Shows turn the doctors into influential stars, but their medical ratings may get second billing.Good doctors used to be identified by fairly standard measures: where they trained, whether they were board-certified and if they were in good standing with the state medical board.
Scientists reprogram human skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that would eliminate ethical concerns.Human skin cells can be reprogrammed to behave almost exactly like embryonic stem cells, a discovery that provides a road map for creating personalized biological repair kits without ethical strings attached, scientists reported today.
Better sampling shows that for years, data were inflated and reveals that the disease's growth has slowed for the first time.The United Nations on Monday radically lowered years of estimates of the number of people worldwide infected by the AIDS virus, revealing that the growth of the AIDS pandemic is waning for the first time since HIV was discovered 26 years ago.
A high school freshman who collapsed during a 3-mile cross-country race in September died from an inflammation of the heart, the Orange County coroner's office said Monday.
The plastic surgeon who operated on the mother of rap star Kanye West says she likely died of a heart attack, embolism or accidental overdose.The mother of rap star Kanye West, who died earlier this month after undergoing routine plastic surgery, likely succumbed to a heart attack, pulmonary embolism or accidental overdose of drugs prescribed to her for pain after the procedure, her surgeon said in an interview Monday.
Giuliani, McCain and Thompson are offering plans to help the uninsured -- but their aversion to regulations would mean that many of their fellow cancer survivors would be left out.When Rudolph W. Giuliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2000, one thing he did not have to worry about was a lack of medical insurance.
The cost of providing healthcare for workers rose again in 2007 to nearly $8,000 annually per employee, prompting more businesses to drop the benefit, according to an annual business survey released Monday.
The company alleges that its prostaglandin is being used in products that stimulate the growth of eyelashes.Allergan Inc., the maker of the glaucoma treatment Lumigan, sued seven companies it said were improperly selling related products as ways to grow eyelashes.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has told Tyson Foods Inc. to stop labeling chicken as "raised without antibiotics" after the agency said it made a mistake in approving that term.
