| DETROIT (The New York Times News Service) -- As a healthy woman and advocate of annual mammograms, Cheryl Myers' breast cancer diagnosis came out of nowhere.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top government health official rejected the idea of an immediate ban on cough and cold medicines for young children, saying it might cause unintended harm.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If there ever is another anthrax attack, the mailman may deliver your antibiotics.
LOS ANGELES (The New York Times News Service) -- If one child gets the flu this year, a classroom of children is at risk. Parents stay home from work. Emergency rooms become flooded.
(USA TODAY) -- A study of hormone use in nearly 700,000 Danish women over 50 suggests that when it comes to heart attack risk, patches or gels are safer than the combination pills most American women use.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The state of California has a warning for its 36 million residents: Do not flush pharmaceuticals down the toilet or drain, or they may end up in a river near you.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seniors who switch between low-cost generic drugs and the original products based on who's footing the bill are likely driving up the cost of the government's Medicare drug plan, according to a new study.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Stroke sufferers can still benefit from clot-busting medicine even if they receive it an hour or so beyond the current three-hour window after symptoms start, an important new study suggests.
CHICAGO (AP) -- A regulatory group told hospitals Wednesday to adopt strict measures to prevent errors involving blood thinners including heparin -- mistakes that have been made nearly 60,000 times and led to dozens of deaths in recent years.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Inhaler drugs used by millions of people with emphysema and bronchitis may slightly raise the risk for heart attacks and even death, a study suggests.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just about everybody needs a flu vaccine -- unless you're an infant or a healthy adult hermit -- but far too few of the Americans who need protection the most get it.
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