Research chief John LaMattina left Pfizer last year, after the failure of the cholesterol drug torcetrapib left the company¡¯s pipeline of experimental drugs looking pretty thin. But LaMattina ... more>>
What are non-profit hospitals doing investing in the obscure ¡ª and lately troubled ¡ª credit products known as auction-rate securities? ... more>>
Baxter¡¯s problems with the blood thinner heparin aren¡¯t limited to contamination and a recall.... more>>
You want the medical truth? You may not be able to handle it, but here goes. More times than you might imagine, your doctor is racked with uncertainty about what¡¯s wrong with you. ... more>>
You want the medical truth? You may not be able to handle it, but here goes. More times than you might imagine, your doctor is racked with uncertainty about what¡¯s wrong with you. ... more>>
A vast array of pharmaceuticals ¡ª including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones ¡ª have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.... more>>
LAS VEGAS - A statewide inspection of outpatient surgery centers like the one believed to have spread hepatitis C to its patients has uncovered dangerous practices at four other clinics, a health official said Friday.... more>>
Health physicists are establishing safe procedures for a promising experimental brain-cancer therapy which uses a radioactive version of a protein found in scorpion venom. For many, this will conjure images of Spiderman's nemesis, the Scorpion. The ... more>>
Many of the mushrooms that we eat contain good amounts of antioxidants and some of them can rival vegetables like carrot, green beans, red pepper and broccoli in their anti-oxidant contents. These findings were released by researchers of Penn State. ... more>>
Understanding mechanisms behind the spread of cancer to distant organs (metastasis) is a very important topic in cancer research. In a never stopping attempt to defeat breast cancer scientists have moved a step closer to understanding how breast canc... more>>