November 20, 2014 Cancer Drug Spending to Jump Through 2013, Report Says Spending on cancer drugs could rise at least 10 percent a year through 2013, fueled by use of effective—and expensive—new therapies used over longer periods, according to a report released on Wednesday
November 20, 2014 U.S. Study Finds Easier Way to Prevent Tuberculosis U.S. health officials say they have found a far simpler therapy for people at risk of developing tuberculosis, addressing a key barrier to preventing the spread of the disease
November 20, 2014 Rare Disorder Makes N.J. Woman Fall Asleep When She Laughs Laughing is no joke for Claire Scott—every time she gets the giggles she falls asleep
November 20, 2014 'Jeopardy!' Computer Delving Into Medicine A doctor who is helping to prepare IBM's Watson computer system for work as a medical tool says medical blog entries may be included in Watson's database
November 20, 2014 New Gout Drug Successful in Late-Stage Trials Novartis said Wednesday late-stage trials showed its gout treatment Ilaris, which has already been filed for approval in the U.S. and elsewhere, was effective in reducing patients' pain and limiting the risk of new attacks, potentially paving the way for the drug to become a blockbuster.
November 20, 2014 Zytiga Extends Lives of Prostate Cancer Patients, Study Says Zytiga, made by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) unit Centocor Ortho Biotech, gave men with advanced prostate cancer an average of four months of extra life, according to Phase III trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine
November 20, 2014 New Hepatitis C Drug Wins FDA Approval Vertex Pharmaceutical's hepatitis C drug, telprevir, received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval Monday not long after the agency cleared a competing medicine by Merck
November 20, 2014 'Polypill' Halves Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokes, Study Claims A daily, four-in-one "polypill" can cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes by more than half, according to an international study published Thursday
November 20, 2014 California Denies First Medical Parole California parole officials rejected a plea on Tuesday from a quadriplegic convict who had hoped to become the first state prison inmate released under a new law aimed at cutting the number of inmates and the cost of care in the nation's largest state prison system
November 20, 2014 Vatican Convenes AIDS Experts Amid Condom Flap The Vatican has invited AIDS experts from around the world to a two-day symposium on preventing HIV and caring for people with the virus, just months after the pope made international headlines with his comments about condoms and AIDS
