- West Nile Virus Infects Individuals in 28 States
- FDA Approves Platelet Stimulator as Second Line Therapy for Chronic ITP
- Early Environment Linked to Snoring in Adulthood
- SPECIAL REPORT: Use of Tommy John Surgery for Young Elbows on the Rise
- Response to Morphine for Pain After C-Section Mediated by Genes
- New Mutation Linked to Malignant Hyperthermia
- A Sunny Disposition May Protect Against Breast Cancer
- Hormones Can Improve Quality of Life After Menopause
- FDA Says Vytorin Cancer Investigation Will Take Nine Months
- Two More Face Transplants Show Promising Results
- Stroke Rate in Diabetes Creeping Downward by Risk Management
- CMS Expands Range of Hospital Comparison Data
- CDC Says Measles Cases at 12-Year High
- Alcoholism May Put Off Motherhood
- Surgery Promoted from Last Resort to Second Line for Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Exposure to War-Zone Stresses Before Birth Increases Schizophrenia Risk
- Brachytherapy May Reduce Treatment Failure in Obese Prostate Cancer Patients
- Cystic Fibrosis Drug Achieves Benefit by Ignoring Nonsense
- Preeclampsia Linked to Increased Risk for Kidney Disease
- Immunity Duration and Catch-Up Program Affect HPV Vaccination Cost
- Adalimumab (Humira) Demonstrates Efficacy in Refractory Juvenile RA
- Statins Not Responsible for Increased Cancer Risk
- ACS: Scent of a Cancer May Aid Diagnosis
- Heavy Spanking Predicts Overt Child Abuse
- Bone Protein Linked to Development of 'Good Fat'
- Bisphosphonate Thwarts Bone Loss from Breast Cancer Endocrine Therapy
- ACS: Ear Infections in Childhood Linked to Obesity in Grownups
- Rising Tide of Obesity in America Continues Unabated
- Long-Term Benefits for Back Pain Seen with One-on-One Instruction
- B Vitamins Come Up Empty Again for Secondary Heart Disease Prevention
- Arsenic in Drinking Water Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
- New Technique May Predict Dementia Risk
- Silver-Coated Ventilator Tube Prevents Pneumonia
- Changes in Carotid Plaque Predict MI Risk
- Smoking May Increase Bleeding Risk After Type of Tonsillectomy
- Epilepsy Increases Drowning Risk Almost 20-Fold
- Tadalafil (Cialis) Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms of BPH
- Bisphosphonate Prevents Bone Loss during Breast Cancer Therapy
- Vitamin D Concentration Linked to Hip Fracture Risk
- West Nile Recovery Time About a Year
- Clinical Trial Said to Have Been Marketing in Disguise
- FDA Says Type 2 Diabetes Drug Linked to Two Fatal Pancreatitis Cases
- Poor Sleep May Lead to Hypertension in Teens
- Healthcare Providers and Public Differ on End-of-Life Questions
- Older Trauma Patients Not Sent to Designated Centers
- Chewing Gum Relieves Ileus After Colorectal Surgery
- 1918 Pandemic Leaves Immune Mark 90 Years Later
- ACS: Synthetic Heparin Clears First Production Hurdle
- In Supreme Court Brief, Journal Editors Fault FDA Safety Record
- Eye Care in the U.S. More Likely with Private Insurance Coverage
- Abortion Not a Risk Factor for Mental Health Problems
- Comorbid Conditions No Bar to Safe Endarterectomy
- Monthly Premiums for Medicare Drugs will Increase in 2009
- Pay-for-Performance Yields Cash Bonuses at Physician Groups
- Drugs Slow COPD Progression
- FDA Approves First Drug for Chorea in Huntington's Disease
- Birthplace May Influence Likelihood of Breastfeeding
- Asthma Hospitalization Among Children Holds Steady
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- Standard Measures Insufficient for Safe Mechanical Ventilation
- Boys 'Outgrow' Asthma More Often than Girls
- Bariatric Surgery Doesn't Put Sleep Apnea to Rest
- Ambulance Treatment with Tirofiban (Aggrastat) Helps in STEMI Outcomes
- Dual Angiotensin Blockade May Harm Kidneys
