| (Associated Press) -- Young cancer patients who couldn't get a key medicine because of a national drug shortage were more likely to suffer a relapse than others who were able to get the preferred treatment, doctors report. It's the first evidence that a long-standing drug-supply problem probably has affected cancer treatment results in specific patients.
(Associated Press) -- An Associated Press investigation shows that a federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Eli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug has flashed potential to help with mild cases of the disease, but patients and doctors will have to wait a few more years to learn whether regulators will allow the drugmaker to sell it.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dennis O'Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and trouble with his speech and attention.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Accusing the NFL players' union of "trying to back out" of an August 2011 agreement to start checking for human growth hormone, a congressman worried aloud Wednesday that the league will head into next season without a test for the banned drug.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded approval of Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer pill Zytiga for men with an earlier stage of the disease.
SYDNEY (Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)) -- The onset of diabetes more than doubles a patient's risk of suffering depression or other mood disorders.
PRAGUE (AP) -- The lower house of Parliament has approved legislation that makes it legal in the Czech Republic to use marijuana for medical treatment.
(USA TODAY) -- Breast cancer patients who double the length of time that they take a common medication can sharply reduce their risk of death, according to a new study that's predicted to influence medical practice.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
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