CHICAGO (AP) — The first large study to examine the use of X-rays, CT scans and other medical radiation in children estimates the average child will get more than seven radiation scans by age 18, a potentially worrisome trend. (more)
BOSTON (AP) — A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor’s office. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers for the first time have captured X-ray images of lightning, a feat that they hope will help them better predict how lightning moves. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke received telephone calls from the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan as he recovered from lifesaving surgery, correcting a tear in the large artery that moves blood from his heart. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says Richard Holbrooke, the president’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in critical condition at a Washington hospital after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta. (more)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo teachers rang up nearly $9 million worth of taxpayer-covered cosmetic surgery in 2009, according to the state-appointed authority overseeing public school finances. (more)
DENVER (AP) — Poor medical marijuana patients in Colorado won’t have pay state marijuana registration fees or sales tax on the pot they buy. (more)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The tip about a backyard marijuana-growing operation set the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force in motion. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate of illegal drug use rose last year to the highest level in nearly a decade, fueled by a sharp increase in marijuana use and a surge in ecstasy and methamphetamine abuse, the government reported Wednesday. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-psychotic called Seroquel. (more)
LONDON (AP) — The number of weight-loss surgeries in England jumped more than tenfold from 2000 to 2007, a new study says. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — No one should be too poor to buy pot if they live in Washington, at least if the marijuana is for a medical condition. That’s the conclusion of a new medical marijuana law enacted in the nation’s capital. (more)
DENVER (AP) — Nearly a fifth of Colorado’s medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — British author Christopher Hitchens says he must undergo chemotherapy on his esophagus and has canceled some engagements. (more)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman underwent a successful liver transplant surgery Wednesday morning at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. (more)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Drug addicts as young as a month old. Mothers who calm their children by blowing opium smoke in their faces. Whole communities hooked on heroin with few opportunities for treatment. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transgender travelers no longer will need surgery in order to change their stated genders on U.S. passports, the State Department said Wednesday. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — It’s way too soon to declare success, but an experimental drug for lung cancer patients with a certain gene showed extraordinary promise in early testing, doctors reported at a cancer conference on Saturday. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters said she will have surgery to replace a faulty heart valve later this week and take the summer off from “The View” to recuperate. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The D.C. Council has passed a measure to legalize medical marijuana, sending the bill to Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty. (more)
