Feb 06, 2012 11:27AM

GMC guidance on assisted suicide

The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue.

Feb 06, 2012 06:48PM

Spoon-fed babies 'end up fatter'

Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe.

Feb 06, 2012 06:33AM

NHS translation bill 'tops £23m'

The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank.

Feb 06, 2012 06:13PM

Acid attack model gets sight back

A model who was left blind in one eye after acid was thrown in her face tells of her joy after having her sight restored using stem cell treatment.

Feb 05, 2012 07:17PM

Campaign to cut smoking in cars

A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when carrying children - and which could pave the way for a ban - is launched by the Welsh government.

Feb 06, 2012 07:50AM

Engines idling in New York despite law

Passing laws is one thing; enforcing them is another. Enter New York City's idling rule, meant to improve the city's air quality by prohibiting drivers from running their engines when they're not moving.

Feb 06, 2012 02:33PM

Psychologists highlight pitfalls of online dating

Thanks to the proliferation of online dating, would-be couples are now almost as likely to meet via email or a virtual "wink" as they are through friends and family.

Feb 06, 2012 06:11AM

What to expect at well-child visits

Well-child visits have changed since you were a kid. Find out what pediatricians will be checking for.

Feb 04, 2012 09:23AM

N.Y. town still baffled by mysterious tics

In the New York town of LeRoy, more than a dozen people have suddenly developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics.

Feb 04, 2012 03:09PM

Meeting reflects medical mystery's divisiveness

A community meeting Saturday at a school where over a dozen children have developed tic-like symptoms quickly became contentious, further dividing an already-polarized community.

By DAVID TULLER on Feb 06, 2012 05:07PM

Fallout From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Far and Wide

Before a legal showdown, a finding from Dr. Judy Mikovits at the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease in Reno, Nev., gave hope to desperate patients. Above, a culture in her lab there.As the published evidence for the source of chronic fatigue syndrome fell apart, a legal melodrama erupted, dismaying and demoralizing patients and many members of the scientific community.

By SUSAN LOVE, M.D. on Feb 06, 2012 05:07PM

Essay: Breast Cancer Screening Matters, but Prevention Is the Real Goal

Perhaps too much emphasis is placed on looking for existing breast cancer when the search should focus on prevention and the possibility of finding a vaccine.

By RONI CARYN RABIN on Feb 06, 2012 02:40PM

The Consumer: New Weight Watchers Plan Leaves Some Grumbling

An overhaul to Weight Watchers' diet plan has caused many longtime members to complain about slow weight loss.

By ANDREW POLLACK on Feb 06, 2012 05:06PM

Exemestane, Thought to Prevent Cancer, Also Causes Bone Loss

A drug that scientists had hoped would help prevent breast cancer has a significant side effect.

By MATTHEW L. WALD on Feb 06, 2012 05:08PM

G.E. Ends Bid to Create a Supply of Technetium 99m

A warning at the 54-year-old Chalk River reactor in Ontario, whose license expires in four years.Continued obstacles plague the effort to provide a reliable supply of technetium 99m, a radioisotope crucial to identifying heart and kidney disease and assisting in breast cancer surgery.

Feb 06, 2012 06:01PM

A push for family input to detect dementia earlier (AP)

AP - Alexis McKenzie's mother had mild dementia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife's sentences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store.

Feb 05, 2012 11:49PM

Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC (AP)

AP - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

Feb 04, 2012 07:35PM

Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget (AP)

AP - When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. — she was so moved she sat in her car and wept.

Feb 06, 2012 05:07PM

Certain Cancer Drugs May Have Fatal Side Effects: Analysis (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with three relatively new cancer drugs may be linked to a slightly increased risk of death, a new analysis suggests.

Feb 06, 2012 03:20PM

Ovarian cancer screening popular despite guidelines (Reuters)

Reuters - Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would offer it to patients, according to a new survey.