Dan Kruse started to feel weak one day while hanging out with his friends in a park. The next day, the eighth-grader woke up completely jaundiced -- the whites of his eyes were yellow -- and he urinated blood.
The widow of a man who died after receiving contaminated heparin
told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday "we have a false sense
of security" in a land where people expect to be protected and
safe
In emotional testimony before a congressional subcommittee Tuesday, relatives of people who died after being injected with contaminated heparin expressed anger and sadness at the failure of the manufacturer and government regulators to ensure the drugs were safe.
(LAS VEGAS) -- A man who may have been exposed to toxic ricin in his motel room a month ago has regained consciousness and was being questioned by investigators, authorities said Friday.
Federal inspectors said Friday that they suspended the grinding of raw products at the Topps Meat Co. after finding inadequate safety measures at the plant, which is being investigated because of bacteria-tainted hamburgers that may have sickened 25 people.
Dan Kruse started to feel weak one day while hanging out with his friends in a park. The next day, the eighth-grader woke up completely jaundiced -- the whites of his eyes were yellow -- and he urinated blood.
The widow of a man who died after receiving contaminated heparin
told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday "we have a false sense
of security" in a land where people expect to be protected and
safe
In emotional testimony before a congressional subcommittee Tuesday, relatives of people who died after being injected with contaminated heparin expressed anger and sadness at the failure of the manufacturer and government regulators to ensure the drugs were safe.
(LAS VEGAS) -- A man who may have been exposed to toxic ricin in his motel room a month ago has regained consciousness and was being questioned by investigators, authorities said Friday.
Federal inspectors said Friday that they suspended the grinding of raw products at the Topps Meat Co. after finding inadequate safety measures at the plant, which is being investigated because of bacteria-tainted hamburgers that may have sickened 25 people.
Testosterone supplements may make aging men feel and look better, but the results of a study conducted in rats suggest that it could lead to kidney damage and worsen high blood pressure (hypertension).
For the time, the Food and Drug Administration said it will test ingredients imported for use in the human food supply in connection with the nationwide pet food recall that has killed, by some estimates, thousands of pets.
Contaminants that led to a massive recall of pet food could have been added intentionally, according to one theory being considered by the Food and Drug Administration.
Federal health officials have issued stern new warnings for doctors to more carefully prescribe widely used anemia drugs that can increase the risk of death and other serious problems in patients with cancer and kidney disease.
Amgen's stock price tumbled Thursday, as investors grew concerned over federal scrutiny and safety issues concerning the biotech's top-selling anemia drugs.
The kidney dialysis unit of the public hospital in Nablus is running at capacity: four shifts a day serving nearly 100 patients. It would be a difficult task for any hospital. More so for one that has little money to pay its staff or buy fresh medical supplies.
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Bill Halcomb's three-times-a week sessions at a local dialysis center used to consume a total of 15 hours, depriving him of time to run his kidney patient website, Ihatedialysis.com.
Bill Halcomb's three-times-a week sessions at a local dialysis center used to consume a total of 15 hours, depriving him of time to run his kidney patient website, Ihatedialysis.com.
In four lawsuits filed this week, plaintiffs claim they became ill after consuming spinach distributed by Natural Selection Foods, Natural Selection Foods Manufacturing and Dole Food, which announced a massive recall of the greens last week.
Investigators combed through farm fields in Monterey County, California, on Tuesday, searching for the source of an outbreak of illness linked to the consumption of raw spinach.
The nationwide health scare over bacteria-ridden spinach widened Monday, as the number of states reporting sickness linked to the outbreak increased to 21.
Amgen and Genentech stock prices soared in 2005, but they lost their hot stock status in '06 as prices plunged. Is Big Biotech ready for an upswing, or is it all downhill from here?
Amgen Inc., the world's biggest biotech developer, beat earnings expectations for the first quarter Tuesday, but analysts were still skeptical about the company's performance.
A Kentucky prisoner who duped authorities and his family into believing he intended to donate a kidney to his ailing son may have escaped to Mexico with his girlfriend, federal authorities said.
After being treated with respirators, feeding tubes, dialysis and even a couple of hours in a hyperbaric chamber, the sole survivor of the Sago Mine explosion has left the care of doctors who have skippered his recovery efforts over the past three weeks.
The sole survivor of a West Virginia mine explosion was dramatically improving Saturday as he struggled to fend off the carbon monoxide poisoning that killed his co-workers, a doctor said.
Peter Houghton, then aged 61, was the first person in the world to be fitted with a permanent artificial heart pump in 2000, having been given just weeks to live after being diagnosed with terminal heart failure. Here is his story.
Prince Rainier III remained in stable condition Monday as medical treatment, including dialysis, has halted the deterioration in his health, the palace said.
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was a mistake that has made the world a more dangerous place, but a swift withdrawal would make matters worse, Pakistan's president said this weekend.
The Al-Jazeera network aired a new videotape of Osama bin Laden Friday, in which the al Qaeda leader says that in order to avoid further attacks, the United States should not attack al Qaeda.
Nokia's disappointing sales announcement and the resulting fallout in the tech sector makes a lot of nervous investors even jumpier. In particular, they fear that any earnings disappointments during the next few weeks may lead to sudden selloffs.
First it was kidney failure and diabetes. Then, for a 40-year-old Michigan woman this June, the diabetes led to foot ulcers and gangrene. One toe had to be amputated, then a second, then a third.
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