AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.
AP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.
Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia (AP)
AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.
Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal (AP)
AP - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.
For Bonobo Males, Mom Is the Best Wingman (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - To most human males, the thought of your mother anywhere near your sex life is probably horrifying. Not so for the bonobo, one of our closest primate relatives. A new study confirms that hanging out with mom boosts male bonobos' chances of getting intimate with a fertile female.
Seniors Get Boost From Bad News About the Young (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Older people prefer to readnegative news stories about the young, possibly because it makes them feelbetter about themselves, a new study suggests.
Diabetes Drug Metformin Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Rate inMice (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A drug widely used totreat high blood sugar in type 2 diabetics may hold some promise in theprevention of tobacco-induced lung cancer, according to extremelypreliminary findings in a mouse study.
Safety groups find no Pampers link to rash cases (Reuters)
Reuters - Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes.
HIV discrimination case filed in China (AP)
AP - A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday.
Reuters - The common diabetes drug metformin may hold promise as a way to keep smokers from developing lung cancer, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
Health Tip: Coping With Hives (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hives are the result of an allergic reaction.They typically go away without treatment, but can be an itchynuisance.
Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban (Reuters)
Reuters - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.
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