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Meth lab seizures, workplace use decline
Jun 19 2006 6:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Good news in the fight against meth abuse came on two fronts Monday, with reports showing a major drop in methamphetamine lab seizures nationwide and a similar decline in the spread of the drug into the workplace.
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Cholesterol drug makers see competition
Jun 19 2006 6:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The makers of cholesterol drugs are promoting their products ahead of a major change that is expected to trigger more competition in the market for such drugs.
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Patients help fight cancer after death
Jun 19 2006 6:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pancreatic cancer killed William Schunk. Now scientists are using his body to fight back. Within about an hour of his death, researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center began collecting the Omaha veteran's organs as part of a unique "rapid autopsy" program. The goal: To create a library of tissue that could finally point scientists to new ways to diagnose and treat this most lethal of cancers.
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States weigh Medicare options after ruling
Jun 19 2006 6:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - State officials looked for other options Monday after the Supreme Court declined to block a part of the Medicare drug program that they contend sticks them with unfair payments.
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Scientists go to Iowa for bird flu school
Jun 19 2006 5:52PM (CT)
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Two dozen scientists from around the world gathered in high-tech classrooms and laboratories in central Iowa on Monday to learn how to diagnose avian influenza and control its spread.
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Side effects cast shadow over new HIV meds
Jun 19 2006 2:44AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The excitement over a novel class of drugs being developed to fight HIV has been dampened by fears they could pose serious safety risks, including the possibility they might actually speed the progression of AIDS.
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