November 20, 2014 Quality of Care Getting Better at U.S. Hospitals, Report Says A report says treatment has improved substantially at U.S. hospitals for several ailments including heart attacks, pneumonia and children's asthma
November 20, 2014 Suicide Rates for Baby Boomers on the Rise Suicide rates for middle-aged people are edging up – particularly for white men without college degrees – and a combination of poor health and a poor economy may be driving it, according to U.S. researchers
November 20, 2014 Stem Cells Help Rebuild Woman's Shattered Leg A ground-breaking surgical technique has been used to rebuild the leg of a woman who suffered a bad break in a hit-and-run accident.
November 20, 2014 U.S. Broadens Investigation Into Egg Recall The criminal division of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Justice Department have joined the probe of the Iowa farm at the heart of the recent egg recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Wednesday.
November 20, 2014 Working While Sick? Study Finds Even Doctors Do It Junior doctors quickly learn that exposure to patients' germs is part of the job, but a study suggests many are returning the favor. More than half of doctors in training said in a survey that they'd shown up sick to work, and almost one-third said they'd done it more than once.
November 20, 2014 CDC Chief Picks 6 'Winnable Battles' in Health Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy?
November 20, 2014 FDA Approves New MS Drug Federal health regulators have approved the first pill to treat the underlying causes of multiple sclerosis, a debilitating nervous system disorder that has traditionally been treated with injectable drugs.
November 20, 2014 Maternal Deaths Fall 34 Percent, Still Above U.N. Target Deaths from complications during pregnancy and childbirth have fallen by a third in the past two decades but 1,000 women still die needlessly every day
November 20, 2014 Medical Journal Says Diet Pill Meridia Is 'Flawed' Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.
November 20, 2014 Man Dies After Drinking Pint of Vodka in 4 Seconds A 29-year-old man from the U.K. died after downing a pint of vodka in just four seconds. Richard Davies gulped down the alcohol in one sitting, despite friends trying to stop him and take the glass away
