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Allergan Settles Civil and Criminal Charges MedPage Today By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Botox manufacturer Allergan will pay $375 million after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor misbranding charge related to off-label use of the cosmetic drug, a statement on the company's website said. ... See all stories on this topic »

Hereditary Cancers: Prevent Them With Surgery? U.S. News & World Report By Deborah Kotz Thousands of women have been tested for BRCA1 and BRCA2, gene mutations linked to a very high risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Most women found to carry either mutation have chosen to have frequent monitoring. ... See all stories on this topic »

Battling salmonella squeezes egg farmers Los Angeles Times By PJ Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times Amid a rolling landscape of browning chaparral and battered trailers, Alan and Ryan Armstrong's metal henhouses line up like military barracks. Keeping their 450000 birds safe — and Salmonella enteritidis out of ... See all stories on this topic »

Justice Department Appeals Stem Cell Research Ruling U.S. News & World Report By Caitlin Huey-Burns Over their summer recess, lawmakers have kept busy arguing about government spending, tax cuts, and jobs, all hot-button issues in this year's midterm elections. But when a US District Court judge unexpectedly ruled last week ... See all stories on this topic »

The Flu Shot: How it Came to be, Why it Works Food Consumer Although it hasn't come close to becoming eradicated, great strides have been made when it comes to influenza. They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and in no instance has this adage proven more apropos than when it comes to the flu virus ... See all stories on this topic »

Diabetes Drug Metformin Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Rate in Mice BusinessWeek By Amanda Gardner WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A drug widely used to treat high blood sugar in type 2 diabetics may hold some promise in the prevention of tobacco-induced lung cancer, according to extremely preliminary findings in a mouse ... See all stories on this topic »

Sleepy teens eat more fat: study CBC.ca The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that teens get at least nine hours of sleep each night. (iStock) Teens who sleep less than eight hours on weeknights tend to eat more fatty foods than those who doze longer, researchers have found. ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

HHS to Begin Paying Employers for Early Retirees' Health Insurance MedPage Today By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today WASHINGTON -- The federal government will begin paying nearly 2000 employers from a $5 billion fund to provide health insurance for employees who have retired early, Health and Human Services ... See all stories on this topic »

Girl Who Died En Route To Hospital Remembered At Funeral NY1 Funeral services were held this morning for 11-year-old Briana Ojeda, who was with her mother en route to the hospital Friday when their car was pulled over by an officer who refused to help. Briana was remembered at a Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church ... See all stories on this topic » NY1

Schools Bans Cancer-Awareness Bracelets: Are They In Poor Taste? ABC News Bracelets promoting breast cancer awareness are causing a stir at school districts across the country, leading some educators to ban them from classrooms for a message that some say is in poor taste. USA Today reports this week, Baltic High School, ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

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