Lifestyle Changes Can Keep Diabetes at Bay for 14 Years
Link Between Vaccine and MS Unproven
Liver Cancer Patients May Get Hope
Liver Cells Made to Order
Living Healthily on Less
Longer Hormone Treatment May Improve Prostate Cancer Outlook
Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications
Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria
Long-Term Aspirin Use Seems to Protect Against Colorectal Lesions
Loud Music in Bars Hastens Drinking
Love Hormone May Ease Discussion of Painful Topics
Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival
Low Vitamin D Levels May Initiate Cancer Development
Low-Dose Acitretin May Reduce Nail Psoriasis
Lower Drinking Age Linked to Later-Life Problems
Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks
Lowering Cholesterol May Also Lower Prostate Cancer Risk
Lowering Dietary Fat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
Lung Cancer Genetics Different in Black Patients: Study
Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease
Lung Disease Tied to Increased Risk for Cardiac Events
Magnesium Sulfate Reduces Threat of Cerebral Palsy
Magnetic Pulses to Brain Improve Lazy Eye in Adults
Making Obese Mice Slim, Without Diet or Exercise
Malaria Drug Doesn't Boost Survival Odds With Prion Diseases
Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials
Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count
Manipulating Key Protein May Prevent Eczema
Many Americans Share Prescription Meds
Many Clinical Trials Moving Overseas
Many Kids Suffer Medication Side Effects: Study
Many Phase 3 Cancer Drug Trials Yield Effective Medicines
Many Seniors Not Selecting Lowest Cost Medicare Drug Plans
Many Trial Reports on FDA-Approved Drugs Go Unpublished
Marijuana Linked to Aggressive Testicular Cancer
Mathematical Model Helps Predict Cancer Tumor Size
Mature Mouse Cells Reprogrammed to Stem Cell-Like State
Measurements Poor for Assessing Clinical Trials With Children
Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Used Legs and Arms Like Birds
Media Doesn't Often Mention Pharma Funding on Research
Medical Heroin Helps Treatment-Resistant Addicts
Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment
Medicare Advantage Plans Get Lion's Share of Insurers' Ad Dollars
Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar
Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums to Rise in '09
Medication May Improve Scar Healing
Medication Reduces Violence in Some Schizophrenics
Medication Review May Help With Heart Failure
Medicinal Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain in HIV
Mediterranean Diet Aids the Aging Brain: Study
Mediterranean Diet Cuts Death From Chronic Diseases
Mediterranean Diet Enriched With Nuts Cuts Heart Risks
Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival
Memory Formation Different in Those With Stress-Related Psychiatric Disorders
Memory Lapses Come When 2 Parts of Brain Compete
Methadone Kills Resistant Leukemia Cells
Methamphetamine Abuse Costs U.S. $23.4 Billion
Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Their Skin
Micro Molecules May Be Cancer Biomarker
'Micro' Spreading of Breast Cancer Needs Treating, Study Urges
'Micromagnets' May One Day Enhance MRI Technology
Migraine Medications May Cause 'Serotonin Syndrome'
Mineral May Reduce High-Risk Bladder Disease
Molecule Disrupts DNA Sequence in Ewing's Sarcoma
Molecule Helps Leukemia Cells Hide From Immune System
Molecule Keeps Bacteria Like Salmonella in Check
Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer
Mom Was Right: Eat Your Broccoli
Mom's Cells Prime Fetal Immune System
Moms-to-Be Need Facts on Pain Control
Money, Praise Similarly Activate Brain's Reward Center
Monthly Pet Pill Could Kill Fleas, Ticks
More Juices Found to Affect Drugs' Effectiveness: Study
More Vitamin D in Childhood Cuts Later Diabetes Risk
Morning Sickness Drug Gets Green Light in Study
Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients
Most Newer Antipsychotics No Better Than Older Ones, Just Different
Most Off-Label Cancer Drug Use for Palliative Care
Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose
Motivation May Be at Root of ADHD
Mouse Model to Aid Sinusitis Research
Mouse Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Act Like Embryonic Stem Cells
Mouse Study Finds Molecule That Tells Hair to Grow
Mouse Study Suggests ADHD Drug Might Be Addictive
MS Patients at Higher Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome
Multiple Doses of Steroids Don't Help Preemies
Multiple Myeloma Genome Unlocked
