Medicine
Scientists Announce 'Big Leap' Towards Reversing Blindness
Animal study shows some parts of eyes can be repaired using stem cells
Jenny McCarthy Set To Join The View
Latest conspiracy theorist to co-host the show since Rosie O'Donnell
First Child To Receive a Windpipe Grown From Own Stem Cells Dies Three Months After Transplant
Could not eat, breath, or talk on her own
Nelson Mandela Remains in Critical Condition
Anti-apartheid campaigner will turn 95 on July 18
FDA to Allow Updates for Generic Drug Warnings
Bad regulations prevent manufacturers from updating labels about new risks
Increase in Women Dying Due to Painkiller Overdoses
Leads to predictable call for more government oversight of medications
Two HIV-Positive Patients Show No Sign of the Virus After Bone Marrow Transplants
Research stress the results are encouraging but it is too soon to say whether the men have been cured
$41 Million in Pharmaceuticals Seized in Online Drug Sales Sting
More than 1,500 sites shut down
Plan B Pill Formally Approved Over-the-Counter for All Ages
Attempt to enforce age restrictions dropped
Taiwan Reports the World's First Human Case of H6N1 Bird Flu
A 20-year-old woman was infected, now making full recovery
South African President Says Mandela is Responding to Treatment
Nobel Peace Prize winner and former South African President is being treated for a lung infection
The War on Drugs is Fueling a Hepatitis C Pandemic
According to the Global Commission on Drug Policy
French Patient Dies After Being Infected With Coronavirus
Patient had traveled to Dubai
3,000 Doctors Protest New Edition of Psychiatry Manual
Fear it will leave to unnecessary drug treatments
Muscular Dystrophy Sufferer Fights with DEA to Get Pain Pills
There are addicts out there, so she must suffer
Judge Rules Against Stay for Morning-After Pill Sales
Calls Obama Administration effort "frivolous"
The Depressing Future of American Health Care
If you want a preview of the future of American health care, just look to Canada.
FDA Appeals Court Order Making Plan B Pills Available to All Ages
Wants to stop order from taking effect during appeal
Latin America Facing Threat of Increasing Number of Cancer Cases
Still fewer cases than in the U.S. and Europe
Federal Researchers Shut Down HIV Vaccine Trial
Hasn't been found to be able to prevent healthy subjects from becoming HIV positive
Study: Pills May Manage Pain Better than Pot
Too bad the government's started a war on pain medication, too
How Government Killed the Medical Profession
As health care gets more bureaucratic, will doctors go Galt?
Medical Journal Says Light Drinking During Pregnancy Does Not Harm Children's Development
Environment more important
FDA Finds Problems at Dozens of Drug Compounding Facilities
30 of 31 pharmacies inspected had problems
Bird Flu Outbreak on South African Ostrich Farm
Link to earlier Chinese cases not suspected
FDA Looking Into Robot Used for Surgeries
The machine, called da Vinci, has hit a patient and had other similarly dangerous malfunctions