National News Desk
Posted by Jane Akre
November 20, 2009 10:19 PM

Will 60 Senators agree to vote together in a rare Saturday session that sets the stage for the Senate health care reform debate? The vote is set for 8 p.m. Saturday and will determine whether health care reform advances or stalls.

Posted by Jane Akre
November 20, 2009 12:47 AM

Dr. Susan Lark, who reports online on women's health issues, is encouraging women to seek out thermography to measure the heat generated by breast cancers, as a more accurate tool than traditional mammography.

Posted by Chrissie Cole
November 19, 2009 7:14 PM

Three lots of Vicks Sinex nasal spray is being recalled in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany after bacteria B. cepacia was found during a routine quality control inspection.

Posted by Jane Akre
November 18, 2009 11:02 AM

Medtronic has received a warning letter from the FDA about problems at its Mounds View, Minnesota facility where heart implants are made. This is the latest in a long line of problems found with the company's medical devices.

Posted by Jane Akre
November 17, 2009 5:02 PM

With three law firms and Erin Brockovich involved, the still mysterious cancer cluster at The Acreage in Palm Beach County is slowly moving toward litigation and some answers that the state of Florida has, so far, been unable to provide.

Posted by Jane Akre
November 17, 2009 12:22 PM

There are 19 million newly diagnosed cases of sexually transmitted diseases(STD)a year, almost half among 15 to 24 year old females, finds this federal report from the CDC. African-American females have 20 times the gonorrhea rates than Caucasians showing the prevention message is not being heard.

Posted by Jane Akre
November 17, 2009 10:46 AM

In a sudden turnabout, a major policy setting organization is discouraing regular mammograms for women in their 40s, saying the anxiety from false positives and surgical procedures outweighs the benefits.

Posted by Chrissie Cole
November 17, 2009 12:05 AM

Food-borne infections can have long-lasting health effects that can be as serious as kidney failure, paralysis, hearing or visual impairments, according to a recent study by the Center for Food-borne Illness Research and Prevention.

Posted by Chrissie Cole
November 16, 2009 11:15 PM

A new report by the The U.S. Government Accountability Office finds work-related illnesses and injuries are often under-reported, calling into question, the accuracy of nationwide data that OSHA compiles each year.

Posted by Jane Akre
November 16, 2009 2:40 PM

This new CDC study finds that between 1997 and 2007 incidents of allergic reactions to foods shot up 18 percent and parents of almost four percent reported a food or digestive allergy in their child. No one really knows why and until two years ago, the CDC was not even tracking.

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