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• National Briefing | New England: New Hampshire: Ruling on Prescriptions

  Posted: November 19th, 2008, 2:29am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal appeals court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s first-in-the-nation law that restricts drug company access to some information about doctors’ prescription-writing habits.
  
  

• H.P.V. Vaccine May Prevent Genital Warts in Males

  Posted: November 14th, 2008, 2:25am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer in women can prevent genital warts in men, according to a study released Thursday by the vaccine’s maker.
  
  

• Good Survival Rates Found in Heart Surgery for Aged

  Posted: November 11th, 2008, 2:41am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Not every older person can undergo open-heart surgery, but the results seen in two new studies show that doctors have become good at figuring out who can.
  
  

• F.D.A. Warns Bayer on Marketing of 2 Aspirins

  Posted: October 29th, 2008, 2:42am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Aspirin medicines from Bayer intended to promote healthy hearts are being illegally marketed with unproven health claims, federal regulators said.
  
  

• Atlantic City Suspends Casino Smoking Ban

  Posted: October 28th, 2008, 1:07am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Smoking will be permitted again in the city’s 11 casinos for at least the next year, as the City Council voted to overturn a temporary smoking ban.
  
  

• Rise Seen in Food Allergies in Children

  Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 11:20pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Food allergies now affect about 3 million American children, according to the first federal study of the problem.
  
  

• Panel Calls for Vaccine for Adult Smokers

  Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 5:06pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Adult smokers should be vaccinated against infections caused by common respiratory bacteria, according to a scientific committee at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
  

• Doubling of Vitamin D for Children Is Urged

  Posted: October 13th, 2008, 1:32am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  To meet the new recommendation of 400 units daily, millions of children will need to take vitamin D supplements each day.
  
  

• Oklahoma Is Sued Over Required Ultrasounds for Abortions

  Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:48am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  An advocacy group is suing over an Oklahoma law that prohibits a woman from having an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound and the doctor describes to her what the fetus looks like.
  
  

• National Briefing | Midwest: Ohio: Obesity Fails to Stay an Execution

  Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:05am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal appeals court and the Ohio Supreme Court have rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too obese to die by lethal injection.
  
  

• Cancer Vaccine Used by 25% of Girls 13 to 17

  Posted: October 10th, 2008, 1:59am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The figures represent the government’s first substantial study of vaccination rates for Gardasil, a vaccine against a virus responsible for about 70 percent of cervical cancers.
  
  

• One in Four Teen Girls Received HPV Vaccination, Federal Officials Say

  Posted: October 9th, 2008, 3:58pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Immunization could lower rates of cervical cancer, according to experts, but many parents remain skeptical.
  
  

• Pfizer Plans Shift in Research Focus

  Posted: October 1st, 2008, 4:12am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The pharmaceutical company said that it was shifting its research focus to diseases that have high potential for treatment improvements, like cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
  
  

• Colon X-Ray Seen as Effective at Spotting Cancer

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 11:01am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect.
  
  

• National Briefing | Science and Health: X-Ray Spots Colon Cancer, Report Says

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 12:09am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal study of an X-ray alternative to colonoscopies confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers.
  
  

• Imports From Indian Drug Maker Halted

  Posted: September 17th, 2008, 4:10am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The government blocked the importation of more than 30 generic drugs made by India’s biggest pharmaceutical company, citing poor quality in two of its factories.
  
  

• Agency Affirms Plastics’ Safety, as Study Raises Questions

  Posted: September 16th, 2008, 7:39pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Federal regulators defended their assessment that bisphenol A is safe even as a preliminary study reported increased health risks.
  
  

• Arthritis Drugs Linked to Risks From Infection

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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

• Researchers See Promise in New Test for Tumors

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 2:18am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A radioactive tracer that “lights up” cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms.
  
  

• Questions About Safety of Plastic in Baby Bottles Remain

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 6:47pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Government toxicologists have reiterated safety concerns about bisphenol A, just weeks after the Food and Drug Administration declared the substance safe.
  
  

• Teen Suicides Dip, but Rate Remains High

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 10:38am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The rate of teen suicide remains disturbingly high, researchers said, possibly fueled by drug warnings that have scared many from using antidepressants.
  
