November 20, 2014 Alarms Over Radiation From Thyroid Cancer Patients Cancer patients sent home after treatment with radioactive iodine have contaminated hotel rooms and set off alarms on public transportation, a congressional investigation has found
November 20, 2014 Study Gives Hope of Curing Some Leukemia Patients Some leukemia patients may be effectively cured by taking modern cancer pills, giving a small minority of patients the option of discontinuing treatment
November 20, 2014 Gorging Study Shows Adults Can Grow New Fat Cells Researchers have overturned the common wisdom that adults cannot grow new fat cells
November 20, 2014 Chopstick Removed From Man’s Stomach 28 Years After He Swallowed It The man avoided going to the hospital for nearly three decades because he was afraid of needing an operation
November 20, 2014 California Hospital Fails to Inform Family of Death An Oakland hospital is investigating why it failed to inform the family of a 47-year-old man about his death. Jerald Constantine died of heart failure on Oct. 8 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, but family members say they only learned of his death 10 days later from the coroner's office.
November 20, 2014 Push for Better Ways to Share Electronic Health Records Think you entered the digital health age when your doctor switched from paper charts to computerized medical records? Think again: An e-chart stored in one doctor's computer too often can't be read by another's across town
November 20, 2014 Walking May Keep Brain From Shrinking in Old Age Walking at least six miles a week may be one thing people can do to keep their brains from shrinking and fight off dementia
November 20, 2014 Study Points to Possible Gene Therapy for Depression Researchers have identified a gene that can cause symptoms of major depression and said it may be possible to use gene therapy to counteract its effects
November 20, 2014 Study Identifies Potential Stroke Triggers Downing a few drinks or contracting an infection such as the flu seem to be connected to a short-term spike in the risk of stroke, a new research review finds
November 20, 2014 FDA May Limit Anemia Drug Use for Kidney Disease The Food and Drug Administration is considering new restrictions on widely used anemia drugs that appear to double the risk of stroke in patients with kidney disease
