November 20, 2014 Going Under: Anesthesia Closer to Coma Than Sleep Instead of a deep sleep, general anesthesia is more like a reversible drug-induced coma, U.S. researchers said, in findings that could lead to better treatments for coma and better anesthesia
November 20, 2014 Virginia Tobacco Maker Seeks New FDA Designation Tobacco maker Star Scientific Inc. says it has developed a moist smokeless tobacco with lower levels of cancer-causing chemicals than any other tobacco product now on the market
November 20, 2014 Study: Be Wary of CPR Lessons on YouTube YouTube may be a great place to watch a dog play the accordion, but a new study suggests it's not the most reliable source for learning CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
November 20, 2014 FDA Issues Warning on Electric Beds The Food and Drug Administration issued Invacare Corp. a warning letter for failure to fully address reports of fires and entrapment involving beds made by the company
November 20, 2014 FDA Warns Against Fruta Planta Weight Loss Products The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has disclosed PRock Marketing LLC would recall all Fruta Planta weight loss products, after testing confirmed they contained sibutramine, a drug withdrawn from the market for safety reasons
November 20, 2014 2nd Person Denied Ariz. Transplant Coverage Dies A second person denied transplant coverage by Arizona under a state budget cut has died, with this death "most likely" resulting from the coverage reduction, a Tucson hospital said
November 20, 2014 Vaccine May Help Drug Addicts Kick the Habit Researchers may be on the verge of helping drug addicts kick the habit for good. In a study, published in the current online version of Molecular Therapy, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York have produced a safe vaccine that combines bits of the common cold virus with a particle that mimics cocaine
November 20, 2014 CDC: Seat belt use reaches 85 percent Nearly six in seven U.S. adults now wear seat belts, an increase in driver safety that health officials say has helped cut motor vehicle deaths and injuries
November 20, 2014 Hundreds at N.Y. Church Possibly Exposed to Hepatitis A Health officials say hundreds of people may have been exposed to hepatitis A while receiving communion on Christmas Day at a church on Long Island, N.Y.
November 20, 2014 AIDS Gel Prevents Infection in Monkeys An experimental gel protected female monkeys from the AIDS virus in a test designed to mimic human sexual transmission, researchers said on Wednesday