  

• Drug to Help Blood Clot Is Approved

  Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 2:49am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Food and Drug Administration approved Nplate for patients with a disorder that causes the body to attack its own platelets, tiny components of blood that help with clotting.
  
  

• Company Ordered to Give Test Drug to Teenager

  Posted: August 20th, 2008, 12:31pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal judge has ordered a research company to supply an experimental drug to a 16-year-old Minnesota boy who is terminally ill with muscular dystrophy.
  
  

• Clinical Trial Touches Off Drug Access Fight

  Posted: August 20th, 2008, 2:01am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A family says a drug company led them to believe that their 16-year-old son could participate in a clinical trial for an experimental muscular dystrophy drug, but then went back on its word.
  
  

• Stronger Label Sought for Diabetes Drug Byetta

  Posted: August 18th, 2008, 11:46pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug, Byetta, after deaths continue to be reported despite earlier government warnings.
  
  

• Chemical Used in Plastic Bottles Is Safe, F.D.A. Says

  Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:10am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Despite safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles and canned food is not dangerous, according to the F.D.A.
  
  

• National Briefing | Science and Health: Transplant Study Revives Questions Over When to Declare Donors Dead

  Posted: August 14th, 2008, 3:26am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Three heart transplants involving babies have provoked an ethical debate over the circumstances under which organs should be removed.
  
  

• Two Widely Used Infertility Treatments Fail in Study

  Posted: August 8th, 2008, 10:42am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  For couples with unexplained infertility, artificial insemination and a drug stimulating ovulation are no better than simple counseling, scientists said.
  
  

• Companies Stand by MS Drug After Illnesses

  Posted: August 1st, 2008, 3:43pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corporation defended Tysabri on Friday, saying the treatment is still worth the risk to patients.
  
  

• Drug Makers Report Cases of Brain Disease

  Posted: August 1st, 2008, 1:34pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Shares of Biogen Idec and Elan Corporation plunged in after-hours trading after the companies reported two cases of a rare brain disease in patients treated with their multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri.
  
  

• National Briefing | West: California: Girl’s Death Prompts Fine

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:50am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A company that hired a pregnant teenager who died of heat stroke this spring after laboring in a Central Valley vineyard received the highest fine ever issued to a California farming operation.
  
  

• Profits Up, Drug Makers Pledge to Cut More Jobs

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  On a day when the major stock indexes were down significantly, the drug makers’ shares got little traction despite their fairly strong reports.
  
  

• UnitedHealth Beats Wall St. Expectations

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 11:45pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The UnitedHealth Group beat Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, and its shares rose despite a sharp drop in second-quarter profit.
  
  

• Dr. Michael DeBakey Is Dead at 99

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 4:20am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Dr. DeBakey, a world-famous cardiovascular surgeon, pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented devices to help heart patients.
  
  

• Group Apologizes for Its Racial Bias

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 12:36am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The American Medical Association formally apologized on Thursday for more than a century of policies that excluded blacks from the group, long considered to be the voice of American doctors.
  
  

• German Health Care Company Buying Intravenous Drug Firm

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 1:38am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The German health care company Fresenius said it had agreed to buy the American generic drug maker APP Pharmaceuticals for $3.7 billion.
  
  

• F.D.A. Panel Urges More Testing for Diabetes Drugs

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 2:19am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Diabetes drugs would be subject to more stringent safety standards under recommendations made Wednesday by a government panel.
  
  

• Salmonella Probe Adds Foods Served With Tomatoes

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 2:55pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation’s record salmonella outbreak.
  
  

• Advisory Panel Approves 2 New Combination Vaccines

  Posted: June 27th, 2008, 10:36am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal advisory panel has endorsed two new vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations.
  
  

• National Briefing | Science and Health: Clues in Salmonella Outbreak

  Posted: June 21st, 2008, 12:28am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico as new clues emerged to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people.
  
  

• New Treatment Saves Man With Deadly Skin Cancer

  Posted: June 19th, 2008, 11:23am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  An experimental treatment that boosted a 52-year-old patient’s immune system to fight advanced skin cancer was successful, his doctors report.
  
