AP - Drug makers pulled cold medicines targeted for babies and toddlers off the market Thursday, leaving parents to find alternatives for hacking coughs and runny little noses just as fall sniffles get in full swing.
AP - About a third of U.S. adults with arthritis say the chronic condition — the nation's leading cause of disability — has limited their ability to work, the government said Thursday.
AP - As the world's top condom experts convene this week to update international standards, one American entrepreneur has a simple message: Size matters. It's shaking up an industry that has generally taken a one-size-fits-all approach.
AP - Doctors said Thursday that a genome for one strain of an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis has been sequenced — a finding they say could help fight the deadly disease.
AP - A jury levied a $134.5 million judgment against pharmaceutical giant Wyeth in a lawsuit filed by three Nevada women who claimed the company's hormone replacement drugs caused their breast cancer.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people are six times morelikely to develop esophageal cancer than people with healthy weight, saysan Australian study that looked at 800 people with esophageal tumors and1,600 people without the disease.
Reuters - Researchers have warned about "herbal remedies" for erectile dysfunction sold over-the-counter in Hong Kong after most of them were found to contain untested variants of well-known anti-impotence drugs.
Reuters - Most doctors rely on patients to give them an accurate account of what drugs they are taking, but a new U.S. study published on Thursday suggests many patients get it wrong.
Reuters - Toddlers who breathe polluted air are far more likely to be diagnosed with bronchitis than children living in cleaner environments, U.S. and Czech researchers reported on Thursday.
HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A 2003 overhaul of Medicare thatchanged the way oncologists are reimbursed for their services did notalter cancer patients' perceptions of their quality of care, a new surveyfound.
AFP - The most comprehensive map of breast and colon cancer-causing genes produced to date suggests that the genetic profile of tumours varies widely from person to person, a study released Thursday said.
