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• Epidural During Birth May Negatively Affect Breast-Feeding

  MONDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Women who receive an epidural during childbirth are more ...

• Raising 'Good' Cholesterol Levels Still a Worthy Goal

  MONDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Despite the death of Pfizer's new cholesterol drug, researchers ...

• Victim Count in Taco Bell E. coli Outbreak Still Rising

  FRIDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials are still trying to determine the ...

• Drug-Coated Stents Don't Boost Death Risk, U.S. Advisers Say

  THURSDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Although drug-coated stents might pose a clotting risk, they ...

• Statin Users Risk Heart Attacks by Stopping Treatment

  THURSDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- People with high cholesterol levels who stop taking the ...

• Gleevec Continues to Beat Blood Cancer

  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Doug Jenson, a 73-year-old retiree in Canby, Ore., knows ...

• Drug-Coated Stents Create Clot Risk

  TUESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The once-promising notion that drug-coated stents could help patients ...

• New Diabetes Drug Improves Blood Sugar, Weight Loss

  TUESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The new drug called rimonabant (brand name Acomplia) helped ...

• New Type 2 Diabetes Drug Delays Disease Progression

  MONDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- One of a new class of diabetes drugs delayed ...

• New drug effective for chronic constipation

  Dec 04 (HealthCentersOnline) - According to a study recently published in The American Journal of ...

• Prescription Labels Often Misunderstood

  FRIDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans, including those with college degrees, have trouble ...

• Common PTSD Drug May Be Useless

  FRIDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A drug long used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder ...

• Hormone Imbalance Could Spur Some Bed-Wetting

  FRIDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- An imbalance in a hormone-like substance called prostaglandin could ...

• FDA Panel Backs Celebrex for Kids With Arthritis

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended ...

• Abortion Pill May Help Prevent Breast Cancer

  THURSDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The abortion pill might ward off breast cancer in ...

• Many Study Review Board Docs Have Ties to Drug Industry

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- More than a third of doctors who sit on ...

• Ob/Gyn Group Urges Pregnant Women to Shun Paxil

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A group representing America's obstetricians is recommending that women ...

• Statins Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke in Those Without Heart Disease

  TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- There are clear medical benefits for prescribing cholesterol-reducing statin ...

• FDA OKs Return of Silicone Breast Implants

  FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Despite decades of controversy over the dangers of silicone ...