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The first of many lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson over the company's 2010 recall of hip replacements has begun in Los Angeles. According to a Reuters...

Prostate Cancer Patients Upset Over Shortened Penises

According to a new study from researchers from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC), a small percentage o...

Antidepressants Are Overprescribed, Says Doctor

A doctor writing for the British Medial Journal (BMJ) has stated that antidepressants are overprescribed. H...

Cancer Treatment Could Come From Link to Childhood Leukemia

A new study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital could lead to a new treatment of certain types of childhood leukemia. The study, published in the journal Nature Genet...

Hip Implants Can Cause Tissue Damage, Says FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week issued a warning about certain types of hip implants. Metal-on-metal impl...

IVF Pregnancies Linked to Higher Blood Clots, Artery Blockage Risks

A new study has associated in vitro fertilization (IVF) with an increase...

Dengue Spreading, But Tropical Diseases Closer to Extinction

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that significant progress is being made against tropical diseases including...

Cholesterol Drug Tredaptive Pulled Worldwide

Less than one month ago, Merck, a major U.S. pharmaceutical company, announced that its cholesterol drug...

CES 2013: HAPIfork Changes How You Eat (And That’s A Good Thing)

Does the very idea of a smart fork amuse you? It sure amused me, but it's a very serious piece of new tech at CES 2013 this...

Cancer Sample Handling Changes Called For By Doctors

In a column appearing this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA...

Cancer Survivors Urged to Make Sperm Bank Follow-ups

New research presented at the Fertility 2013 conference this week in Liverpool, England shows that many male...

Smoking Greatly Affects Heart Surgery Outcome, Shows Study

A new study has shown that changes found in smokers' lungs can linger and affect the outcome of heart surgery even a year af...

Strokes That are “Silent” Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

A new study has found that small strokes, also known as "silent" strokes, can lead to...

Stroke Treatment Reveals Targets For Better Recovery

A new study has identified mechanisms responsible for regenerating blood vessels in the brain. The research could improve r...

Google Health Is Almost Officially Dead

Google launched Google Health in 2008. It was an ambitious project that perhaps got more up close and pe...

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