October 23, 2015 Slow and steady can win the diet drug race Vivus Inc, vying to create the world's first billion-dollar weight-loss pill, is taking a cautious approach to marketing in an attempt to overcome the skepticism, safety concerns and lawsuits that have dogged the diet drug industry
October 23, 2015 Potential new drugs made from beer? Hops give beer its pungent flavor, but a substance derived from hops may do more than make your favorite beer taste great
October 23, 2015 The price we pay for sitting too much New research is helping medical experts devise formulas for how long a typical office worker should spend sitting and standing.
October 23, 2015 Blood Tests Tied to Anemia in Heart Attack Patients Drawing blood for medical tests could make sick patients even sicker, hints a new study that suggests taking blood for testing, over and over, may not be as innocent as doctors used to think
October 23, 2015 Gabrielle Giffords Spokesman Confirms She Is Speaking Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is speaking “more and more” according to a statement from her spokesman
October 23, 2015 CDC: Fewer smokers go to the dentist Smokers not only have more problems with their teeth than non-smokers, they also go to the dentist less often, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
October 23, 2015 Sheryl Crow's suspicions about brain tumor not supported by science There is no conclusive evidence that cellphones cause brain tumors
October 23, 2015 World's Deadliest Snake Suspected in Owner's Death A black mamba, widely considered the world's most poisonous snake, was suspected in the death of a woman who kept 75 snakes as pets at her suburban New York home
October 23, 2015 'Significant' number of donor kidneys discarded as medical waste, experts say Thousands of people die every year waiting for a kidney transplant - yet government data shows over each of the past five years, more than 2,600 kidneys recovered from deceased donors were discarded without being transplanted.
October 23, 2015 2 States Probe Use of 'Sexy' Models to Lure Marrow Donors Authorities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts are investigating a lab that used young models to recruit bone marrow donors, and then billed insurance companies more than $4,000 for tests that were supposed to cost about $100