- Poured into Kids, Milk and Dairy Products Build Better Bones
- Use of Sexual- Reproductive Services by Women Remains Stable
- FDA Warns of Injection-Site Reactions with Naltrexone for Alcoholism
- Test-Related Errors Uncovered in Family Practice Clinics
- Beijing-Style Air Pollution Damages Hearts as Well as Lungs
- Special Report: Court-Ordered End-of-Life Care for Comatose Man Deemed Torture
- Latinos by the Millions Have No Personal Physician
- Antibiotic Reactions Send Thousands to Emergency Rooms
- COURAGE Trial Results Revisited
- In the Long Run Medical Therapy Matches Stenting for Angina Relief
- Clotting Protein Implicated in Autoimmune Vasculitis
- Bivalirudin Fails to Best Unfractionated Heparin for PCI
- Investigational Tibolone Lowers Fracture Rate but Increases Stroke RISK
- Baby Heart Transplants Fan Ethical Debate Over Dead-Donor Rule
- Internet Prescribing of PDE-5 Inhibitors Passes Safety Test
- FDA Okays HIV Drug for Chronic Hepatitis B
- Recurrence Risk Suggests Extended Treatment for Some Early Stage Breast Cancer
- Non-Guideline Use of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Documented
- Childhood Clumsiness Linked to Adult Obesity
- Weight Loss in Early Diabetes Improves Later Control
- Cheerleading Causes Most Severe Sports Injuries in Young Women
- Part-Time Soldiers at Higher Risk for Alcohol Problems After Deployment
- Prostatectomy Edges Surveillance in Disease-Specific Mortality at 12 Years
- Rare Case Suggests Immune Control of HIV Possible
- Placebo Effect May Be Doubled in Children
- Alzheimer's Effects on Brain Linked to Physical Frailty
- Proton Pump Inhibitors Over Years Increase Osteoporotic Fracture Risks
- Health Gap Between Single and Married Men Narrowing
- Half of Adults Have Significant Refractive Error in Vision
- PPI Cost-Effective as Co-Therapy with Aspirin for Cardiovascular Prophylaxsis
- A Lifestyle Good for the Heart May Prevent Stroke
- Vitamin D Again Linked to All-Cause Mortality
- Mild Cognitive Impairment May Be Diabetic Companion
- Runners Live Longer and Have Fewer Disabilities
- 'Benign' Obesity and Body Fat Distribution
- IAC: Non-Nucleoside HIV Drugs Show Promise in Early Trials
- Mortality Advantage for Epidural Anesthesia Called Marginal
- PSA Screening in Younger Black Men Remains Suboptimal
- Good Results Seen with Intrabone Cord Blood Transplant for Leukemia
- FDA Issues Alert on Rhabdomyolysis Risk When Combining Simvastatin with Amiodarone
- Teens See Abstinence as a Step to Sexual Activity
- IAC: A Pill a Day to Prevent HIV?
- Survey on Insulin Injections Finds Fear is Common But Raises Ethical Concerns
- IAC: Abacavir (Ziagen) Linked Again with Higher Cardio Risk
- IAC: Pregabalin Fails to Control HIV Neuropathic Pain Better than Placebo
- IAC: Researchers, Company Clash Over HIV Drug Combination
- Long-Term HAART Linked to Lower Heart Risk in HIV patients
- IAC: Unboosted Atazanavir HIV Regimen Found Inferior
- Lack of Energy May Signal Health Problems in Older Patients
- Pleasure from Smoking -- and Addiction to It -- Is a Genetic Thing
- IAC: Three New HIV Drugs Effective Together
- For Unexplained Infertility, Continued Trying as Good as Treatment
- Febrile Seizure Does Not Increase Long-Term Mortality
- Americans Opt by Landslide for Wholesale Revision of Healthcare System
- Too Little 'Tummy Time' for Infants May Risk Development Delays
- Diagnostic CT Scans Are Delayed in Most Stroke Patients
- CDC Finds Epilepsy Treatment Often Inadequate
- More Than Half of Young Women Smokers Have Tried to Quit
- IAC: HIV Vaccine Researchers, Humbled by Failures, Accept Need for Baby Steps
- Minimally Invasive Approach Comparable to Open Surgery for Aneurysm Repair
- Research to Advance with New Human Stem Cell-Based Models
