FDA adds boldest warning to most widely used painkillers
Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 16:51
Last update: about 9 years ago
Federal health regulators will add their strongest warning labels to the most widely prescribed painkillers, part of a multi-pronged government campaign to stem an epidemic of abuse and death tied to...
Disputed US health law rule would broaden transgender rights
Monday, 28 March 2016, 16:49
Last update: about 9 years ago
Big companies are pushing back against proposed federal rules they say would require their medical plans to cover gender transition and other services under the nondiscrimination mandate of...
Cleveland Clinic says first uterus transplant in US fails
Monday, 21 March 2016, 16:22
Last update: about 9 years ago
The nation's first uterus transplant has failed, the Cleveland Clinic announced Wednesday, saying doctors had removed the organ. A 26-year-old woman received the transplant on Feb. 24 and seemed...
Brandi Chastain pledges her brain for concussion study
Sunday, 20 March 2016, 16:40
Last update: about 9 years ago
Brandi Chastain, whose penalty kick gave the United States the 1999 Women's World Cup title, has pledged her brain for concussion research. The 47-year-old Chastain announced her donation to the...
New ways of fighting Zika needed after dengue problems
Saturday, 19 March 2016, 16:39
Last update: about 9 years ago
The World Health Organization says that traditional insecticide spraying has had no significant impact in slowing dengue, raising major questions about how officials might stop the spread of the Zika...
Travel OK to high-elevation cities in Zika countries
Friday, 18 March 2016, 16:38
Last update: about 9 years ago
The U.S. government revised its Zika travel warnings Friday, saying it's OK for pregnant women to travel to Mexico City and other places at high elevation in outbreak regions. The kind of...
1st evidence that Zika may cause temporary paralysis
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 16:38
Last update: about 9 years ago
Scientists may have the first evidence that Zika can cause temporary paralysis, according to a new study of patients who developed the rare condition during an outbreak of the virus in Tahiti two...
Study backs kidney transplant method for hardest-to-match
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 16:28
Last update: about 9 years ago
Nearly 1 in 3 patients who needs a kidney transplant is especially hard to match, and new research suggests a painstaking treatment to help those patients tolerate an incompatible organ is worth...