OTC morning-after pill sales coming

WASHINGTON – Don’t look for the morning-after pill to be sold next to condoms on drugstore shelves right away – but after a decade-plus fight, it appears that eventually will happen.

  • Ruling tangles transplant guidelines

    WASHINGTON – It’s a life or death matter: Who gets the next scarce donated organ?

  • Weak helmet laws worsen bikers' injuries

    WASHINGTON –
 When states loosen rules requiring motorcyclists wear helmets, the cost of treating those involved in accidents rises, an inusrance industry study has found.

  • Germ-zapping ‘robots’ fight superbugs

    NEW YORK –
They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. But the germs still persist.

  • Live music therapy boosts preemies

    CHICAGO – As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.

  • Drug costs bedevil health reform

    WASHINGTON – Patients with life-altering chronic diseases could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama’s health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn.

Chelation therapy doesn’t cut heart disease

Dear Dr. Komaroff: I have heart disease. Will chelation therapy help reduce my risk of a heart attack?