  

• National Briefing | Science and Health: Antipsychotics and the Elderly

  Posted: June 17th, 2008, 2:41am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors that prescribing a group of antipsychotic drugs to older people suffering from dementia could increase their risk of death.
  
  

• Bernanke Says Rising Health Care Costs a Strain

  Posted: June 17th, 2008, 12:44am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Bolstering the performance of the health care system is one of the biggest challenges facing the country, the Federal Reserve chairman said Monday.
  
  

• Bernanke: Rising Health Costs a Strain

  Posted: June 16th, 2008, 2:47pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Bolstering the performance of the health care system is one of the biggest challenges facing the country, the Federal Reserve chairman said Monday.
  
  

• U.S. Life Expectancy Reaches Record

  Posted: June 12th, 2008, 2:43am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The average American is living past age 78, though life spans are still shorter than in other developed countries, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
  

• U.S. Life Expectancy Reaches New Record

  Posted: June 11th, 2008, 12:49pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The average American is living past age 78, though lifespans are still shorter than in other developed countries, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control.
  
  

• Tomatoes Pulled From Stores Amid Salmonella Scare

  Posted: June 10th, 2008, 12:53pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Raw tomatoes have sickened people in 17 states and federal officials are seeking the source of contamination.
  
  

• Contaminated Tomatoes Suspected in Salmonella Outbreak

  Posted: June 4th, 2008, 12:04pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Raw tomatoes may have sickened scores of people in nine states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.
  
  

• National Briefing | South: Florida: Phys Ed Is Mandated

  Posted: June 3rd, 2008, 1:12am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill requiring the state’s elementary schools to provide 30 minutes of continuous exercise daily for their students.
  
  

• Diagnosed Earlier, Alzheimer’s Patients Demand Better Support

  Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 3:56pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Patients in the earliest stages of the disease are lobbying for more research and increased resources.
  
  

• Lorenzo Odone, 30, Subject of Film About His Disease, Is Dead

  Posted: May 31st, 2008, 3:15am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The movie “Lorenzo’s Oil” told the story of Mr. Odone’s parents’ battle to save him from a nerve disease.
  
  

• Pentagon Totals Rise for Stress Disorder

  Posted: May 28th, 2008, 1:42am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Nearly 40,000 military personnel have been given diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder since 2003, Pentagon records show.
  
  

• Common Virus Blamed for 5 Infant Deaths, CDC Says

  Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 4:01pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Coxsackievirus caused two deaths in California and one each in Illinois, Colorado and New Mexico, health officials said.
  
  

• Merck Agrees to Settlement Over Vioxx Ads

  Posted: May 21st, 2008, 1:14am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The drug maker has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement concerning advertising for the now-withdrawn painkiller.
  
  

• Vitamin D May Help Curb Breast Cancer, Study Finds

  Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:35pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found.
  
  

• Blood Loss Drug Again Found to Increase Death Rates in Surgery Patients

  Posted: May 16th, 2008, 2:08am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Experts say the anti-bleeding drug, now off the market, likely will never return.
  
  

• Older Americans Urged to Get Shingles Shots

  Posted: May 16th, 2008, 2:06am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The one-time vaccination can prevent painful rashes, scarring and nerve damage, said federal officials.
  
  

• Exercise May Protect Girls From Future Breast Cancer

  Posted: May 14th, 2008, 12:47pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  New research shows exercise during the teen years — starting as young as age 12 — can help protect girls from breast cancer when they’re grown.
  
  

• Americans Taking Prescription Drugs in Greater Numbers

  Posted: May 14th, 2008, 12:06pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  For the first time, more than half of insured adults regularly rely on prescription drugs, according to new data.
  
  

• Disclosing Drug Makers Payments to Doctors Gets Boost

  Posted: May 14th, 2008, 11:49am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Eli Lilly and Co. broke ranks with the industry and endorsed a bill that would require prescription drug makers to disclose payments to doctors.
  
