Monthly Archives: June 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory Inc. of Roy, Utah, is voluntarily recalling some skin sanitizers and skin protectants marketed under several different brand names because of high levels of disease-causing bacteria found in the product during a recent inspection. Continue reading →

Debate is intensifying in Washington over the Obama administration’s health care ambitions. While President Obama has made it clear he wants to use the power of the federal government to make health care available and affordable for all Americans, what … Continue reading →

President Obama wants to overhaul health care reform in the U.S. to aid the 46 million Americans who are currently uninsured. But his plan needs major funding. Some argue that one of the ways to pay for the proposed reform … Continue reading →

A new ad by a major activist group blames the health care system’s ills on greedy insurance companies and promotes a government-backed insurer as the cure. But the diagnosis is flawed. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

atients who have a heart attack and receive clot-busting drugs do better if they are transferred as soon as possible to a hospital that can perform angioplasty, a procedure to open blocked arteries, according to a new study.

For the second time this month, researchers report success using a novel type of anti-cancer pill to curb the growth of inherited tumors that often defy standard treatment.

Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis has confirmed that Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive officer, got a liver transplant there recently.

In a poll looking at public attitudes toward health care, pollster Stan Greenberg found something startling: The results were almost identical to a poll he conducted on the issue when he worked for the Clinton White House. Greenberg, chair and … Continue reading →

Weight loss surgery can improve or even resolve type 2 diabetes in the long term, according to two new studies.