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Bird Flu Pops Up Again in Hong Kong. Is a Pandemic on Its Way? TIME By Bryan Walsh Thursday, November 18, 2010 | 0 comments Hong Kong residents experienced an unwelcome blast from the past on Nov. 18. A 59-year-old woman in the city contracted H5N1 avian influenza — the first confirmed case in Hong Kong since 2003. ... See all stories on this topic »

Teen's Death Again Spotlights Four Loko Danger ABC News By RUSSELL GOLDMAN Texas authorities have arrested a convenience store clerk for selling the controversial alcoholic energy drink Four Loko to a group of teenagers involved in a car wreck that left a teenage girl dead. The girl's death came the same ... See all stories on this topic »

Experimental Drug Raises Good Cholesterol Levels in Early Trial BusinessWeek By Amanda Gardner WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that raises HDL, or "good," cholesterol seems to have passed an initial hurdle by proving safe in preliminary trials. Although the trial was primarily designed to look at ... See all stories on this topic »

Great American Smokeout 2010: Eleven Ways to Make Big Tobacco Rich CBS News (CBS) Smokers, you know the drill. You've had it banged into your head: lung cancer, heart disease, rotting teeth, crappy breath. You've heard you're a menace to society, baby killers, second hand and third hand smoke baby killers and people that make ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Cardinal Health to Buy Kinray for $1.3 Billion to Gain Retail Pharmacies Bloomberg By Pat Wechsler and Meg Tirrell - Thu Nov 18 21:11:35 GMT 2010 Cardinal Health Inc., the Dublin, Ohio-based drug distributor, said it plans to buy closely held Kinray Inc. for $1.3 billion to expand in retail pharmacy distribution. ... See all stories on this topic »

Medicare Pay Cut for Doctors to Be Delayed in US Senate Deal BusinessWeek By Drew Armstrong Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Lawmakers in the US Senate proposed a one-month delay to cuts in pay for physicians under the Medicare program, the US government's health insurance program for the elderly and disabled. Without the postponement ... See all stories on this topic »

AIDS is 'forgotten epidemic,' Koop says Washington Post "If you tell people the truth, in a very factual way, they will act," said former surgeon general C. Everett Koop, shown in 2002. (Jim Cole) By David Brown C. Everett Koop, the surgeon general whose grim and bearded visage gave the country its first ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

L.A. Judge Mulls Licensing Decision for Octomom Fertility Doctor Fox News | AP LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles judge is considering whether the fertility doctor for "Octomom" Nadya Suleman should keep his medical license. Lawyers wrapped up closing arguments Thursday in the state medical board hearing for Dr. Michael Kamrava. ... See all stories on this topic »

Medicare committee gives lukewarm rating to prostate drug Provenge Los Angeles Times By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles times A Medicare review committee on Wednesday expressed lukewarm support for the prostate cancer drug Provenge, suggesting that the agency is likely to implement an agency-wide approval to pay for use of the drug for ... See all stories on this topic »

Radio Waves Lower Blood Pressure: Study RedOrbit A quick blast of radio waves to the nerves of the kidneys can help control high blood pressure in patients who do not respond to conventional treatment, researchers reported on Wednesday. The device works by selectively severing nerves leading to the ... See all stories on this topic »

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