  

• National Briefing | Health: Study Says Research Shows Exercise in Youth Can Help Protect Girls From Breast Cancer

  Posted: May 14th, 2008, 1:23am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  New research shows exercise in the teenage years, starting as young as age 12, can help protect girls from breast cancer when they are grown.
  
  

• Scores of Hepatitis Cases Traced to Las Vegas Clinic

  Posted: May 10th, 2008, 4:32am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  More than 80 patients may have contracted hepatitis C from two outpatient facilities, officials said.
  
  

• Group Urges F.D.A. to Take Contraceptive Off Market

  Posted: May 9th, 2008, 1:39am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, petitioned the government to pull the birth control patch off the market, calling it far riskier than the pill.
  
  

• Group Asks Government to End Use of Birth Control Patch

  Posted: May 8th, 2008, 1:12pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A consumer advocacy group petitioned the government Thursday to pull the birth-control patch off the market, calling it far riskier than the pill.
  
  

• Irregular Sleep Tied to Obesity, Other Health Problems

  Posted: May 7th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Getting too little sleep, or too much, is linked to poor health in a new federal study.
  
  

• Wal-Mart Expands Program Providing Drug Discounts

  Posted: May 5th, 2008, 11:50pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Wal-Mart announced it would expand its discounted prescription drug program to offer 90-day supplies for $10 and add several women’s medications at a discount.
  
  

• Firings at Mental Hospitals Over Abuse

  Posted: May 4th, 2008, 11:10pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  More than 70 employees at state mental hospitals in Texas have been fired since 2005 over accusations of brutal beatings and other physical abuse, according to a newspaper report on Sunday.

• Business Briefing | Deals: Bristol-Myers Sells a Unit for $4.1. Billion

  Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 12:30am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The drug developer Bristol-Myers Squibb said it would sell ConvaTec, its wound therapy and surgical care unit, for $4.1 billion to two private equity firms.

• F.D.A. Warns Merck About Plant

  Posted: April 30th, 2008, 11:50pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Inspectors said the West Point, Pa., plant, which recalled two vaccines in December over sterility problems, had determined that manufacturing rules were not being followed.

• Merck Cholesterol Drug Rejected by F.D.A.

  Posted: April 29th, 2008, 12:52am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  An experimental cholesterol drug being developed by Merck & Company was rejected by the Food and Drug Administration, the company said on Monday.

• F.D.A. Takes Closer Look at Lasik Complaints

  Posted: April 26th, 2008, 7:32am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The F.D.A. is taking a new look at whether warnings about the risks of Lasik surgery are appropriate.

• F.D.A. Takes Closer Look at Lasik Complaints

  Posted: April 26th, 2008, 7:32am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The F.D.A. is taking a new look at whether warnings about the risks of Lasik surgery are appropriate.

• Senate Passes Genetic Discrimination Bill

  Posted: April 25th, 2008, 1:05am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The 95-0 Senate vote sends the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act back to the House, which could approve it early next week.

• House Panel Criticizes F.D.A. Role in Drug Cases

  Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 2:42pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Food and Drug Administration was criticized for not doing more checks of foreign drug manufacturers in the wake of problems with the blood thinner heparin and other products.

• House Panel Criticizes F.D.A. Role in Drug Cases

  Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 2:42pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Food and Drug Administration was criticized for not doing more checks of foreign drug manufacturers in the wake of problems with the blood thinner heparin and other products.

• House Panel Criticizes F.D.A. Role in Drug Cases

  Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 2:42pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Food and Drug Administration was criticized for not doing more checks of foreign drug manufacturers in the wake of problems with the blood thinner heparin and other products.

• Panel Finds Link Between Smog and Premature Death

  Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 12:41am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Mortality due to air pollution should be taken into account when measuring the benefits of proposed clean-air legislation, according to a new report.

• House Panel Criticizes F.D.A. Role in Drug Cases

  Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 12:20am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Food and Drug Administration was criticized for not doing more checks of foreign drug manufacturers in the wake of important problems with the blood thinner heparin and other products.

• Federal Judge Upholds NYC’s Calorie Posting Law

  Posted: April 17th, 2008, 12:16am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  New York City health officials won a victory Wednesday when a federal judge upheld a regulation requiring some chain restaurants to post calories on menus.

