1st US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval   
Monday, August 18, 2008
Federal regulators on Friday cleared the first treatment approved in the United States for Huntington's, a rare inherited disease that causes uncontrolled movements, deterioration of mental abilities and, ultimately, death.

University opening new integrative medicine center   
Monday, August 18, 2008
Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management of its new Center for Life.

Missouri investigating brain tumors   
Friday, August 15, 2008
The high local incidence has officials concerned.

Medical society apologizes for past racism   
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Black doctor denied membership.

Tattooing a child risks infection   
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
And it's criminal.

Combat vets face threat from alcohol   
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Study should not be a surprise.

Looking good doesn't mean healthy   
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Swimsuit good isn't necessarily healthy good.

Missouri court to take on stem cell case   
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
21 million in research money is at stake.

Illinois suffers rabies outbreak   
Monday, August 11, 2008
The outbreak centers around bats.

Columbia loses out on bio-lab   
Monday, August 11, 2008
Columbia scores better than the finalists.

Surprises in first adoption survey to include men   
Friday, August 08, 2008
The first federal survey of both men and women on adoption challenges some stereotypes and offers some surprising findings.

Scientists create stem cells for 10 disorders   
Friday, August 08, 2008
Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.

Fewer psychiatrists doing talk therapy   
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition.

Immigrants kids even less active than U.S.-born   
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Many immigrant children get even less vigorous exercise than their U.S.-born counterparts, the largest study of its kind suggests.

Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour, CDC says   
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.

Prostate test advice for elderly won't stop debate   
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
New advice that men over 75 should not be screened for prostate cancer won't quell the long-standing controversy over the usefulness of the blood test for the disease, cancer experts said Tuesday.

MDs urged to quit prostate screens in elderly men   
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of men over 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, a federal task force advised Monday in a new blow to a much scrutinized medical test.

Lens implant offers chance at beating lazy eye   
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin - a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye.

Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars   
Monday, August 04, 2008
The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say.

Study: Restaurant kids' meals loaded with calories   
Monday, August 04, 2008
Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group.