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FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to-treat patients

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. regulators Wednesday approved a new tuberculosis medicine that shortens and improves treatment for the hardest-to-treat cases, a worsening problem in many poor countries...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments saving lives

WASHINGTON – Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday. The preliminary findings prompt...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

To boost workforce, medical schools try to sell rural life

BRISTOL, Va. – On a field trip to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Ashish Bibireddy put on headphones and scrolled through a jukebox of music from an influential 1927 recording sessio...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Three Springs MRI to provide higher quality scans with new technology

Better images allow for better diagnoses

DATE: Aug 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Impossible Whopper not fooling Durango taste-testers

Plant-based patty touts flavor of real meat

DATE: Aug 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Boom in overdose-reversing drug is tied to fewer drug deaths

NEW YORK – Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three de...

DATE: Aug 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Is pot safe when pregnant?

Study seeks answer, draws critics

DATE: Aug 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Cities again see more overdose deaths than country towns

NEW YORK – U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are back to being more concentrated in big cities, according to a gove...

DATE: Aug 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Hurry up and wait: Doctors say insurers increasingly interfere

After Kim Lauerman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, doctors wanted to give her a drug that helps prevent infections and fever during chemotherapy. Her insurer said no. Anthem Bl...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

New standards aim to improve surgery for the oldest patients

WASHINGTON – The 92-year-old had a painful tumor on his tongue, and major surgery was his best chance. Doctors called a timeout when he said he lived alone, in a rural farmhouse, and wanted ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Study: Millions should stop taking aspirin for heart health

WASHINGTON – Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday. A daily low-dose aspirin is r...

DATE: Jul 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Diplomats’ brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery

CHICAGO – Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussion-like symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery...

DATE: Jul 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health