November 20, 2014 Authors Retract Study on Genetics of Old Age The authors of a high-profile study on genetic patterns tied to old age have retracted it after a piece of equipment used to analyze the genes was found to produce incorrect results, the journal Science said
November 20, 2014 WHO Says TB Blood Tests Faulty, Must Be Stopped The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Wednesday for an immediate halt to the use of blood tests to detect active tuberculosis, saying they were faulty and leave millions of people at risk
November 20, 2014 Nurse Arrested Over Suspicious Deaths at Hospital A female nurse was arrested on suspicion of murder Wednesday in connection with three deaths at a British hospital
November 20, 2014 Man Wakes Up After Spending 21 Hours in Morgue Fridge A South African health official says a man awoke to find himself in a morgue fridge — nearly a day after his family thought he had died
November 20, 2014 Calif. Man Attempts Surgery on Hernia With Butter Knife A man stuck a butter knife into his belly in a failed bid at self-surgery to remove a painful hernia
November 20, 2014 J&J Warns Doctors of Doxil Cancer-Drug Shortage Johnson & Johnson has cautioned doctors not to begin treatment with its Doxil cancer drug because of shortages of the medicine made by an outside manufacturer
November 20, 2014 Cryonics Pioneer Robert Ettinger Dies, Body Frozen Robert Ettinger, pioneer of the cryonics movement that advocates freezing the dead in the hope that medical technology will enable them to live again someday, has died at age 92. His body became the 106th to be stored in at the Cryonics Institute, which he founded in 1976
November 20, 2014 Canada to Crack Down on Cadmium in Kids' Jewelry The Canadian government said on Monday it plans to restrict the use of cadmium in children's jewelry, all but banning the toxic metal
November 20, 2014 Drogba Takes Malaria Fight to Native Africa After six years braving England's frigid winters, a tropical disease was the last thing Chelsea's injury-prone striker Didier Drogba thought would keep him on the sidelines of the Premier League
November 20, 2014 Abortion Pill Via Telemedicine Seen Safe, Effective Women prescribed the "abortion pill" after a video conference with a doctor appear to fare as well as those who have a face-to-face visit, a new study finds
