Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that black and white patients who lived in poor areas had around the same level of health disparities when compared to people who lived in more affluent neighborhoods. Read Summary >
According to one expert, people who suffer from migraines and high blood pressure could be more likely to suffer a stroke than those who only have high blood pressure. Read Summary >
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered a new warning label for the cholesterol medication Zocor, saying that the drug has an increased risk of muscle damage when taken at its highest dosage. Read Summary >
Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb has initiated a voluntary recall of a single lot of 5 mg tablets of warfarin sodium (Coumadin) because the tablets have been found to have a higher potency than expected. Read Summary >
Patients who take the diabetes drug metformin may be less likely to die over the course of 10 years than patients who take insulin secretagogues, a new study has found. Read Summary >
Many women worry that hormone replacement therapy will cause them to gain weight, but researchers say HRT is less likely to cause weight gain than contraceptive hormones. Read Summary >
