November 20, 2014 HIV rate down in needle-drug users There's some good news from the AIDS front: Fewer needle drug users are testing positive for HIV. U.S. health officials say the rate has dropped by half since the 1990s.
November 20, 2014 Levels of cancer among 9/11 workers higher than thought The number of cancer-stricken New York Police Department (NYPD) employees who worked at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terror attacks is eight percent higher than originally thought
November 20, 2014 Death magnifies Pradaxa hemorrhage concerns The death of an elderly man from a massive brain hemorrhage after a routine fall suggests that bleeding complications from Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa blood clot preventer are largely irreversible
November 20, 2014 Drug distributor is tied to imports of fake Avastin Authorities investigating the importation of low-cost foreign pharmaceuticals into the U.S. have identified a supply chain that may have allowed fake cancer drugs to reach U.S. clinics, according to investigators and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal
November 20, 2014 Group asks FDA to treat superbugs like rare diseases (Removes reference in 4th paragraph to malaria, which is caused by a drug-resistant parasite, not bacteria) A research group is proposing a new tool in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria: turn infections into a rare disease.
November 20, 2014 CDC: 'Superbug' transmitted outside hospitals Many patients infected by the deadly superbug Clostridium difficile, long thought to be contracted mainly during hospital stays, are already exposed when they are admitted to the hospital
November 20, 2014 FDA approves Discovery Lab's lung drug, shares soar Discovery Laboratories Inc said U.S. health regulators have approved its drug to prevent a breathing disorder in premature infants, sending its shares up 35 percent in extended trade
November 20, 2014 Merck: FDA won't OK its combo cholesterol drug now Federal regulators have rejected Merck & Co.'s new combination cholesterol drug, which includes a generic version of the mega-blockbuster Lipitor - at least for now
November 20, 2014 Common eating disorder misconceptions The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness estimates that eating disorders affect approximately 25 million Americans, but do you how much do you actually know about the condition?
November 20, 2014 Rare muscle disorder sidelines players on Ohio State women's lacrosse team Six members of Ohio State women's lacrosse team have been sidelined by the same rare muscle disorder that struck 13 Iowa football players little more than a year ago