Musicians' Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound
Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer
Mutant Mouse Gene Offers Clues to Hearing Loss
Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading
Nanoparticles May Help Attack Cancer More Directly
'Nanotechnology' May Simplify Antibiotic Treatment
National Children's Study Begins Recruiting
Natural Soy Component May Help Treat Colon Cancer
Nausea Drug Shows Promise Against Opioid Addiction
New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell
New Alzheimer's Treatment Could Be on the Horizon
New Anal Cancer Therapy Fails to Improve Outcomes
New Antibiotic Could Shorten TB Treatment
New Anti-Clotting Pill Works Well in Trials
New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients
New Approach Keeps Tumor Cells From Refueling
New Benefits From Old Heart Measures
New Chemotherapy Combo Holds Promise for Lung Cancer
New Class of Drugs May Fight Alzheimer's
New Class of Drugs Might Cause Congenital Heart Defects
New Classification Proposed for Stomach Cancers
New Clues to How Cancer Spreads
New Compound May Fight HIV
New Compound Might Be Improvement Over Allergy Shots
New Compound Shrinks Skin Cancers
New Compound Slows HIV Replication
New Diabetes Drug Works Well in Trial
New Drug Being Tested for Pancreatic Cancer
New Drug Could Work Against Leukemia
New Drug Duo Helps Cut Colon Cancer Risk
New Drug for Brain Cancer Too Dangerous for Pediatric Patients
New Drug Helps Relieve Gout
New Drug May Help Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis
New Drug Protects Against Radiation Damage
New Drug Shows Promise for Rheumatoid Arthriitis
New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer
New Drugs No Better Than Older Ones for Schizophrenia
New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster
New Genetic Analysis Might Boost Breast Cancer Care
New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered
New Guidelines Issued for Management of IBS
New Guidelines Recommend Opioids for Seniors' Pain
New Guidelines Tackle Treatment of Resistant Hypertension
New HIV Drug May Help Those Resistant to Therapy
New Hope Against the Cold Sore Virus
New Hope for Parkinson's Patients
New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers
New Hope for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
New HPV Vaccine Promising in Mice
New Imaging Technique Could Spot Early Cancers
New Latent TB Drug Saves Lives, Money
New Lymphoma Drug Shows Promise
New Migraine Drug Shows Promise
New Migraine Drug Shows Promise
New Model Allows Testing of Hepatitis C Treatments
New Molecular Trigger Described for Hypertension, Diabetes
New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise Against Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancers
New MRI Technology Expands Its Power
New MS Therapies Show Promise
New Parkinson's Drug Draws Mixed Reviews
New Parkinson's Treatment Shows Promise in Animals
New Pathways Studied to Repair Nerves
New Polyp Detection Method Could Be Cost-Saver
New Prostate Cancer Drug May Hold Promise
New Prostates Grown From Single Stem Cell
New Research Sheds Light on Breast Cancer Prognosis
New Robotic Arm Has Softer Surgical Touch
New 'Skin' From Stem Cells
New Source of Heart Stem Cells Found
New Standards Set for Heparin and Glycerin
New Strategy Eyed for AIDS Treatment
New Target Eyed for Colon Cancer Drugs
New Targets Found That Stop Tumor Growth
New TB Vaccine Passes Safety Trial
New Technique Activates Brain Neurons to Move Paralyzed Limb
New Technique Harvests Stem Cells at Earlier Stage
New Technique Removes Gallbladder Without External Incisions
New Technology May Boost Artificial Arms
New Technology Shows Human Genome in 3-D
New Test Detects Rare Leukemia More Quickly
New Test Diagnoses Anemia in Chronic Disease
New Test May Help Kidney Transplant Patients
New Test May Mean Faster Breast Cancer Treatment
New Test Seems to Spot Deadly Heart Condition
New Therapy Could Transform Arthritis Treatment
New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice
New Treatment May Beat Melanoma
New Treatment Shows Promise for Excessive Drinking
New Treatments for Alzheimer's on the Horizon
New Treatments Hold Hope for Failing Eyes
New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered
New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective
New Vaccine May Help Type 1 Diabetics in Future
New Worries Over Blockbuster Meds Avandia, Fosamax
Newborns in Intensive Care Often Exposed to Pain
Newer Antipsychotics Pose Cardiac Risk: Study
Newer Contraceptives Don't Increase Heart Risk