• Federal Judge Upholds NYC’s Calorie Posting Law

  Posted: April 16th, 2008, 6:30pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  New York City health officials won a victory Wednesday when a federal judge upheld a regulation requiring some chain restaurants to post calories on menus.

• AstraZeneca in Pact With Rival to Delay a Generic Drug

  Posted: April 15th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Shares in the drugmaker soared on news that it reached a deal with an Indian company, delaying the release of a generic competitor to its heartburn drug Nexium.

• AstraZeneca in Pact With Rival to Delay a Generic Drug

  Posted: April 15th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Shares in the drugmaker soared on news that it reached a deal with an Indian company, delaying the release of a generic competitor to its heartburn drug Nexium.

• AstraZeneca in Pact With Rival to Delay a Generic Drug

  Posted: April 15th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Shares in the drugmaker soared on news that it reached a deal with an Indian company, delaying the release of a generic competitor to its heartburn drug Nexium.

• AstraZeneca in Pact With Rival to Delay a Generic Drug

  Posted: April 15th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Shares in the drugmaker soared on news that it reached a deal with an Indian company, delaying the release of a generic competitor to its heartburn drug Nexium.

• Medical Care System Not Ready for Aging Baby Boomers, Study Says

  Posted: April 14th, 2008, 5:04pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Millions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even discourage them from getting quality care.

• Vaccine Safety Panel to Include the Public in Setting Priorities

  Posted: April 13th, 2008, 2:20am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Amid new controversy about vaccines and autism, the government will give vaccine critics a say in shaping how the nation researches immunization safety questions.

• Vaccine Safety Panel to Include the Public in Setting Priorities

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 5:27pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Amid new controversy about vaccines and autism, the government will give vaccine critics a say in shaping how the nation researches immunization safety questions.

• Congressmen Question Notes From Expert Panel’s Meeting on Drug

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug.

• Congressmen Question Notes From Expert Panel’s Meeting on Drug

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug.

• Congressmen Question Notes From Expert Panel’s Meeting on Drug

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug.

• Congressmen Question Notes From Expert Panel’s Meeting on Drug

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug.

• Congressmen Question Notes From Expert Panel’s Meeting on Drug

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug.

• Congressmen Question Notes From Expert Panel’s Meeting on Drug

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug.

• Congressmen Question Notes From Expert Panel’s Meeting on Drug

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug.

• Congressmen Question Notes From Expert Panel’s Meeting on Drug

  Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug.

• National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Six Kidney Transplants Performed at Once in Maryland

  Posted: April 9th, 2008, 12:55pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Surgeons at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore transplanted a half-dozen kidneys simultaneously, an operation believed to be the first of its kind, hospital officials announced.

• New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Paid Leave for Workers

  Posted: April 8th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The State Senate voted 21 to 15 to approve a bill that would offer such employees up to six weeks’ paid leave.

• New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Paid Leave for Workers

  Posted: April 8th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The State Senate voted 21 to 15 to approve a bill that would offer such employees up to six weeks’ paid leave.

• New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Paid Leave for Workers

  Posted: April 8th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The State Senate voted 21 to 15 to approve a bill that would offer such employees up to six weeks’ paid leave.

• Children Harmed by Drug Errors in Hospitals

  Posted: April 7th, 2008, 4:32pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Mix-ups, overdoses and adverse reactions are far more common among hospitalized children than has been reported, according to a new study.

• Studies Find Genetic Link to Smoking

  Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 12:58am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to become hooked on tobacco.

• Studies Find Genetic Link to Smoking

  Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 12:58am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to become hooked on tobacco.

• Studies Find Genetic Link to Smoking

  Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 12:58am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to become hooked on tobacco.

• Studies Find Genetic Link to Smoking

  Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 12:58am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to become hooked on tobacco.

• City Postpones Calorie-Posting Rule

  Posted: March 29th, 2008, 1:49am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Chain restaurants in New York City will have until April 15 to post nutritional information for consumers.

