WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Tiny pieces of steel, non-latex rubber and fiber-like material have been found in some medications made by Genzyme Corp., U.S. regulators say.
Friday, November 13
HOUSTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. sociologists find religion plays a greater role in medical decisions involving seriously ill children, especially when difficult decisions must be made.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Many assume bullying in school occurs mostly in unsupervised locations like lunchrooms, but a lot of it occurs in classrooms, U.S. researchers found.
GRANADA, Spain, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Children who eat fish more than three times per week show decreased performance in cognition, researchers in Spain found.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Web site by the University of California, San Diego Medical Center offers information on how to provide human milk to premature and underweight infants.
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Nearly 30 makers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages have been told by U.S. officials they plan to look into the safety and legality of their products.
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers link oxidative stress to processes within cells that contribute to age related hearing loss.
ATLANTA, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Federal health officials said that 35 flu-related pediatric deaths were confirmed during the week ending Nov. 7, 2009.
HOUSTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Smoking cessation experts at a U.S. cancer hospital advise smokers combine nicotine replacements with counseling to help them kick their addictive habit.
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Swiss researchers have linked long-term statin use -- a class of drugs that lower cholesterol -- with decreased risk of gallstones that require surgery.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are studying statins, drugs that lower cholesterol, as a way to reduce H1N1 virus-related deaths.
ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Pregnant women may get ill from Listeria at lower doses than previously thought, U.S. researchers found.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Officials at U.S. drug companies and non-profit organizations say they plan to develop new drugs for "neglected" diseases.
LONDON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Teens who grow up unhappy, poor, do not enjoy school and are despondent about their future are at increased risk of pregnancy, British researchers said.
LONDON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Anti-psychotic drugs contribute to the deaths of hundreds of dementia patients each year, a British study found.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Katherine Heigl is to take a break from taping "Grey's Anatomy" to spend more time with the baby girl she and her husband recently adopted.
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