Health
Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude. The savings would come by reducing medication overuse, ...
Prince Philip leaves hospital after surgery
Britain's Prince Philip was discharged from a London hospital on Monday, 10 days after undergoing exploratory surgery on his abdomen. Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, smiled and shook hands with medical staff as he walked steadily from the London Clinic, clutching a thick hardback book. Buckingham Palace ...
Lawyer: Miguel inviting lawsuit over fan's injury
The woman who was kicked by Miguel during a Billboard Music Awards performance continues to suffer cognitive difficulties and has yet to receive any assistance from the R&B singer nearly a month after the incident, her attorney said. Doctors continue to evaluate Khyati Shah's injuries, but the exchange student from ...
Court says isolated human genes cannot be patented
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out attempts to patent human genes, siding with advocates who say the multibillion-dollar biotechnology industry should not have exclusive control over genetic information found inside the human body. But the high court also approved for the first time the patenting of synthetic DNA, ...
Dispatch call describes Paris Jackson's injuries
Paramedics were dispatched to Paris Jackson's home on a report that the 15-year-old had taken 20 Motrin pills and cut herself with a kitchen knife, audio of an emergency dispatch released Tuesday shows. The Los Angeles County Fire Department released audio of a call describing the need for paramedics between ...
TV show earns some snark over pregnant and dating
They aren't looking for sex and they're not in need of baby daddies. It's those two things that landed the single ladies of "Pregnant & Dating" on reality TV to begin with. Five in all, the growing and glowing women in WE tv's latest lineup play mini-golf, lace up bowling ...
Jackson treatments raised alarm for AEG Live exec
Jurors in the Michael Jackson case were shown an email on Monday in which the top executive at AEG Live LLC expressed grave concerns about treatments Jackson was receiving from his longtime dermatologist. The email sent by AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips said the company was "scared to death" of ...
Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell says he has cancer
Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell says he is being treated for cancer. In a statement Monday, the 50-year-old says he has Hodgkin lymphoma and has been in chemotherapy for two months, with four months of treatment remaining. Says Campbell: "I feel fortunate that my cancer sent me an alarm call ...
NY gov's women's rights bill faces abortion fight
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10-point proposal calling for women's rights protections from the work place to the shadowy world of human trafficking was endorsed by several women's advocates Tuesday, but faces strong opposition in the Senate over its abortion provisions. Cuomo released the bill Tuesday, detailing his women's rights proposal for ...
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