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US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:58:30 -0400

WASHINGTON - Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday.

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:19:29 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.

NH Senate to vote on amended medical pot bill

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:56:05 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - New Hampshire could be on its way to joining 18 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing the medical use of marijuana by people with serious illness.

Pa. woman fights cancer while pregnant

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:42:14 -0400

ERIE, Pennsylvania - Jenise Kaliszewski had been trying to get pregnant for less than a month when she first noticed a painful lump near her left armpit in June 2012.

Law requires 1 form for authorization of medicine

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:02:04 -0400

LANSING, Michigan - A new Michigan law calls for the creation of a universal form that doctors can use when patients need prior authorization for coverage of prescription drugs.

State Drug Court conference to be held in Tunica

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:34:44 -0400

TUNICA, Mississippi - Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. will speak Wednesday at the opening of a three-day conference in of the Mississippi Association of Drug Court Professionals.

Vilanova returning to NY for more cancer treatment

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:11:04 -0400

BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova will return to New York next week to "undergo further cancer treatment" after having a second tumor in two years removed from his throat in December.

Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:10 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it.

Santa Fe marijuana dispensary robbed at gunpoint

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:28:50 -0400

SANTA FE, New Mexico - Authorities are looking for three men who robbed a licensed medical marijuana distributor in Santa Fe on Friday.

Ohio AG certifies medical marijuana petition

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:55:37 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has cleared an initial step to get before voters.

Washington's Wilcox undergoes foot surgery

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:41:54 -0400

SEATTLE - Washington guard C.J. Wilcox has undergone surgery on his left foot to stabilize a stress fracture that bothered him for much of his junior season.

14-year term for Calif. doc promising cancer cure

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:19:18 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.

Oregon bill would legalize medical pot retailers

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:18:29 -0400

SALEM, Oregon - Oregon legislators are considering a bill to legalize and license medical marijuana retailers, calling it a step toward reining in abuses of the state's 15-year-old effort to allow people to use pot for therapy.

UC elective surgeries canceled as strike looms

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:56 -0400

LOS ANGELES - The five largest University of California medical centers have begun canceling elective surgeries because of a two-day strike planned by some workers next week.

J&J's DePuy to end 2 hip replacement systems

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:09:00 -0400

Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedics business plans to stop selling a couple of hip replacement systems not widely used by doctors.

Cultural attitudes impede organ donations in China

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:25:06 -0400

BEIJING - China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general population.

Health group didn't disclose HIV tests, apologizes

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:50 -0400

PORTLAND, Oregon - Kaiser Permanente Northwest is apologizing to nearly 6,500 members in Oregon and Washington whose blood was tested for HIV without their knowledge or consent.

Cancer patient hopes to leave disease in past

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:28:57 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Mark and Beth Rediker knew something was terribly wrong late last year when their 22-year-old son Adam, who often ran six miles a day, became inexplicably bloated in just a few weeks.

6-year-old boy undergoes heart transplant at Mayo

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:28:04 -0400

ROCHESTER, Minnesota - A 6-year-old boy who has spent the last six months in intensive care has undergone heart transplant surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

About 200 in UT prisons finish drug therapy course

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:35:20 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - About 200 Utah prison inmates are set to graduate from a drug treatment program at Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison.

Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:20:33 -0400

CHICAGO - As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.

Panther kitten rescued, recovering from surgery

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:07:29 -0400

NAPLES, Florida - A 9-month-old Florida panther has been rescued after a man spotted the injured kitten on his way to work.

Details of Jolie's breast treatment revealed

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:38:27 -0400

Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer - strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday.

Illinois doctor charged in prescription drug case

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:14:46 -0400

STERLING, Illinois - A northern Illinois doctor has been arrested on federal charges he excessively prescribed pain medication.

Shrinks, critics face off over psychiatric manual

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:38:35 -0400

CHICAGO - In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild neurocognitive disorder."