The first outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply.
[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:46:29 GMT]
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It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together.  A popular New York blogger attended a brunch with fellow "frazzled moms." They took in tips from a style expert and listened to a nurse extol the virtues of Mirena, a birth control device sold by Bayer Healthcare.  The nurse was on Bayer's payroll.

[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:44:13 GMT]
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You can't avoid all environmental toxins, but you can make it easier for your body to cleanse them.

[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:12:10 GMT]
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So stressed out you feel like pulling out your hair?  Save a few strands for the doctor. It could end up saving your life.

[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:21:49 GMT]
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Show is A&E's most popular series among young viewers, something of a surprise given that it's about emotionally ill people living amid mounds of garbage.

[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:22:06 GMT]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An antidepressant drug delivered through a patch on the skin is no better than placebo for helping smokers kick the habit, new research shows.
[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:20:33 GMT]
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The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises.
[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:38:21 GMT]
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U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.

[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:37:51 GMT]
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A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.

[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:16:25 GMT]
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A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.
[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:22:37 GMT]
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Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of miles away ? unaware it was a death camp for cats.

[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:44:07 GMT]
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Researchers say new findings shouldn't affect patients taking bisphosphonates, but said the medicines should be watched closely. Other  studies have been divided over whether the risk is real.
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 23:02:41 GMT]
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These days, you may leave your dentist's office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to be done, with seemingly hard-to-resist repayment terms. If you need care and don't have insurance to cover it or cash in hand, it's tempting to sign up.
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:55:22 GMT]
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Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes.
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:34:57 GMT]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with kidney disease are more likely to be added to the waiting list for a kidney transplant if they've had a previous heart, lung or liver transplant, a new study suggests.
[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:13:22 GMT]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:33:14 GMT]
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