Surgery minus morphine – getting opioids out of the OR By John Lauerman June 3, 2018 at 8:25 a.m. Amber McCanna's hip replacement in 2016 was her sixth surgery in 10 years. It was...
Many teens still denied ‘morning after’ pill at pharmacies By Gia Miller June 3, 2018 at 10:21 a.m. Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted age restrictions on the use of...
Opioid prescriptions dropped for the first time in the modern drug crisis By Lenny Bernstein June 3, 2018 at 10:02 a.m. The number of prescriptions for opioids written by health care providers declined between 2012 and...
Prolonged use of heartburn meds may increase risk of early death By Dennis Thompson June 3, 2018 at 10:51 a.m. Popular heartburn medications like Nexium, Prilosec or Prevacid may increase your risk of early death...
Lots of kids misdiagnosed as allergic to penicillin: Report By Maureen Salamon June 3, 2018 at 11:04 a.m. Many children suspected of being allergic to the inexpensive, first-line antibiotic penicillin actually aren't, new...
CDC warns against placenta pills after infant’s infection By Mike Stobbe June 3, 2018 at 10:23 a.m. Health officials are warning new moms about the potential dangers of taking pills made from...
You can now snort chocolate By Abha Bhattarai June 3, 2018 at 10:23 a.m. First came Four Loko, the alcoholic energy drink dubbed "blackout in a can." Now meet...
Negotiating cancer: 8 tips from someone who’s done it By Stefanie Joho June 3, 2018 at 10:23 a.m. At the age of 24, after two surgeries and two aggressive rounds of chemotherapy failed...
Therapy animals are everywhere, but proof that they help is not By Karin Brulliard June 3, 2018 at 11:07 a.m. A therapy-animal trend grips the United States. The San Francisco airport now deploys a pig...
A heart transplant gave her another chance to live. Hours after giving birth, she died. By Lindsey Bever June 3, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Not long after Megan Johnson gave birth, her husband posted a picture on social media,...