Research Shows New Flu Viruses Often Arise In Domestic Animals
As flu-watchers like to say, you can always count on influenza virus to surprise.The latest revelation is that scientists have apparently been wrong about where new flu viruses come from. The dogma is...
View ArticleDeadly MERS Virus Circulates Among Arabian Camels
Scientists have gotten close to pinning down the origin of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, a dangerous respiratory disease that emerged in Saudi Arabia 17 months ago.It turns out the MERS virus has...
View ArticleEvidence On Marijuana's Health Effects Is Hazy At Best
Colorado opened its first pot stores in January, and adults in Washington state will be able to walk into a store and buy marijuana this summer. But this legalization of recreational marijuana is...
View ArticleCholesterol Guidelines Could Mean Statins For Half Of Adults Over 40
When sweeping new advice on preventing heart attacks and strokes came out last November, it wasn't clear how many more Americans should be taking daily statin pills to lower their risk.A new analysis...
View ArticleWHO Calls For High-Priced Drugs For Millions With Hepatitis C
Authors of the first-ever global guidelines for treating hepatitis C went big Tuesday, advocating for worldwide use of two of the most expensive specialty drugs in the world.The new guidelines from the...
View ArticleSilencing Many Hospital Alarms Leads To Better Health Care
Go into almost any hospital these days and you'll hear a constant stream of beeps and boops. To most people it sounds like medical Muzak.But to doctors and nurses, it's not just sonic wallpaper. Those...
View ArticleWorries About Bird Flu Curtail Chinese New Year Feasts
As China gets ready to usher in the Year of the Horse on Friday, millions of them will find it hard to buy chicken for traditional Lunar New Year feasts. That's a mark of the nation's growing anxiety...
View ArticlePopular Testosterone Therapy May Raise Risk Of Heart Attack
There's new evidence that widely prescribed testosterone drugs — touted for men with flagging libidos and general listlessness — might increase the risk of heart attacks.A study of more than 55,000 men...
View ArticleMaker Of $1,000 Hepatitis C Pill Looks To Cut Its Cost Overseas
An effective new medicine is developed as a cure for a major disease. The drug company prices the medicine at tens of thousands of dollars for a course of treatment.
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Assisted Suicide Case Against Pennsylvania Nurse
A Pennsylvania county judge has thrown out an assisted suicide case against a 58-year-old nurse named Barbara Mancini, who was accused of homicide last year for allegedly handing her 93-year-old father...
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