Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia 09/02/2010 - 12:31

NEW YORK — Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises

New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB 09/01/2010 - 17:15

Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it'

Some donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa 09/01/2010 - 12:03

LONDON — Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors.

ER visits for concussions soar among kid athletes 08/30/2010 - 16:17

CHICAGO — Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with

Professionals to discuss pelvic pain, incontinence in women 08/27/2010 - 20:21

WALLINGFORD — Not many people are comfortable sitting on a cold, metal table dressed in a paper gown at their doctor’s office.

 

Appeals court rejects autism vaccine link 08/27/2010 - 18:41

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that vaccines are not to blame for autism.

 

Recession may have pushed US birth rate to new low 08/27/2010 - 15:29

The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children.

Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies 08/20/2010 - 21:05

NEW YORK — A new study shows that there's less smoking depicted in movies in recent years.

 

Remembering that glass of water 08/20/2010 - 20:48

WALLINGFORD — Robert White is a 77-year-old who has lived in the Pond Ridge assisted-living center of Masonicare at Ashlar Village for the past year.

Study shows value of quality-of-life cancer care 08/18/2010 - 19:48

Palliative care, which helps the gravely ill make the most of the time they have left, provided a surprising bonus for terminal lung cancer patients: More time left to enjoy.<

Eli Lilly halts development of Alzheimer's drug 08/17/2010 - 16:17

INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly and Co.

Study: 1 in 5 teenagers has slight hearing loss 08/17/2010 - 16:15

CHICAGO — A new study has found a stunning increase in the rate of hearing loss among American teenagers.

Trail of blood leads to Quest Diagnostic 08/13/2010 - 20:44

WALLINGFORD — Anybody wondering where that blood sample goes after it leaves the arm can track it all the way to the Quest Diagnostics regional lab processing center on Sterlin

WHO declares swine flu pandemic finally over 08/10/2010 - 16:10

GENEVA — The World Health Organization acknowledged Tuesday that the swine flu pandemic is finally over, long after many national authorities started canceling vaccine orders a

US report shows drop in dangerous staph illnesses 08/10/2010 - 16:08

CHICAGO — Government research shows hard-to-treat staph infections caught in hospitals or through medical treatment are becoming scarcer.

 

CDC: 15 US deaths tied to rare tropical fungus 07/22/2010 - 12:36

ATLANTA — U.S.

Mag recognizes MidState as 'Most Wired' 07/17/2010 - 21:01

MERIDEN — For the past five years, MidState Medical Center has participated in a Hospitals and Health Networks survey to gauge the hospital’s development of information t

Study: Many docs don't blow whistle on colleagues 07/13/2010 - 17:39

CHICAGO — Your doctor could be drunk, addicted to drugs or outright incompetent, but other physicians may not blow the whistle.

 

Curtis Home nurse tops in the East 07/09/2010 - 19:28

MERIDEN — According to her co workers, Chris Regan is a compassionate, loving person with a genuine smile.

Flesh-eating disease 'becoming increasingly common' 07/02/2010 - 09:57

MERIDEN - A pimple on his leg turned into a ghastly wound the size of a baseball for Middletown resident Randy Travis. He was lucky not to have lost his leg.