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Report finds lax oversight of specialty pharmacies

Report finds lax oversight of specialty pharmacies

   WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional investigation finds that specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year have little state oversight. ...

TENNIS ELBOW? STEROID SHOTS NOT BEST LONG-TERM FIX

TENNIS ELBOW? STEROID SHOTS NOT BEST LONG-TERM FIX

CHICAGO (AP) -- Commonly used steroid shots may worsen tennis elbow in the long run and increase chances that the painful condition will reappear, a small study found. By contra...

HOSPITALS SEE SURGE OF SUPERBUG-FIGHTING PRODUCTS

HOSPITALS SEE SURGE OF SUPERBUG-FIGHTING PRODUCTS

NEW YORK (AP) -- They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when th...

NEARLY ALL US STATES SEE HEFTY DROP IN TEEN BIRTHS

NEARLY ALL US STATES SEE HEFTY DROP IN TEEN BIRTHS

NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, acc...

OBAMA PROPOSES $100M FOR BRAIN MAPPING PROJECT

OBAMA PROPOSES $100M FOR BRAIN MAPPING PROJECT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday asked Congress to spend $100 million next year on a new project to map the human brain in hopes of eventually finding cures for...

LEAD POISONING TOLL REVISED TO 1 IN 38 YOUNG KIDS

LEAD POISONING TOLL REVISED TO 1 IN 38 YOUNG KIDS

NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials say more than half a million young children are now believed to have lead poisoning in the United States. The figure is roughly twice the previ...

ADULTS GET 11 PERCENT OF CALORIES FROM FAST FOOD

ADULTS GET 11 PERCENT OF CALORIES FROM FAST FOOD

ATLANTA (AP) -- On an average day, U.S. adults get roughly 11 percent of their calories from fast food, a government study shows. That's down slightly from the 13 percent report...

HUGE DRUG COST DISPARITIES SEEN IN HEALTH OVERHAUL

HUGE DRUG COST DISPARITIES SEEN IN HEALTH OVERHAUL

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live cou...

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