Uncontrolled asthma attacks during pregnancy increase health risks for mothers and babies
Women with asthma who suffer severe symptoms while they are pregnant face higher risks of health problems both for themselves and their babies compared...
Bill to raise tobacco age has unlikely allies: Altria, Juul
MATTHEW PERRONE and RICHARD LARDNER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is moving to pass the biggest new sales restrictions on tobacco products in more...
11 senators ask Purdue Pharma not to give CEO a bonus
WASHINGTON (AP) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma shouldn't give its CEO a bonus next year as the company goes through bankruptcy and tries to...
US proposes new rules to increase organ transplants
LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is overhauling parts of the nation's transplant system to make sure organs from the...
Big Pharma empire behind OxyContin now selling overdose cure
CLAIRE GALOFARO and KRISTEN GELINEAU
Associated Press
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of...
How tramadol, touted as safer opioid, became 3rd world peril
EMILY SCHMALL and CLAIRE GALOFARO
Associated Press
KAPURTHALA, India (AP) — Reports rolled in with escalating urgency — pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed...
In surprise decision, US approves muscular dystrophy drug
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators approved a second drug for a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy, a surprise decision...
Study finds tobacco use and air pollution exposure increase odds of tuberculosis by far...
LOMA LINDA – A study recently published by researchers in both Loma Linda and Laos PDR found that respiratory health and rates of tuberculosis in...
Make the most of a health plan before year-end
The holiday season is at hand, and many residents in California are already making year-end plans to travel and celebrate with friends and family....
Shannon Moore of Desert Hills Memory Care Center awarded outstanding department director
HEMET – Shannon Moore, wellness director of Desert Hills Memory Care Center, a memory care community located at 25818 Columbia Street in Hemet, has...