- Weight-Loss Trial Update: Success Measured in Pounds Shed -- 39 -- and Medications St
- Rare Forms of Meningitis More Deadly Than Viral Type
- IAC: More HIV Treatment May Reduce Transmission Risk
- IAC: HIV Cure Called More than Theoretical Possibility
- Dialysis Patients' Mortality Risk Revealed by Phosphorus- Regulating Hormone
- CLL Phenotype Confers Malignancy Risk in Lymphocytosis
- XDR-TB Succumbs to Multi-Drug Regimen
- GI Bleeding Associated With Worse Ischemic Stroke Outcomes
- IAC: More HIV Treatment May Reduce Transmission Risk
- Alcohol Use Shows 50-Year Decline but Related Disorders Stay Flat
- More Americans Seek Medical Care and Most Walk Away with a Prescription
- Rituximab Reverses Kidney Damage of Membranous Nephropathy
- IAC: Raltegravir (Isentress) Matches Standard Initial Care at 96 Weeks
- Investigational Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Raises No Safety Alarms
- Perceived Medical Discrimination May Discourage Cancer Screening
- Marijuana Relieves HIV-Related Neuropathic Pain
- IAC: Renewed Enthusiasm Seen for Microbicides
- Legislation Would Create National Institute to Compare Medical Options
- IAC: Investigational Drug Shows Efficacy Compared with Standard HIV Treatment
- IAC: Efavirenz (Sustiva) the Pick in Severely Immunocompromised Patients
- Uninsured Americans Carry Large Chronic Disease Burden
- Lipid-Lowering Therapies Called Too Little, Too Late
- Growth Hormone Analog Reduces Visceral Body Fat in HIV Patients
- IV Calcium Channel Blocker Wins FDA Okay
- HIV Tests in ED Less Accurate Than Expected
- IAC: U.S. Government Scientists Absentees at AIDS 2008
- Eating Fish May Protect Against Silent Infarcts
- FDA Issues Stronger Rules on Advisory Committee Conflicts of Interest
- IAC: Jury Out on Heterosexual HIV Risk
- Task Force Recommends Against PSA Screening for Older Men
- Exercise Doesn't Improve Mood
- REM Sleep Tied to Obesity Risk in Children
- Estrogen Patch Boosts Schizophrenia Treatment Success
- Talk Therapy Loses Popularity with Psychiatrists
- Children of Immigrants Have Low Levels of Physical Activity
- Pediatricians Nix Routine ECG Before Starting ADHD Drugs
- Ginseng Safe for Short-Term Pediatric Use
- Cancer Survivors Often Turn to Complementary Medicine
- IAC: PEPFAR Wins Plaudits at AIDS 2008 Opening
- Most Kids Injured While Diving Don't Require Hospital Stay
- Telemedicine Improves Rural Stroke Care
- Creatine a Bust for Boosting Exercise Benefit in COPD
- IAC: New Estimate Raises HIV Incidence Sharply
- IAC: HIV Care Guidelines Expand Treatment Eligibility
- IAC: TB Drug Alters Power of HIV Medication
- IAC: Injection Drug Use No Bar to HIV Therapy
- IAC: Effects of Growth Hormone Raise Caution Flag
- IAC: New Estimate Raises HIV Incidence Sharply
- Atazanavir (Reyataz) Meets Standard for Initial HIV Therapy
- Congress Requests Ezetimibe/Simvastatin (Vytorin) Cancer Data from FDA
- Lawmakers to Consider Unbiased System to Compete with Drug Marketers
- ICAD: Persistent Use of Antidementia Drugs May Prolong Alzheimer's Disease Survival
- Strep Colonization in One Pregnancy Portends Recurrence
- Medicare Expands List of Unreimbursed Preventable Conditions
- Safer Sex Found in High Schoolers but Progress Is Mixed
- Anti-HIV Therapy Triples Asthma Risk in Children
- Makers of MS Drug Confirm Two Cases of Life-Threatening Brain Infection
- ICAD: Pondering Over Woes in Middle Age May Save the Brain in Later Life
- Therapy for Sleep Apnea May Cut Death Risk
- Concentrated Immunotherapy Feasible in High-Risk Pediatric Sarcoma
- H. pylori Treatment Reduces Metachronous Stomach Cancer Risk
- Congressional Panel Accuses CDC and FDA of Botching Salmonella Saintpaul Hunt
- Flu Shot Fails to Prevent Pneumonia in Older Adults
