November 20, 2014 Targeted Cancer Drugs Offer New Therapy Options In the future fight against cancer, doctors are looking beyond afflicted organs—whether lung, brain or stomach—and finding new answers by disrupting the genetic mechanisms of specific tumor cells
November 20, 2014 FDA Recommends Limits on Highest Dose of Zocor U.S. health regulators recommended limiting the use of the highest dose of Merck & Co's cholesterol drug Zocor, citing an increased risk of muscle damage
November 20, 2014 Drugs for Rare Cancers Approved After 'Low-Quality' Tests Drugs for rare cancers are allowed to hit the U.S. market based on low-quality clinical tests that raise concerns about both safety and efficacy
November 20, 2014 CDC Study: Gay, Bisexual Teens Do Riskier Things A government study says gay and bisexual high school students are more likely than their heterosexual classmates to smoke, use alcohol or do other risky thing
November 20, 2014 WHO: 15 Percent of World's Population Is Disabled A new report prepared by the World Health Organization and the World Bank states that approximately 15 percent of the world’s population – about 785 million people – suffers from some type of substantial physical or mental disability
November 20, 2014 E. Coli Outbreak Prompting Experimental Treatments Faced with an unprecedented E. coli outbreak, a team of German doctors is trying something equally new: an antibiotic therapy that some fear could do more harm than good
November 20, 2014 H1N1 Starting to Show Resistance to Drugs A novel variant of swine flu has emerged in Asia with a genetic adaptation giving some resistance to Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza, the two mainstay drugs used to tackle the disease
November 20, 2014 France Recalls Hamburgers After E. Coli Scare French health authorities ordered a recall of hamburger patties sold by a German supermarket chain after seven children were infected by the E. coli bacteria, though officials ruled out Thursday any link between the infections and a deadly outbreak of the virus in neighboring Germany
November 20, 2014 Study: Cancer Drugs Approved in U.S. Before Europe New cancer medicines typically reach the U.S. market several months before they go on sale in Europe, according to a study published amid a debate about access to new drugs
November 20, 2014 Malpractice Claims Common Outside of the Hospital Medical errors don't just happen at the hospital, according to a new study that highlights safety problems in the doctor's office as well
