In 2011, the Health and Human Services secretary overruled the FDA on its determination that there should be no age restrictions on buying morning-after pills. Now Justice is saying that FDA should be setting the rules, not a federal judge.  The Justice Department’s decision to appeal a federal judge’s order removing ...

Enlarge PhotoRecording executive Jimmy Nichols speaks during a memorial service for country singer ... more >NEW YORK (AP) — The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday.The trend was most pronounced among ...

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) -- The number of American children who suffer from food and skin allergies has increased dramatically in recent years, a new government report shows. Interestingly, the prevalence of food and respiratory allergies rose with income: Children living in families that made more than ...

| Thu May 2, 2013 4:05am EDT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said five more people have died of a deadly new virus from the same family as SARS, and two other people were in intensive care. The seven cases were discovered in al-Ahsa governorate in the Eastern Province, the Saudi news ...

Lipsticks And Lip Glosses Contain Toxic Metals Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Dermatology Article Date: 02 May 2013 - 12:00 PDT Current ratings for:Lipsticks And Lip Glosses Contain Toxic Metals Patient / Public: Healthcare Prof: Lipsticks and lip glosses contain lead, cadmium, chromium, aluminum, and five other ...

A California woman tried to poison Starbucks’ customers by swapping bottles of orange juice on shelves for ones laced with rubbing alcohol, police said. Ramineh Behbehanian, 50, was allegedly spotted by other customers placing newly contaminated containers into fridges 3:45 p.m. Monday at a San Jose branch. RELATED: STARBUCKS: YES, VIRGINIA, ...

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Human cases of a deadly new strain of that has killed 27 people in are likely to crop up in and around the world but that should not cause undue alarm, 's leading expert said on Thursday. In his first media ...

Three die after catching new C. diff strain in Scotland New strains of C. diff do emerge but this is the first published report of ribotype 332 Three patients in Scotland have died after catching a new strain of the Clostridium difficile (C.diff) bug. All three were in the same health ...

By Toni Clarke Thu May 2, 2013 1:48pm EDT (Reuters) - An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency reject a kidney cancer drug made by Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc and Astellas Pharma Inc, saying data from the clinical trial were inconsistent. In a 13-1 vote on ...

Kentucky boy, 5, shot dead sister, 2, with child gun A county judge said he would expect every home in the area has a gun A five-year-old boy who shot dead his two-year-old sister in the US state of Kentucky used a gun marketed for children, authorities have said. Kristian Sparks ...

By Brenda GoodmanHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) — Weight loss after gastric bypass surgery varies widely, and scientists say they have identified a genetic variation that may help explain the discrepancy. The discovery, detailed in a study published May 2 in the American Journal of Human Genetics, is already ...

An Ora Quick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody test kit is seen at the AIDS Service Center of New York City (ASC/NYC) lower Manhattan headquarters () By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - An influential U.S. panel is calling for HIV screening for all Americans aged 15 to 65, regardless of whether they ...

| Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:02am EDT (Reuters) - A man in Shanghai died from bird flu on Monday, the latest person to die from the H7N9 strain of the virus first discovered in humans in March that has now killed at least 24 people. The 89-year-old died after 12 days ...

Symbol: Awareness, now new hope. Photo: Jessica Shapiro A breakthrough in the search for a cure for HIV will come ''within months'', researchers believe. Danish scientists are expecting results showing that it will be possible to find a cure that is both affordable and can be provided to a large number ...

A jury on Wednesday awarded $240 million to 32 mentally disabled men for what government lawyers say was years of abuse by a Texas company that arranged for them to work at an Iowa turkey processing plant and oversaw their care, work and lodging. The award handed out by a federal ...

? A study by Jonathan I. Silverberg, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, and colleagues suggests children living the in the United States but born outside the U.S. have a lower prevalence of allergic disease that increases after residing in the United States for one ...

Enlarge Photo**FILE** A map highlighting reported cases of gonorrhea in women aged 15 ... more >A drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea — now considered a superbug — has some researchers worried the effects could match or even exceed AIDS.“This might be a lot worse than AIDS in the short run because the bacteria ...

The intake has declined over the past decade, but it's still higher than American Heart Association recommendations.Men and women are consuming too much sugar, according to new government statistics.(Photo: Allison Joyce, Getty Images)Story HighlightsMen consume about 335 calories a day from added sugarsWomen are downing about 239 calories from sugarsThat's far ...