- ICAD: Monoclonal Antibody that Binds to Amyloid Found Safe in Alzheimer's
- Gene Mutations Linked to Schizophrenia
- FDA Commands Amgen to Change Darbepoetin Alfa (Aranesp) Label
- Exercise Pill Makes Mice More Fit
- Motor Neurons Produced from Skin Cells
- Patients Found to Lack Knowledge about Breast Cancer Treatment
- ACOG Urges Wider HIV Testing of Women
- House Passes Bill to Give FDA Limited Tobacco Control
- ICAD: Investigational Alzheimer's Drug Found Beneficial in Extension Trial
- FDA Finds Salmonella Saintpaul in Water and Peppers at Mexican Farm
- Assisted Reproduction Not to Blame for Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
- ICAD: IV Immunoglobulin Therapy Shows Early Signs of Efficacy in Alzheimer's
- High Daily Drinking Increases Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
- Smoking Ban Slashes Cardiac Hospitalizations
- HIV Microbicide May Have Raised Infection Risk
- Bone Disease Lab Test Linked to Death Risk in Dialysis Patients
- Cyclosporine May Limit Damage in Acute MI
- Gene Variant Increases Stroke Risk in Female Migraineurs
- ICAD: Marriage May Protect Against Dementia
- FDA Okays Generic Divalproex Sodium (Depakote)
- HIV/AIDS in America Called 'Black Disease'
- ICAD: Post Hoc Analysis Finds Silver Lining in Bapineuzumab Failed Trial
- ICAD: Biomarkers May Help Identify Pre-Clinical Alzheimer's
- Frankincense Extract Said to Reduce Osteoarthritis Pain
- ICAD: Tau-Targeted Therapy Slows Alzheimer's Progression for 19 Months
- ICAD: Brain Atrophy Patterns May Aid Early Identification of Alzheimer's
- Two Breast Cancer Screening Systems Equally Effective
- Secondhand Smoke Increases Spousal Stroke Risk
- ICAD: Investigational Alzheimer's Agent Targets Heavy Metal Component of Amyloid Beta
- Psychiatrists Castigate Use of Babies in Reality Show
- ICAD: Combo of Diabetes Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's
- HIV Drug Resistance More Common than Testing Suggests
- ICAD: Mild Cognitive Impairment More Common Than Expected
- Preoperative Endoscopy Advised for Asymptomatic Bariatric Surgery Patients
- Statins Protect Against Dementia
- FDA Warns of Toxic Tomalley in Maine Lobsters
- ICAD: Failure in Phase II Trial Doesn't Derail Tau-Targeted Dementia Drug
- Drug Errors at Home Seen as Rising Cause of Death
- Fish-Heavy Diet May Slow Hardening of Arteries
- Campaign '08: McCain Has Mole Removed from Right Cheek
- Total Calories More Important Than Dietary Fat in Diabetes Risk
- Hearing Loss Affects 29 Million U.S. Adults
- Long-Term Weight Loss Requires Almost Double Suggested Amount of Exercise
- Alzheimer's Linked to Thyroid-Related Hormone
- Hormone Therapy in Prostate Cancer Tied to Subtle Cognitive Erosion
- Pre-Eclampsia May Be Autoimmune Disease
- Major Gaps in Sleep Apnea Research Identified
- ICAD: ARBs May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
- ICAD: Midlife Hormone Therapy May Lower Risk of Late-Life Dementia
- ICAD: Fit Alzheimer's Patients Have Less Brain Loss
- Bone Density of Hip Connected to Breast Cancer Risk After Menopause
- FDA Clears U.S.-Grown Hot Peppers, Focusing Salmonella Hunt on Mexican Farms
- Environmental Group Calls Triclosan a Ubiquitous Menace
- Special Report: Volunteer Physicians Tend to U.S. Olympians
- Disability Affects Three Out of Every 10 U.S. Adults
- Randy Pausch Dies of Pancreatic Cancer
- Meditation May Slow HIV Immune Effects
- Fructose Converts Quickly to Lipids Triggering Hyperlipidemia
- Early Findings Create Buzz for Potent Novel Hormone Blocker
- CDC Links More Than 1,000 Deaths to Street Fentanyl Use
- HCV Infection Doesn't Limit Immune Response to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy
- House Agrees to Lift HIV Travel Ban