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  1. FDA posts list of potential problem drugs AP - Sat Sep 6, 6:41 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients.

  2. FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs AP - Thu Sep 4, 5:28 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.

  3. A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille, southern France, on April 3, 2008. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)
    Breast MRIs delay cancer treatment by weeks: study Reuters - Sat Sep 6, 5:34 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who get an MRI scan wait about three weeks longer before their surgery and are far more likely to get a mastectomy than women who have only a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.

  4. A boy carries used plastic bottles in a shop which will be sent to recycling plants in Dhaka in this January 29, 2007 file photo. (Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters)
    Plastics chemical harms brain function in monkeys Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 4:21 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Scientists reported this week new evidence that low doses of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), widely used to make plastic food and drinking containers, can impair brain function in primates, extending the findings of previous research conducted in rats.

  5. FDA lists drugs under safety probes Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 3:32 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have disclosed safety probes into over 20 medicines by companies such as Eli Lilly and Co and Biogen Idec, a step required by Congress to address concerns the agency had been slow to warn of risks.

  6. All types of sexual activity carry some STD risk Reuters - Tue Sep 2, 1:29 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sexual activity other than intercourse carries some risk of sexually transmitted disease, and doctors should make sure their patients understand that, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

  7. Gene domino effect behind brain, pancreatic tumors AP - Fri Sep 5, 8:49 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers. The result points to a new approach for fighting tumors and maybe even catching them sooner. Genes blamed for one person's brain tumor were different from the culprits for the next patient, making the puzzle of cancer genetics even more complicated.

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