For most of the U.S. public, Pearl Harbor is the significance of Dec. 7. Survivors of HIV/AIDS and their physicians also mark the date in another way: It's the day in 1995 that the federal Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug in a new treatment regimen for the disease.
Beginning with the introduction of the first protease inhibitor, saquinavir, and other drugs that soon f...
In the series, How Hospice Helps, we've been giving you a closer look at how hospice works and how you can volunteer.
wraps up her special report with one family's story of how the love of others helped them see the death of their loved one in an entirely different light.
"She was a good dancer. I wasn't so good, but I went to please her," R.L. Murphree likes to remember...
PALATKA -- Tears streamed down Betsy Driggers' cheeks as she told the story.
It was December of 2002 and her family was gathered at the Holiday Inn for dinner. Driggers, her two sisters and brother had just come from the funeral home after their mother's viewing the night before her funeral.
As they ate, they could see the Pilot Club-sponsored Light the Riverfront event unfolding ...
Americans spend a collective $154 billion on prescription drugs. And with prices constantly rising, it's taking a bigger bite out of American incomes every year, especially the fixed incomes of senior citizens. In 1970, prescription drug costs rose 7.5% over the year before. Since then, prices have continued to climb, hitting a high of more than 17% in 1999, and they continue to climb stead...
A lot has happened to the Ataris since the release of 2003's So Long, Astoria, and the California punk band's frontman, Kris Roe, says his own life has been turned upside down and inside out. First, Ataris drummer Chris Knapp and bassist
Michael Davenport were cut from the fold, leaving just Roe and guitarist John Collura. Eventually, Roe and Collura recruited five musicians to fill out...
That traditional shot in the heinie may be doing less and less good as people become plumper, according to a study presented Monday.
"Our study has demonstrated that a majority of people, especially women, are not getting the proper dosage from injections to the buttocks. There is no question that obesity is the underlying cause," said Dr. Victoria Chan, a researcher at the Adelaide and M...
I'm 29 years old and I've been taking Paxil for two years for depression. Occasionally, I encounter some weird sexual side effects (like low sex drive). I also get shaky. Thing is, I feel better on the medicine, but I won't take it if this is my life. Anything you tell me would be appreciated.
I can understand how frustrating this is, especially since you are still in your prime. When ...
Bountiful booties, short needles lead to ineffective meds
That traditional shot in the heinie may be doing less and less good as people become plumper, according to a new study presented Monday.
"Our study has demonstrated that a majority of people, especially women, are not getting the proper dosage from injections to the buttocks. There is no question that obesity is the underlyin...
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Medicines may actually work better if people believe they will.
Research is now showing that the power of expectations can have physical -- not just psychological -- effects on your health.
Scientists are measuring the resulting changes in the brain, from the release of natural painkilling chemicals to alteration...
More than 2.7 million people in the U.S. have epilepsy. Roughly 200,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
About 326,000 patients with epilepsy are children 14 and under.
Medications effectively control seizures in about 90 percent of patients. However, it can take several trials of different drugs to find the right medications and doses that prevent seizures without causing signifi...
