Scientists Create Fertile Eggs From Mouse Stem Cells
Scientists in Japan report they have created eggs from stem cells in a mammal for the first time. And the researchers went on to breed healthy offspring from the eggs they created.While the experiments...
View ArticleFreezing Eggs To Make Babies Later Moves Toward Mainstream
Doctors who specialize in treating infertility are making a big change in their position on a controversial practice. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has concluded that freezing...
View ArticleGeneticists Breach Ethical Taboo By Changing Genes Across Generations
Geneticist reported Wednesday that they had crossed a threshold long considered off-limits: They have made changes in human DNA that can be passed down from one generation to the next.The researchers...
View ArticlePricey New Prostate Cancer Therapy Raises Questions About Safety, Cost
Bill Sneddon had a feeling he was in trouble when his doctor called with his latest test results."I just had a premonition that something's not right," said Sneddon, 68, of Ocean Township, N.J.And,...
View ArticleSandy Leaves Long List Of Health Threats
Public health officials are warning that people in areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy face many risks in the aftermath and are urging people to protect themselves from health threats in the water,...
View ArticleCongressmen Clash With FDA Over Meningitis Outbreak
Members of a House subcommittee clashed repeatedly Wednesday with U.S.
View ArticleGenome Sequencing For Babies Brings Knowledge And Conflicts
When Christine Rowan gave birth prematurely in August, her new baby was having problems breathing.
View ArticlePerfection Is Skin Deep: Everyone Has Flawed Genes
We all know that nobody's perfect. But now scientists have documented that fact on a genetic level.Researchers discovered that normal, healthy people are walking around with a surprisingly large number...
View ArticleUnusually Early Flu Season Intensifies
This year's unusually early flu season is continuing to intensify, federal health officials say.The number of states now reporting widespread flu activity doubled to eight in the past week, according...
View ArticleChance To Pause Biological Clock With Ovarian Transplant Stirs Debate
When Sarah Gardner was 34, she started getting really worried about whether she'd ever have kids."I bought this kit online that said that they could tell you your ovarian reserve," Gardner, now 40,...
View ArticleHow A Drug Shortage Hiked Relapse Risks For Lymphoma Patients
Katie Alonzo was stunned when doctors told her they couldn't get a drug her 10-year-old daughter, Abby, was taking to fight lymphoma."When a doctor says, 'This is what you need to take.' And then all...
View ArticleCan You Get A Flu Shot And Still Get The Flu?
This year's flu season started about a month early, prompting federal health officials to warn it could be one of the worst in years. They're urging everyone to get their flu shots.But like every flu...
View ArticleWake-Up Call: FDA Pushes Drugmakers To Weaken Sleeping Pills
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it was requiring companies that make Ambien and similar sleeping pills to sharply cut the doses of the drugs.The agency says it is taking the...
View ArticleCDC Says Flu Waning In Places, But Worst May Not Be Over
Federal healthy officials said Friday there are some early signs this year's flu season may be easing in some parts of the country. But they stressed it's far too early to tell whether the flu season...
View ArticleCDC: Flu Season Is Especially Tough On The Elderly
Federal health officials say this year's flu season shaping up to be especially severe for the elderly.According to the latest update from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the...
View ArticlePainkiller Paradox: Feds Struggle To Control Drugs That Help And Harm
A few years ago, a doctor started prescribing Michael Israel painkillers for bad cramps in his gut. Israel had been struggling with Crohn's disease, a chronic digestive disorder, since he was a...
View ArticleTo Fight Addiction, FDA Advisers Endorse Limits On Vicodin And Similar...
A key federal panel Friday recommended placing new restrictions on Vicodin and similar prescription painkillers.At the conclusion of an emotional two-day hearing, the Food and Drug Administration...
View ArticleAging Poorly: Another Act Of Baby Boomer Rebellion
Baby boomers have a reputation for being addicted to exercise and obsessed with eating well.But that story didn't jibe with what physician Dana E. King and his colleagues see walking through the door...
View ArticlePopular Workout Booster Draws Safety Scrutiny
Richard Kessinger loves to hit the gym. But some days he needs a little something to get him pumped up for his weightlifting routine."You might be a little bit sore. You might be tired. You might have...
View ArticleFlu Vaccine Has Been Feeble For Elderly This Season
This year's flu vaccine appears to be doing a unusually poor job of protecting the elderly, federal health officials reported Thursday.Overall, this year's flu vaccine appears to be only about 27...
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