Antibiotics for appendicitis? Surgery often not needed
Sep 25, 2018
New study says surgery isn't always needed for appendicitis, antibiotics instead can often do the trick
Vikings DE Griffen remains out with mental health trouble
Sep 25, 2018
Vikings DE Everson Griffen out indefinitely with mental health trouble after team grew concerned
Watchdog: MDs with convictions hired to examine immigrants
Sep 25, 2018
The Homeland Security's watchdog group has found some physicians hired to examine immigrants have criminal convictions, a history of sexual misconduct or have been sanctioned for allowing her team to dilute vaccines
What's yogurt? Industry wants greater liberty to use term
Sep 25, 2018
Yogurt makers hope Trump administration will give them more liberty on what can be called "yogurt."
3 deaths found in investigation of impaired pathologist
Sep 24, 2018
A Veterans Affairs hospital official says investigators have discovered 11 significant errors and three deaths in more than 30,000 cases originally seen by a pathologist officials say was working while impaired
Employers giving paid leave getting tax credits in new law
Sep 24, 2018
Employers who offer paid family and medical leave to their workers earning up to $72,000 a year can receive tax credits under the new tax law, the government has affirmed.
AP investigation: Drug prices going up despite Trump promise
Sep 24, 2018
President Donald Trump has made reducing drug prices a key promise, but an Associated Press analysis of brand-name prescription drug prices shows it's mostly been business as usual for drugmakers since he took office.
Implant, intense rehab help 3 paralyzed for years take steps
Sep 24, 2018
Electrical implant, intense rehab help 3 paralyzed patients take steps again
Texas prisons often deny dentures to inmates with no teeth
Sep 24, 2018
Inmates without teeth in Texas are routinely denied dentures because state prison policy says chewing isn't a medical necessity and that they can eat blended food
Ken Burns turns his attention to the Mayo Clinic
Sep 24, 2018
After spearheading an epic, 18-hour documentary on the Vietnam War, acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns has turned to a more personal subject matter _ one that knows him very intimately, too