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Gravely injured Giants fan sues Dodgers again 09/30/2014 10:10pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An attorney for Bryan Stow, the gravely injured Giants fan who won a multimillion-dollar damage suit against the Dodgers, has sued the team again, claiming it is trying to recoup $3.4 million in insurance payments from Stow for his medical c Government confirms first case of Ebola in US 09/30/2014 09:20pm • DAVID WARREN Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- Federal health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S., a patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas and a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West Africa.The unidentified patien Horford back but playing it safe in training camp 09/30/2014 08:27pm • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Al Horford stood on the sideline during the first day of training camp Tuesday, tugging anxiously at his No. 15 jersey while his teammates went through a five-on-five drill.The Atlanta Hawks center can't wait to mix it up again.Not yet.The Hawks are WTOP anchor discusses journey with breast cancer 09/30/2014 07:22pm • WASHINGTON -- Lori Lundin's life changed forever when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2012. The WTOP anchor/reporter says she will never forget the day her doctor gave her the news. "I just was shocked -- and the first thing that comes into your mind is US doctor exposed to Ebola virus admitted to NIH 09/30/2014 06:48pm • Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed the Ebola outbreak and the doctor under observation at NIH during WTOP's "Ask the Doctor" Monday. WASHINGTON (AP) -- An American doctor who was exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone was admitted Sunday to a hospital at the National Institutes Ebola clinics fill up as Liberia awaits aid 09/30/2014 06:22pm • KRISTA LARSON Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Doctors are in short supply. So are beds for patients. Six months after the Ebola outbreak emerged for the first time in an unprepared West Africa and eventually became the worst-ever outbreak, the gap between what has been sent by other count Ex Super Bowl star Joe Namath: Oxygen baths have made me stronger, sharper 09/30/2014 04:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Former football star Joe Namath says 120 sessions in a hyperbaric chamber have improved his mental acuity and physical health.The former New York Jets quarterback was the first patient of an experiment by a Florida hospital to see if bathing the body in pure oxygen might restore blo Viagra ads target women for 1st time 09/30/2014 03:50pm • LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The maker of the world's top-selling erectile dysfunction drug on Tuesday will begin airing the first Viagra TV commercial that targets the less-obvious sufferers of the sexual condition: women.In the new 60-second ad, a middle-aged woman rec Drug and device firms paid $3.5 billion to care providers 09/30/2014 03:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Companies that make drugs and medical devices have been providing lots of benefits to doctors and leading hospitals.In an effort to highlight possible ethical conflicts in medicine, the government disclosed today that industry spent nearly $3.5 billion on everything from research Utah man attacked with chemical lye 09/30/2014 03:01pm • LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah man is facing assault and mayhem charges, accused of attacking another man by spraying him in the face with chemical lye.Richard Gilmore, 42, of Tooele thought the victim stole his wife's car, prosecutors said. Gilmore is charged with Cancer doctor given 10 years for poisoning lover 09/30/2014 11:42am • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- A jury on Monday sentenced a Texas cancer researcher to 10 years in prison after she was convicted of poisoning her colleague, who was also her lover, by lacing his coffee with a sweet-tasting chemical found in antifreeze.Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, Correction: Ebola story 09/30/2014 11:30am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- In a story Sept. 29 about the Ebola outbreak, The Associated Press reported erroneously that France promised another field hospital for Guinea and that it would send 25 more doctors. It has promised only one hospital, along with doctors to staff it, and was merely repeating th Massachusetts doctor says he knew Ebola risk 09/30/2014 11:06am • DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Dr. Rick Sacra knew what he was getting into when he went to Liberia in early August to treat very ill pregnant women and deliver babies at a time when the West African nation was dealing with an outbreak of Ebola.But Sacra, who contracted Ebol A low-tech way to tackle clamshell packages 09/30/2014 09:42am • Data Doctors Doctor: Which flu vaccine to get 09/30/2014 08:12am • Want to get a flu shot? Find a flu shot clinic on the Adventist Health Care website. WASHINGTON -- This flu season, the feds have a special request for kids, and a local top doctor wants people to know some vaccines may offer better protection against influenza than others. The strains of f