A new colon cancer test is approved by the FDA.
Additional extensions for the Affordable Care Act, though one important deadline remains unchanged
Extensions for the ACA continue to hit the market.
Experimental drug from Northwest Biotherapeutics to be sold in Germany
An experimental drug hits Germany.
Exposure to traffic pollution may alter heart structure
Traffic may have some unforeseen health impacts.
Skin cancer may increase risk of other cancers
Skin cancer may increase the risk of other cancers.
AG Eric Holder: Increasing heroin overdose deaths are an ‘urgent and growing public health crisis”
The attorney general said the growing use of heroin is a “crisis.”
Experts can’t decide on definition for mysterious Gulf War illness
Experts still can’t decide on a definition of a Gulf War illness.
Dangerous intestinal infection in children linked to over-prescription of antibiotics: CDC
The CDC warns of a dangerous intestinal infection.
Drug companies developing longer-acting clotting agents for hemophiliacs
Drug companies compete to create better clotting agents.
Cases of rare, and often fatal, birth defect on the rise in Washington
Washington State continues to see the rise of a rare disease.