• F.D.A. Reviewing H.I.V. Drugs for Heart Risk

  Posted: March 28th, 2008, 2:09am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Food and Drug Administration said that recent data show patients taking H.I.V. drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb may have increased risk of heart attack.

• U.S. to Study Drug for Suicide Links

  Posted: March 28th, 2008, 12:58am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it was investigating a possible link between Merck’s best-selling drug Singulair and suicide.

• F.D.A. to Seek More Safety Data on Stents

  Posted: March 27th, 2008, 3:46am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  New federal guidelines recommend that manufacturers track patients receiving stents for up to five years.

• F.D.A. to Seek More Safety Data on Stents

  Posted: March 26th, 2008, 6:50pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  New federal guidelines recommend that manufacturers track patients receiving stents for up to five years.

• 5 Guilty of Fraud in Health Care Finance

  Posted: March 14th, 2008, 1:43am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal jury convicted five former executives of a health care finance company on Thursday in a $1.9 billion scheme to defraud investors.

• 5 Guilty of Fraud in Health Care Finance

  Posted: March 14th, 2008, 1:43am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal jury convicted five former executives of a health care finance company on Thursday in a $1.9 billion scheme to defraud investors.

• 5 Guilty of Fraud in Health Care Finance

  Posted: March 14th, 2008, 1:43am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal jury convicted five former executives of a health care finance company on Thursday in a $1.9 billion scheme to defraud investors.

• 5 Guilty of Fraud in Health Care Finance

  Posted: March 14th, 2008, 1:43am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal jury convicted five former executives of a health care finance company on Thursday in a $1.9 billion scheme to defraud investors.

• 5 Guilty of Fraud in Health Care Finance

  Posted: March 14th, 2008, 1:43am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  A federal jury convicted five former executives of a health care finance company on Thursday in a $1.9 billion scheme to defraud investors.

• F.D.A. Expands Warnings on Anemia Drugs

  Posted: March 8th, 2008, 7:11am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Three anemia drugs increase cancer risks to patients, federal regulators said.

• F.D.A. Expands Warnings on Anemia Drugs

  Posted: March 8th, 2008, 7:11am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Three anemia drugs increase cancer risks to patients, federal regulators said.

• F.D.A. Expands Warnings on Anemia Drugs

  Posted: March 7th, 2008, 11:10pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Three anemia drugs increase cancer risks to patients, federal regulators said.

• Unsafe Procedures Found at Additional Outpatient Clinics in Las Vegas, Investigators Say

  Posted: March 7th, 2008, 12:28pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  After unsafe procedures spread hepatitis C at a Las Vegas clinic, inspections uncovered violations at 13 other facilities, health officials testified.

• New York Subpoenas Several Health Insurers

  Posted: March 7th, 2008, 12:36am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The subpoenas were given in a broadening investigation of a practice that was said to be unfairly costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

• New York Subpoenas Several Health Insurers

  Posted: March 7th, 2008, 12:36am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The subpoenas were given in a broadening investigation of a practice that was said to be unfairly costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

• New York Subpoenas Several Health Insurers

  Posted: March 6th, 2008, 11:45pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The subpoenas were given in a broadening investigation of a practice that was said to be unfairly costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

• New York Subpoenas Several Health Insurers

  Posted: March 6th, 2008, 11:36pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The subpoenas were given in a broadening investigation of a practice that was said to be unfairly costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

• New York Subpoenas Several Health Insurers

  Posted: March 6th, 2008, 11:36pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The subpoenas were given in a broadening investigation of a practice that was said to be unfairly costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

• New York Subpoenas Several Health Insurers

  Posted: March 6th, 2008, 11:36pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The subpoenas were given in a broadening investigation of a practice that was said to be unfairly costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

• New York Subpoenas Several Health Insurers

  Posted: March 6th, 2008, 11:36pm EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The subpoenas were given in a broadening investigation of a practice that was said to be unfairly costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

• World Briefing | Asia: Turkmenistan: Looking for a Baby-Boom

  Posted: March 6th, 2008, 12:47am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  The government hopes to start a baby boom by rewarding women who give birth to eight or more children a one-time bonus of $25 as well as free utilities.