Health News

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Pay for performance -- and the controversy that goes with it -- is now a part of Medicare.

While you may not be able to have your cake and eat it too, you can indulge in some of your favorite foods without compromising your health, a chef advises.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent decision to update its black-box warning on anti-depressants for young adults may leave depression sufferers and

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Analysts question the future outlook of NeoPharm after a phase 3 trial of its potential brain cancer treatment, cintredekin besudotox, failed to show better efficacy than MGI Pharma's Gliadel.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services unveiled a new Web site Friday to help consumers plan for long-term care.

CONWAY, Ark., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Social stigma and feelings of lifelessness and alienation have led to a big drop-off in the use of attention-deficit drugs, a U.S. study says.

ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has toughened the warning on Bayer's heart surgery drug Trasylol regarding increaed risk of kidney damage.

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Continuing its legal reversal of fortune, U.S. firm Merck has won another personal injury suit based on its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- As the holidays approach, many blame advertising for stroking the desire among teens to own the latest, but it may have more to do with self-esteem.

WARREN, N.J., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Johnson & Johnson unit Veridex said Friday it has been cleared for U.S. sales of the CellSearch System to monitor metastatic breast cancer.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Irish firm Elan and U.S. drug maker Biogen Idec said Friday they are seeking OK of multple sclerosis drug Tysabri for Crohn's Disease.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Commercial activity and marketing in schools may discourage a healthy nutrition environment for students, according to a U.S. study.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- In the regular vocabulary of the modern-day celebrity chef are words you seldom hear in culinary school or cookery courses. "Seasonal" and "fresh" are the most

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Anchen Pharmaceuticals said Friday it has received U.S. approval of a generic version of Biovail's antidepressant Wellbutrin.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- In just five years, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has pioneered a new model of global health financing, but its ongoing success rests on its ability to survive the growing pains of the next five years.