Cells change identity in promising breakthrough
NEW YORK (AP) -- Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases....
Police: Disabled Palestinian siblings hidden away
BEIT AWWA, West Bank (AP) -- A Palestinian couple locked their disabled son and daughter away for decades out of fear they would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child if discovered, police said Wednesday....
FDA OKs blood test for heart transplant rejection
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ....
Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?...
New attack ad on TV, but this one targets hot dogs
CHICAGO (AP) -- A new TV commercial shows kids eating hot dogs in a school cafeteria and one little boy's haunting lament: "I was dumbfounded when the doctor told me I have late-stage colon cancer."...
Number of uninsured drops; poverty holds steady
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people without health insurance fell by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Incomes edged up for the middle class while poverty held steady....
Study links preterm births, simmering infections
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Infections may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labor harbored bacteria or fungi in their amniotic fluid....
Following the Flu
Blood protects against long-gone killer 1918 flu
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system....
KFWB Cancer Answers
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New Hydrogen-Fueled Car Unveiled
Honda turned over the keys of its new hydrogen-powered car to KFWB's Michael Shappee to see what the new FCX Clarity could do.
Closing Bell 8/27/08
KFWB's Laura Gregory wraps up the day's activity on Wall Street.
Medicine
Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?...
Audits of Medicare drug plans lacking
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly three years into the Medicare drug benefit, federal officials have yet to ensure that private drug plans enacted programs to deter fraud and abuse, government investigators say....
FDA reports deaths with diabetes drug Byetta
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. after deaths were reported with the medication despite earlier government warnings....
1st US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators on Friday cleared the first treatment approved in the United States for Huntington's, a rare inherited disease that causes uncontrolled movements, deterioration of mental abilities and, ultimately, death....
Surgery To Turn Off Sweat Instantly
For some it's a chronic condition and now there is surgery that can turn off the sweat instantly. Kathryn Brown reports.
The Doctors: Pediatrician Dr. Sears
He loves kids. Had we all had a pediatrician like Dr. Sears when we were younger, we might all have a healthy respect for doctors now.
Childhood Ear Problems May Explain Later Cravings
A new medical study shows that having ear troubles as a child may have damaged nerves which later caused certain cravings for rich foods as an adult. Serene Branson reports.
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