The chief executive officer of AM2PAT, Inc., has fled the United States after two managers from his company’s North Carolina plant were sentenced to several years in prison for shipping medical syringes that were not sterilized, as required by law. …

This year’s influenza (flu) season is off to a late but vigorous start, with some areas being so hard hit that medical experts are reminding people that it’s still not too late to get a flu shot.  These shots help…

The now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) inadvertently set off the largest food recall in United States history when it shipped peanut base products to food manufacturers in spite of repeated tests indicating evidence of salmonella colonization.  The resulting outbreak…

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics recently contracted an independent laboratory to test for two cancer-causing chemicals that might be in some of the leading brand baby shampoos and soaps.  The results are in and they suggest cause for concern.

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Kerry Thomas, 45, has been to prison twice for deliberately infecting others with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and now he’s out again on parole.  This concerns the Ada County, Idaho, deputy prosecutor enough that she’s filed charges with the…

Chief executive officers (CEOs) of major US companies gather each year for a Business Roundtable in which they discuss the issues affecting their businesses.  This year, health care is a hot topic and the consensus is that the current dismal…

Hard-to-detect ovarian cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease, due in part because it is so very hard to detect.  Quite often it remains undiagnosed until reaching a stage at which it is nearly impossible to…

The value of staying healthy to avoid major medical complications was recently confirmed in a series of articles published by the medical journal, ‘Archives of Neurology.’  Two recent studies have linked metabolic disorders, including diabetes and heart disease, to an…

Little Heather McNamara is glad to be going home to her big sister and her Pomeranian named Angel but, after more than a month in the hospital, she says she’ll be sleeping with her parents tonight.  The cheerful 7-year-old Long…

The top six makers of baby bottles have agreed to stop using bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles after attorneys general in Connecticut, Delaware, and New Jersey asked them to.  The industrial plastic has been linked to reproductive, immunological, and…

President Barack Obama signed an executive order OK-ing stem cell research earlier today which reverses a policy endorsed by the former administration.  Under the Bush Administration, federal funds could not be used for most forms of research involving embryonic stem…

It’s official.  The nation’s healthcare system is in crisis and President Barack Obama vowed, on his campaign trail, to fix it.  He’s taken the first step toward doing just that by convening representatives from his White House Cabinet, Congress, the…

In a precedent-setting ruling, the US Supreme Court sided with the victim in a case of bodily injury caused by unlabeled side effects against the drug’s manufacturer.  The drug maker, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, of Madison, New Jersey, claimed it could not…

Anyone who enjoys potluck dinners, church suppers, and other gatherings where people bring food to be shared with a crowd is familiar with the ubiquitous casserole.  This dish, in any of its many versions, has become so common that it’s…