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In a story Sept. 9 about medical imaging drugs, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Food and Drug Administration, reported erroneously that a rare side effect had been reported with all seven drugs containing the chemical gadolinium. The FDA clarified the side effect has not been reported in two of the drugs, Eovist and Ablavar.
 
  • NIH to resume funding stem cell research for now
    AP - 8 hours , 56 minutes ago
    The government said Friday it's back in the business of funding embryonic stem cell research -- at least for now -- after an appeals court temporarily lifted a judge's ban.
  • Cholera stalks West Africa as rains spread disease
    AP - 10 hours , 29 minutes ago
    Patients jammed rudimentary clinics and health workers in surgical masks sprayed anti-bacterial solution on muddy paths as the government struggled to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 800 Nigerians in two months.
  • AIDS doctors, activists call for more health funds
    AP - 15 hours , 11 minutes ago
    Doctors and AIDS activists on Friday urged African governments to fulfill a decade-old pledge to spend more of their own money on health if they want international help in fighting AIDS.
  • Stroke stents may double risk in patients over 70
    AP - 1 day , 3 hours ago
    Stroke patients over 70 who get stents to keep their arteries open may be doubling their risk of having another stroke or dying compared to patients who get surgery instead, a new study says.
  • FDA warns of deadly side effect with imaging drugs
    AP - 1 day , 5 hours ago
    Federal health regulators are warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes fatal condition in patients with kidney disease.
  • Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best
    AP - 1 day , 10 hours ago
    John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.
  • Gov't: Spending to rise under health care overhaul
    AP - 1 day , 10 hours ago
    The nation's health care tab will go up -- not down -- as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast Thursday, which also predicts the increase will be modest.
  • J&J giving $200 million for health of women, kids
    AP - 1 day , 10 hours ago
    Health giant Johnson & Johnson is donating about $200 million in cash and medicine to a sweeping United Nations program created to improve the health and lives of people in poor countries.
  • Doctors see eye hazard in powerful laser pointers
    AP - 2 days , 2 hours ago
    A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he'd bought over the Internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered versions are easily available online.
  • Court asked to keep stem cell money flowing
    AP - 2 days , 4 hours ago
    The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court to lift an order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, a day after being turned down by the judge who issued the order.
  • Group backs mandatory flu shots for health workers
    AP - 2 days , 4 hours ago
    Flu vaccination should be required for all doctors, nurses and other health workers, the nation's largest pediatricians' group says, calling it a long overdue step to protect patients.
  • Pfizer, American Kennel Club reach deal
    AP - 2 days , 5 hours ago
    Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday its animal health unit and the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation entered an exclusive partnership on new areas of research on dog diseases and treatments.
  • AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case
    AP - 2 days , 6 hours ago
    The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business.
  • Merck, J&J arbitration on drug rights starts soon
    AP - 3 days , 4 hours ago
    Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Tuesday that arbitration will begin in late September in its dispute with Johnson & Johnson over revenue from two blockbuster drugs for rheumatoid arthritis and other immune disorders.
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