CHICAGO - Full results of a failed trial on Vytorin, a medicine taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, left doctors stunned that the drug did not improve heart disease even though it worked as intended to lower three key risk factors.
Use of Vytorin and a related drug, Zetia, seemed sure to continue to [...]
For many fans football in England is in danger of becoming too predictable, riven by two cavernous gaps: between the top four and the rest of the Premier League, and between the Premier League and the rest of football. But this year’s FA Cup has given the top flight a healthy blast of reality.I can [...]
TRENTON, N.J. - Wealthy people are enrolled in a state-run health care program for working poor families and criminal investigators are examining another state health program for the poor, according to new state audits that found shocking displays of wasted money.
The reviews by the state auditor found people earning as much as $295,000 enrolled in [...]
So what do you do if you are not solely focused on your marks? “I studied and was also writing, recording and touring with my band Sky Larkin and I spent a lot of time carrying guitars on to the Leeds train out of King’s Cross,” says Katie Harkin, who spent the last year of [...]
BEIJING - Cui Dalin, China’s deputy sports minister, told legislators that the Beijing Olympics would inspire Chinese to live healthier lives. Then he stepped out into a nonsmoking hallway , and lit a cigarette.
The recent incident illustrates the uphill battle China faces as it prepares to take what health advocates hope will be a big [...]
Many popular notions about the health benefits of water apparently aren’t true - or there is no scientific proof to back them up. That’s the conclusion of two University of Pennsylvania researchers - Stanley Goldfarb and Dan Negoianu - who combed the medical literature for evidence of water’s supposed medicinal properties. [...]
In our endless discussions about health care in this country, the same questions are posed over and over again: How much money is being spent? How many doctors are available in specific areas? How many surgical procedures are being done? How long is the wait?
These are all questions of quantity.
We don’t [...]
WASHINGTON %26#151; Older corneas seem to transplant as well as younger ones, says a major new study that promises to expand the age of cornea donation to 75.
It may sound surprising. After all, when it comes to most types of transplants, younger organs and tissue are more coveted.
But U.S. [...]
Today’s column is about rectums, mailing feces, snaky tubes and cancer; images that few of us like to linger upon. Our portable plumbing systems, though not as symbolic as the heart or the brain, are often taken for granted. That is, until something goes wrong.
This month, the government of Ontario [...]
If you frequent the food court or drive-through for lunch, you might want to consider brown-bagging it more often, especially if you’re trying to shed a few pounds.
Among my clientele, those who routinely pack their lunch are more successful at losing weight, lowering cholesterol and reducing blood pressure. They have more [...]
