Past Articles by Catherine Laidlaw
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A Timeline Of The Boston Manhunt Not 24 hours after the FBI released images of two suspects in Monday's blasts, one of the suspects is dead and the other is still at large. |
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A Timeline Of The Boston Manhunt Not 24 hours after the FBI released images of two suspects in Monday's blasts, one of the suspects is dead and the other is still at large. |
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British, Japanese Researchers Win Nobel Prize In Medicine John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka discovered that mature and specialized cells "can be reprogrammed to become immature cells capable of developing into all tissues of the body," according to the Nobel committee. |
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Across America, The Grip of Prescription Painkillers Tightens An analysis from The Associated Press, based on data from the Drug Enforcement Agency, shows how sales of oxycodone and hydrocodone have ballooned over a decade. |
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More Fake Cancer Drugs Turn Up In The U.S. U.S. medical practices bought counterfeit medicine labeled as Altuzan from a foreign supplier, the FDA says. Altuzan, which is the Turkish brand name for the blockbuster drug Avastin, is approved for use in Turkey but not in this country. |
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Just A Dirty Diaper, Or Worse? Smelly Urine May Mean Infection Foul-smelling urine in a very young child who is fussy or feverish could point to a urinary tract infection, a study by Canadian doctors finds. This might help doctors decide whether to collect a urine sample, when doing so might require an invasive procedure. |
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High Altitude Got You Down? Try Ibuprofen People sometimes take prescription drugs to keep from getting sick at high altitudes. But medical researchers wondered whether ibuprofen, the painkilling mainstay, would be an effective over-the-counter alternative. The results look promising. |
