Philadelphia InquirerStudy: Drug Works Better Than PlavixABC News -44 minutes agoA study found the new anti-clotting drug Prasugrel worked better than the popular Plavix, but was not without its draw backs. (ABC News Photo Illustration) BY AUDREY GRAYSON A new study comparing two blood-thinning drugs -- Plavix, the most commonly ...Eli Lilly's Big BattleForbesNew Anti-Clotting Drug Shows Promise in Heart PatientsWashington PostReuters - CNNMoney.com - The Associated Press - New York Timesall 286 news articles

  WHDH-TV414000 Pizza Cases With Possible E. Coli O157:H7Medical News Today -Nov 3, 2007As there is a raised risk of E. coli O157:H7 contamination of 414000 cases of pizza products with pepperoni toppings, the makers, General Mills, has announced a voluntary recall of said pizzas.Frozen pizza recalled over e-coli contaminationBoston GlobeHealth Highlights: Nov. 2, 2007Washington PostChicago Tribune - Bizjournals.com - The Post Online - Chronicle-Telegramall 756 news articles

  Enews 2.0Excess Body Fat Causes CancerKansas City infoZine -5 hours agoWashington, DC - American Institute for Cancer Research - infozine - The evidence that excess body fat increases the risk of developing cancer is much stronger now than ever before, according to a landmark report issued recently by the American ...Body Fat Levels Closely Associated With Cancer RiskMedical News TodayComment by David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP Director, Prevention Research Center, YaleCancerpage.com - Monterey County Herald - MarketWatch - Associated Contentall 71 news articles

  Ontario NowStaph on the MarchTIME -Nov 2, 2007More and more, the four scariest letters for parents and students across the country are MRSA, for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.Study: Cleaning can cut hospital infectionsIndianapolis StarQuestions answered on resistant staphBarre Montpelier Times ArgusSan Luis Obispo Tribune - Rock Hill Herald - Georgetown News Democrat - Logan Daily Newsall 30 news articles

  E Canada NowMany Americans Dissatisfied With Their Medical CareAtlanta Journal Constitution -Nov 1, 2007THURSDAY, Nov. 1 (healthday News) -- Although the United States spends more than twice as much on health care as other western countries, many Americans say they are forced to forgo care because of costs, experience more medical errors, ...America’s Lagging Health Care SystemNew York TimesUS healthcare falls short in survey of 7 nationsReuters IndiaThe Register-Guard - eFluxMedia - The Canadian Press - People's Daily Onlineall 43 news articles

  eFluxMediaReport Gives Hope To Fla. Man's Cancer Killing MachineMSNBC -Nov 3, 2007WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - New research reports posted on the American Cancer Society's Web site late Tuesday suggest that a Florida man with no medical training may have invented a machine that could lead to a cure for cancer.Nanotechnology-Based Strategy Aims at Noninvasive Cancer TherapyMedPage TodayScientists See Carbon Nanotubes As New Method To Kill Cancer CellsAHNeFluxMedia - MedHeadlines - abc7.com - ABC Newsall 31 news articles

  Canada.comDrug-Coated Stents No Riskier in Long Run Than Bare Metal OnesU.S. News &World Report -2 hours agoBy Amanda Gardner SUNDAY, Nov. 4 (healthday News) -- In the largest study of its kind to date, Harvard researchers report that they have found drug-eluting stents pose no more risk of heart attack or death than bare metal stents do.Drug Eluting Stents Not Value For Money, Swiss StudyMedical News TodayDrug stents not good value for many patients: studyReutersInsider Medicine - OnMedica - TheHeart.Org - Medical News Today (press release)all 20 news articles

  New warning on cold meds for kidsChicago Sun-Times -10 hours agoSeveral nonprescription cold medicines are being recalled because they come with a dosing cup that does not mark the half-teaspoon level recommended for ages 2 through 5. Wyeth Consumer Healthcare started a voluntary recall involving Robitussin Cough ...Wyeth Recalls Cold MedicineFOX NewsBig Pharma going to the dogs -- and other profitable speciesThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comall 3 news articles

  Javno.hrGiuliani's healthcare figure outdatedBoston Globe -Nov 2, 2007Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani signed autographs yesterday for Mikey mckinney and Kailen Lemieux in Errol, NH (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff | November 3, 2007 Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani ...Guiliani Annoys Brits With Outdated Prostate Cancer StatisticsMedical News TodayFact Check: Giuliani's Cancer StatsABC NewsWashington Post - St. Petersburg Times - New York Times - Reuters.ukall 181 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesKits to Fight Heroin OverdosesNew York Times -Nov 2, 2007By AP BOSTON, Nov. 2 (AP) - Massachusetts officials will soon begin giving heroin addicts kits that include medication to treat overdoses.Heroin overdose kits to hit southcoastSouthCoastToday.comHeroin overdose antidote offeredCape Cod TimesAHN - Boston Globe - Berkshire Eagle - The Patriot Ledgerall 108 news articles

  Gilead HIV drug beats Hepsera in second big trialReuters -Nov 2, 2007NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said a second late-stage trial has shown that its HIV treatment Viread was more effective in treating hepatitis B than Gilead's drug Hepsera, which is already ...Gilead Issues More Viread DataTheStreet.comGilead HIV Viread Bettered Gilead HBV Hepsera In Curing HBVeFluxMediaCNNMoney.com - RTT News - Business Wire (press release) - Dog Flu Diet and Diseasesall 22 news articles

  Live 5 NewsCat's eye view of DNA sheds light on human diseaseReuters -Nov 2, 2007By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first full genetic map of a cat -- a domestic pedigreed Abyssinian -- is already shedding light on a common cause of blindness in humans and may offer insights into AIDS and other ...Cat DNA is mostly decodedLos Angeles TimesCats Genome Help Understanding Human Genome And DiseaseseFluxMediaTimes of India - Live 5 News - ABC Online - Media Newswire (press release)all 25 news articles

  EarthtimesPreeclampsia Linked to Heart Disease RiskU.S. News &World Report -Nov 2, 2007By Steven Reinberg FRIDAY, Nov. 2 (healthday News) -- Women with cardiovascular risk markers are at heightened risk of developing preeclampsia when pregnant, and pregnant women who do develop preeclampsia are at higher risk for developing heart disease ...Studies link pregnancy disorder to risk of heart diseaseGuardian UnlimitedPre-eclampsia link to heart riskBBC NewsAHN - Best Syndication - Scotsman - Medical News Todayall 38 news articles

  BBC BulgariaAfrica: HIV And TB - An Ever Deadlier CombinationAllAfrica.com -Nov 3, 2007The prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) amongst people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa has reached crisis levels and will escalate further if decisive steps are not taken, says a new report by the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research -- 'HIV-TB ...Two epidemics gain ground in AfricaDisaster News NetworkHIV and TB emerge as African epidemicUnited Press InternationalAFP - BBC News - Times Online - AHNall 44 news articles