Health News
New MERS virus spreads easily, deadlier than SARS
New MERS virus spreads easily, more lethal than SARS but source of infection still unknown
Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
Study: Wiser medication use could save US $213 billion a year in avoidable health care costs
Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in Ohio
Mother cat with litter of 4 kittens nurses orphaned pit bull puppy at Cleveland animal shelter
Officials: Urban Outfitters pulls pill glasses
Kentucky leaders: Urban Outfitters won't sell shot glasses, flasks that look like pill bottles
Nonprofit launches campaign to reach uninsured
Nonprofit launches 'Get Covered America' campaign to reach uninsured about health care law
Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
Adult smoking rate may be falling again; down to 18 percent last year, government report says
Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue
Report: Slowdown in US health care costs may turn into a trend, not a pause
HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls
Study: Vaccine against sexually transmitted HPV cut infections in teen girls by half
Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
Especially grim year for encephalitis feared in northern India as poverty, politics take toll
Medicare: Cost-saving changes coming for diabetics
HEALTHBEAT: July 1 brings changes to way diabetics on Medicare purchase blood testing supplies
Gender report of Shah Rukh Khan baby investigated
Inquiry looks at report Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, wife know unborn baby's gender
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
As more patients get lab-grown body parts, scientists face challenge of making complex organs
Montana court says bison transfer legal
Montana court says transfer of Yellowstone bison legal, reviving conservation effort
ND judge allows new complaint to abortion lawsuit
North Dakota judge allows addition of new lawsuit to 2011 abortion law challenge
Doping inquiry widens into Olympic race walker
Italian doping inquiry into Olympic race walker Schwazer widens, targets coaches and doctors
Boston hospital to offer hand transplants for kids
Boston hospital to offer hand transplants for kids, following on success in adults
Younger children are experiencing acne - what's contributing to this trend?
Dr. Drew, One Minute Clinic
27 percent of low-dose contraceptive pill users experience pelvic pain
Dr. Drew, The Daily Dose
Need to stay awake? Put down the coffee and take a nap, instead
Dr. Oz, The Daily Dose




