November 20, 2014 Studies Link Narcolepsy to Flu Vaccine The World Health Organization urged more investigation into possible links between GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix and other H1N1 flu vaccines and narcolepsy, a rare sleeping disorder
November 20, 2014 Medtronic Wins Approval for MRI-Safe Pacemaker Medtronic Inc said it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the first heart pacemaker that can safely be used during magnetic resonance imaging exams
November 20, 2014 Stigma Hampers Afghan Fight Against AIDS Shrouded in ignorance and taboo, HIV and AIDS have crept up almost unnoticed to join the long list of misfortunes visited on Afghanistan over the past several decades
November 20, 2014 Gene Tests Inadvertently Exposing Cases of Incest New gene-based tests that map out a person's entire genetic code can help explain why a child has birth defects or developmental delays, but they are also exposing some dark family secrets
November 20, 2014 More Veterans May Have Been Exposed to HIV After VA Hospital Error Medical record errors are being blamed for 12 Florida veterans not being notified that they may have been exposed to HIV after getting colonoscopies at the Miami VA hospital
November 20, 2014 VA Hospital Ordered to Clean Up Before Inspection Employees at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis have been ordered to clean up before the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals inspects the building Thursday
November 20, 2014 Man Dies After Ex Cuts Off His Genitalia A woman allegedly slipped sleeping tablets into her former partner's dinner and waited for him to fall asleep at her home in Sydney, Australia, before tying his hands and feet and cutting off his genitalia, The Daily Telegraph reported
November 20, 2014 Scientists: Gene Tests May Reveal Which Cancer Patients Need Surgery A new genetic pattern could identify which prostate cancer patients need to have surgery
November 20, 2014 Mother Dies While Waiting for Medical Treatment at Airport Jennifer Moore flew into Philidelphia International Airport for her son’s birthday party, but soon after departing the plane, collapsed in the bathroom inside the terminal
November 20, 2014 A Step Closer to Tests for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Lyme Disease Researchers who analyzed the spinal fluid of people with chronic fatigue syndrome and post-treatment Lyme disease were able to find proteins that were specific to each disorder — and different from proteins in the spinal fluid of healthy people
