AP Top Health News At 1:54 a.m. EDT
Cancer activist's approach: Real, a bit irreverent CHICAGO (AP) -- Lindsay Avner is no shrinking violet. She's a bright pink whirlwind, with a closet full of dresses cut from that very color and a cancer-fighting organization she named for it....
Celebs, big donors push Africa's war on malaria SESHEKE, Zambia (AP) -- It had been a long and difficult journey, fully deserving of the marching band and choirs that greeted the convoy when it finally rolled into this village deep in the African bush....
FDA approves Botox for migraine headaches WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials approved the wrinkle-smoothing injection Botox for migraine headaches on Friday, giving drugmaker Allergan clearance to begin marketing its drug to patients with a serious history of the condition....
UK 'sunflower seed' exhibit closed as health risk LONDON (AP) -- An art exhibition involving 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds has been closed to visitors because it is generating dust that is a potential health hazard, the Tate Modern gallery said Friday....
States linking prescription databases, fight abuse RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Starting next year, dozens of states will begin knitting together databases to watch prescription drug abuse, from powerful painkillers to diet pills....
Rabies claims 100th fatality in Indonesia's Bali BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- A rabies outbreak on Indonesia's resort island of Bali has now killed 100 people....
1 in 22 blacks will get HIV, CDC report says ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials estimate that 1 in 22 black Americans will be diagnosed with the AIDS virus in their lifetime - more than twice the risk for Hispanics and eight times that of whites....
FDA admits mistake in approving knee device WASHINGTON (AP) -- Almost two years ago, the Food and Drug Administration ignored the advice of its scientists and approved a knee implant after being lobbied by members of Congress. On Thursday, the agency issued an unprecedented "mea culpa," saying the device should not have been approved....
FDA warns 8 companies marketing miracle cures WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned eight companies on Thursday to stop marketing miracle cures that claim to treat everything from autism to Parkinson's disease by flushing toxic metals from the body....
FDA may limit anemia drug use for kidney disease WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is considering new restrictions on widely used anemia drugs that appear to double the risk of stroke in patients with kidney disease....
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