Newer Sedative May Reduce Delirium in ICU Patients
Newly Identified Compounds May Inhibit Strep Infection
Niacin Adds No Benefit for Statin Patients: Study
No Gender Gap Found for Clot-Busting Drug
No Osteoarthritis Seen in Obese Mice Without Leptin
Non-Hormonal Therapies Aid Breast Cancer Patients
Normal Cells May Predict Cancer Virulence
Novel Treatments Ease Migraine Pain
Obama Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research
Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday
Obesity Drug Shows Mixed Success Against Atherosclerosis
Obesity-Related Hormone Tied to Psoriasis
Old Tech Helps Soldiers With New Wound Infection
Old, Fat Mice Blamed for Virus Transmission
Older Diabetics Should Avoid Dementia Meds
Older Drug Effective in Treating Pediatric Nerve Cancer
Older Drugs Better at Fighting Depression in Parkinson's Patients
Oldest Skeleton in Human Family Tree Surprises Scientists
Omega-3 Foods May Lower Eye Disease Risk
Once-Daily Combo Works for New HIV Patients
Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug Boosts Blood Sugar Control
One Gene May Be Key to Myeloma
One Shot May Someday Replace Six for Rabies
One Step Closer to New Diabetes Treatment
One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues
One-Third of Dementia Cases Laid to Small Blood Vessel Damage
Only Half of MS Patients Respond to Interferon Therapy
Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control
Oral Drug Ups Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases
Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement
Oral Yogurt 'Vaccine' Could Blunt Ouch Factor
Osteoporosis Drug Prompts Increase in Certain Bone Cells
Osteoporosis Drug Seems to Shrink Breast Tumors
Outbreak Investigation Highlights Drug Safety Issues
Overuse of Opioids, Barbiturates Boosts Chronic Migraine Risk
Oxycodone May Reduce Shingles Pain
Pacemakers Change Biology of the Heart
Paclitaxel Plus Chemo Improves Outcomes in Early Breast Cancer
Pain More a Cause of Arthritis Than a Symptom
Painkiller Abuse Increases Among Young Adults
Painkiller May Prevent Diabetes-Related Retinal Damage
Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Found
Pancreatic Cells Turned Into Insulin-Producing Beta Cells
Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
Parental Distrust May Explain Lack of Black Children in Clinical Trials
Parents Often Puzzled by Medicine Labels
Parkinson's Disrupts Stem Cell Therapy Transplants
Parkinson's Drug May Fight Cancer
Parkinson's Drugs Again Linked to Compulsive Disorders
Parkinson's Drugs Can Trigger Unhealthy Behaviors
Parkinson's Patients More Prone to Vitamin D Deficiency
Parkinson's Treatment Drugs Even Out Over Long Term
Patch Helps Mend Damaged Hearts
Patient-Controlled Health Records Could Change Future of Research
Pay Less for Prescription Drugs
People With GERD More Likely to Develop Asthma
Personality May Not Predict Parkinson's
Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's
PET Scans May Help Detect Alzheimer's Brain Plaques
Pfizer to Pay Record Fine in Fraud Probe
Pharoah's Wine Jar Yields Medicinal Secrets
'Phase 0' Trials Aim to Speed Cancer Drug Development
Phenols in Quality Olive Oil Suppress Breast Cancer Gene
Pill Could Boost Sports Performance
Pill Reduces Relapses in MS Patients
Placebo Acupuncture Tied to Higher IVF Pregnancies
Pneumonia Drug Promising Against Form of Muscular Dystrophy
Poll Shows Strong Support for Obama Health Care Reforms
Pollution Particles Impair Blood Vessel Function
Poor Coordination in Childhood Tied to Adult Obesity
Poor Mental Health May Boost Asthma Risk
Poor Sense of Smell May Be Early Sign of Parkinson's
Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs
Popular Antidepressants Linked to GI Bleeding
Possession Is Nine-Tenths the Perceived Value
Possible Viral Links to Lung Cancer Risk Uncovered
Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers
Pot Might Blunt Damage of Binge Drinking
Pot Belly Boosts Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome
Pot Plus Alcohol Kills Young Rats' Brain Cells
Pot Ups Risk for Mental Illness
Potential Pieces of Autism Puzzle Revealed
Pot-Smoking Drivers Tied to Range of Road Accidents
Poverty May Aggravate Asthma
Preeclampsia May Stem From Malformed Proteins
Preeclampsia Might Protect Against Testicular Cancer
Preemies Exposed to Toxins in Liquid Meds
Preemies' Low Blood Pressure Linked to SIDS
Prescribed Meds Still Best Treatment for Alcoholism
Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients
Primary Insomnia Tied to Brain Neurochemical Imbalance
Primary Tumors Fuel Growth of Cancer Cells