Health News

Report: Marrow Registry Spent Thousands on Sexy Recruiters

Dec 17, 2010 - 12:37 PM |AOL News

New Hampshire officials are investigating a bone marrow registry they say spent upwards of $60,000 a week on flirtatious models to convince potential donors to sign up for overpriced DNA tests.

Brilinta, AstraZeneca's New Heart Drug, Fails to Get FDA Approval

Dec 17, 2010 - 8:56 AM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 17) -- Drugmaker AstraZeneca's new blood-thinning medicine suffered a setback after it failed to win approval from U.S. regulators today. The U.K.-based company had hoped to get Brilinta ...

Pet Stores Agree to Put Warning Labels on Certain Flea Collars

Dec 16, 2010 - 4:15 PM |AOL News

Several retailers agree to label certain flea and tick collars in their California stores as potentially dangerous to humans.

Avastin as a Treatment for Breast Cancer? FDA Says Not So Fast

Dec 16, 2010 - 1:20 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 16) -- We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but a once-promising treatment for breast cancer has been knocked down several pegs. After reviewing four clinical studies, the Food and Drug ...

Happy Meal Advertising Trumps Good Parenting, Lawsuit Claims

Dec 15, 2010 - 2:23 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

A new lawsuit filed in California claims that ads for McDonald's Happy Meals are "circumventing parental control" of children by offering enticing toys along with unhealthy food.

Reported Count Is Down, but Food Still Poisons a Lot of People

Dec 15, 2010 - 2:11 PM |AOL News

Reed Saxon, AP

Accurate counting, rather than better food safety, explains the drop in numbers.

Stem Cell Transplant 'Cures' Leukemia Patient of AIDS

Dec 15, 2010 - 8:51 AM |AOL News

Doctors in Germany report that the patient's stem cell donor happened to have a rare genetic mutation that makes carriers virtually immune to HIV.

Melissa Gilbert Helps Parents Fight Kids' Addictions

Dec 15, 2010 - 1:43 AM |AOL News

Theo and Juliet

Former 'Little House on the Prairie' star Melissa Gilbert is speaking out about drug addiction in hopes of preventing future tragedies.

Melissa Gilbert: 'Miley Wanted to Get Caught'

Dec 14, 2010 - 6:23 PM |AOL News

X17online.com

Cyrus' claim that she was smoking salvia out of a bong and not marijuana is a little hard to believe for the former "Little House on the Prairie" star.

Actor James Van Der Beek has started speaking out about ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects approximately 500,000 Americans -- including Van Der Beek's own mom.