eFluxMediaUS Approves New HIV Drug; Could Help When Other Drugs Do NotVoice of America -2 hours agoBy VOA News The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that could help HIV patients who are not being helped by other HIV-fighting medications.J&J unit's HIV drug gets FDA approvalMarketWatchUS FDA clears new Johnson & Johnson HIV drugReuterseFluxMedia - FDA.gov - The Associated Press - AZ Central.comall 116 news articles

  Health NewstrackA New ‘Gay Disease’?Newsweek -6 hours agoA drug-resistant strain of staph is infecting some gay men, but experts say a lot of the media coverage got it wrong. By Karen Springen | Newsweek Web Exclusive Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.After Linking New Strain of Staph to Gay Men, University Scrambles ...New York TimesStaph infections: The right callSalonOut &About - Bay Area Reporter - Gay People Chronicle - Canada.comall 28 news articles

  EarthtimesAbortions Hit Lowest Number Since 1976Washington Post -Jan 16, 2008By Rob Stein The number of abortions performed in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005 -- the lowest level since 1976, according to a new report.Report: Overall abortion rates continue to dropUSA TodayWhy Abortions Are Down in AmericaABC NewsReuters - NPR - Salon - U.S. News &World Reportall 550 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesJustices to Hear Cigarette, Drug CasesWashington Post -22 hours agoBy Robert Barnes The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to decide whether tobacco companies can be sued in state courts for deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes and if drugmakers should be protected from some patient lawsuits.Supreme Court Grants Appeal By Philip Morris in Lights CaseWall Street JournalSupreme Court to consider shield for drug, cigarette firmsLos Angeles TimesMSNBC - Boston Globe - Bloomberg - New York Timesall 290 news articles

  The Money TimesCanned beans recalled on botulism risk: FDAReuters -Jan 18, 2008WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Era Canning Co is expanding a recall of canned green beans and garbanzo beans because of potential botulism contamination, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.Health Highlights: Jan. 19, 2008U.S. News &World ReportFDA weighs over-counter cholesterol drugBusinessWeekChicago Tribune - MedPage Today - Guardian Unlimited - United Press Internationalall 103 news articles

  Calgary Herald$300 to Learn Risk of Prostate CancerNew York Times -Jan 17, 2008By GINA KOLATA A combination of common and minor variations in five regions of DNA can help predict a man’s risk of getting prostate cancer, researchers reported Wednesday.Gene combo may hike prostate cancer riskUSA TodayGenes Increase Prostate Cancer RiskTIMEWashington Post - Reuters - Bloombergall 138 news articles

  dBTechnoFrom Hospital Into Rehab, Six Weeks After 47-Story FallNew York Times -14 hours agoBy JAMES BARRON Continuing a recovery that has left medical professionals searching for superlatives, the window washer who fell 47 stories six weeks ago was discharged from the hospital Friday.Fallen window washer moves into rehabNew York Daily NewsWorker Surviving Skyscraper Fall Released from the HospitaleFluxMediadBTechno - Bloomberg - WCBS-TV New York - Newsdayall 25 news articles

  dBTechnoUS to Study Bizarre Medical ConditionWashington Post -Jan 16, 2008A woman who claims to be suffering from a rare infection called Morgellons uses a pen to point to items on a cotton swab that she believes are the bugs connected to the condition, at her Roseville, Calif.Study seeks clues on skin-crawling Morgellons syndromeSan Jose Mercury NewsMorgellons study launched in CaliforniaLos Angeles TimesSan Francisco Chronicle - Houston Chronicle - Reuters India - WebMDall 141 news articles

  HealthJockey.comStudy sees no Alzheimer's protection from statinsReuters -Jan 17, 2008By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins do not protect against Alzheimer's disease as some previous research has suggested, a study published on Wednesday said.Latest Study Says Statins Don't Slow Alzheimer'sU.S. News &World ReportNHS overspends on statinsBBC NewsBusinessWeek - MedPage Today - Chicago Sun-Times - Associated Contentall 32 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesMilk and Honey, er, HormonesScientific American -Jan 18, 2008Bowing to pressure from consumer advocates, Pennsylvania officials have dropped plans to bar farmers from revealing whether or not milk hails from hormone-enhanced cows.State Revises Hormone Label for MilkNew York TimesPa. eases hormone rule for milk labelsCNNMoney.comInjuryBoard.com - Philadelphia Inquirer - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Oneonta Daily Starall 51 news articles

  eFluxMedia• State probes illness of meat plant workersIndianapolis Star -Jan 17, 2008By Tom Spalding Two employees of an unidentified pig slaughterhouse in Indiana are being treated medically for symptoms similar to a suspected neurological illness that sickened 12 workers at a Minnesota pork plant.Ind. Slaughterhouse Illness Possibly Linked to Minn. OutbreakeFluxMediaQPP illness symptoms seen in Ind.Austin HeraldCattleNetwork.com - WLFI.com - The Associated Press - Minnesota Public Radioall 232 news articles

  eFluxMediaArmy: Some troops suffer brain injuries and don't know itCNN -Jan 17, 2008WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Up to 20 percent of US troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan may have suffered mild concussions but were unaware of them and did not get treatment, an Army study released Thursday shows.Health Highlights: Jan. 18, 2008Washington PostTraumatic Brain Injury Task Force Credits Ft. CarsonKOAAeFluxMedia - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Vineland Daily Journal - The Associated Pressall 361 news articles

  The ConsumeristParaplegic man dumped in LA gutter sues hospitalReuters -Jan 17, 2008By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A mentally ill paraplegic man filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a hospital that dumped him in a gutter on Los Angeles' "Skid Row" -- a case that highlighted the plight of the city's vast homeless population.Hospital sued in alleged dumping of patientLos Angeles TimesMan Dumped on Skid Row by LA Hospital Files Negligence LawsuitNewsinferno.comInjuryBoard.com - eFluxMedia - KNBC.com - abc7.comall 106 news articles

  A $37M shot for kids' healthAlbany Times Union -17 hours agoBy CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY, Staff writer Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the location of Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy in Albany.Spitzer’s focus on primary care points to better systemBuffalo NewsNew York GovernorNDOL.orgThe Associated Press - Elmira Star-Gazette - WXXI - WXXAall 74 news articles