Mind and Body - Page 732

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

November 20, 2014

Corn Syrup Producers Want Sweeter Name: Corn Sugar

The Corn Refiners Association applied Tuesday to the federal government for permission to use the name on food labels

November 20, 2014

Government Pays $11M Settlement in Newborn Brain-Damage Case

The U.S. government is paying $11 million to the family of a newborn who was left brain damaged for life due to mistakes made during her delivery at Tripler Army Medical Center.

November 20, 2014

Can Home Cooking Be Hazardous to Your Health?

New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.

November 20, 2014

Americans Still Not Tolerant of the Mentally Ill

While more and more Americans regard mental illness as a disease rooted in the brain, that doesn't mean they are getting more tolerant of those who suffer from it

November 20, 2014

Study: 2 Popular Arthritis Supplements Don't Work

Two popular supplements used to treat joint pain don't work and health authorities should stop paying for them, a new study says.

November 20, 2014

J&J Consumer Drug Head Retiring Amid Recall Probe

Johnson & Johnson, is reeling from an unprecedented spate of recalls that includes more than 135 million bottles of infants' and children's Tylenol and other nonprescription medicines

November 20, 2014

Gene Predicts How Fast Alzheimer's Progresses

A recent finding may help in the search for drugs to keep the disease at bay

November 20, 2014

FDA Staff Says Arena Diet Pill Linked to Cancer

The medicine, lorcaserin, was linked to "a number of malignant tumor types" in studies of rats