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• New report puts Washington near bottom nationwide for vaccination rates

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 2:48am EDT

  Many parents in Washington and Idaho fail to have their children vaccinated against deadly diseases, according to a report issued this week.

• Edmonds pharmacy recalls prescriptions from last 90 days

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:52am EDT

  TOP Food & Drug pharmacy in Edmonds is recalling prescriptions filled in the last 90 days because they may contain expired drugs. A former pharmacist there is also being investigated for possible misuse of credit-card numbers.

• FDA to begin posting list of drugs under investigation

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:14am EDT

  The Food and Drug Administration will begin posting every three months a list of drugs whose safety is under investigation because of complaints...

• Sunscreens without BP-3

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 2:19pm EDT

  Q: I was alarmed to read in your article on sunscreens that benzophenone-3 (BP-3) could be a hormone disruptor. What sunscreen does not...

• FDA posts list of potential problem drugs

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients.

• FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.

• Gene domino effect behind brain, pancreatic tumors

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers. The result points to a new approach for fighting tumors and maybe even catching them sooner. Genes blamed for one person's brain tumor were different from the culprits for the next patient, making the puzzle of cancer genetics even more complicated.

• Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 11:55pm EDT

  A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms, doctors reported Wednesday.

• Heart defibrillator shock can signal more trouble

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  A lifesaving shock from an implanted heart defibrillator provides relief that a crisis was avoided, but new research suggests it can also be a sign that more trouble is ahead.

• Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge in measles cases fueled by children left unvaccinated.

• Smoking riskier to women's hearts than men's

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday.

• Doctors say Vytorin-cancer link can't be ruled out

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Results so far from three studies of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin are not enough to prove or rule out a possible link to a higher risk of cancer, so the drug should be used with caution until more is known, editors of a leading medical journal urged Tuesday.

• E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday.

• Modest brain test benefit seen with brisk walking

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Brisk walking led to slight improvements on mental tests for older people with memory problems in what is billed as the first rigorous test of exercise on the aging brain. The results from the small Australian study were only modest. But they back up observational studies showing potential mental benefits from physical activity.

• Pfizer resuming ads for Lipitor after controversy

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Television ads for the world's top-selling drug, cholesterol fighter Lipitor, are back, six months after Pfizer Inc. pulled them amid charges its use of a celebrity doctor endorser who's never practiced medicine misled the public.

• Teen suicides dip, experts worry rate remains high

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  The number of teen suicides has fallen slightly but the rate remains disturbingly high, researchers said, possibly fueled by drug warnings that have scared many from using antidepressants.

• Study: Abuse linked to rise in childhood asthma

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 1:16am EDT

  As an epidemic of asthma left more and more children wheezing during the past two decades, scientists blamed everything from obesity to...

• Bipolar-disorder study cites older fathers' role

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 1:15am EDT

  Children born to older fathers face a greater chance of developing bipolar disorder, according to one of the largest studies linking mental...

• Will smoking kill you? Depends

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 12:54am EDT

  A 55-year-old man who smokes is as likely to die in the next 10 years as a 65-year-old who has never smoked. Fewer than 1 woman in 1,000...

• Study links bipolar disorder with older fathers

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Children born to older fathers face a greater chance of developing bipolar disorder, according to one of the largest studies linking mental illness with advanced paternal age.

• Study: Bypass better than stents in long term

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have?

• Study: Bypass better than stents in long term

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have?

• Tips to avoid drug errors due to confusing names

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Tips to avoid medication errors, including mix-ups of drugs whose names look or sound alike:

• Watch out for drug names that look, sound alike

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Take the generic drug clonidine for high blood pressure? Double-check that you didn't leave the drugstore with Klonopin for seizures, or the gout medicine colchicine.

• What are you made of? The BOD POD knows all

  Posted: August 31st, 2008, 6:29pm EDT

  The BOD POD uses air displacement to measure your body composition and resting metabolism rate. It's accurate and easy — but there are only four in the Puget Sound region.

• Fish oil appears to help against heart failure

  Posted: August 31st, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Fish oil supplements may work slightly better than a popular cholesterol-reducing drug to help patients with chronic heart failure, according to new research released Sunday.

• Can asthma drug cause thin skin?

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 4:56pm EDT

  Q: I was prescribed Advair for asthma. It worked well for my breathing problem, but my skin became thin, and I started bruising badly. Then I experienced horrible...

• Cells change identity in promising breakthrough

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:45am EDT

  Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.

• CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be over

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system.

• Correction: Hot Dogs-Cancer story

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  In an Aug. 26 story about a new TV ad linking hot dogs with cancer, The Associated Press, relying on figures provided by a nutrition adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research, erroneously reported average risks for colon cancer and how eating hot dogs affects those risks. Karen Collins said she misstated the average adult's lifetime risk for getting colorectal cancer, which is about 5 percent, not 5.8 percent.