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• Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy
• FDA: Progress made over drug shortages
• FDA focuses on tracking drugs after approval
• Study: Interpreters in ER limit medical errors
• Twice as many unmarried couples having babies, CDC reports
• Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction
• Getting a doc's appointment tougher on Medicaid
• Pharmacies investigated for price gouging of scarce drugs
• Should babies born after dad's death get benefits?
• Fake Avastin shows very little protects drug supply
• Lipstick-sized inhalable caffeine target of FDA warning
• New scan can spot undetected brain damage
• Doctor, (don't) heal thyself: Self-prescribing declines
• Is that X-ray necessary or ‘medical gluttony’?
• Doctor uses shoulder blade to rebuild voice box
• FDA plan to avoid heparin contamination
• Inhalable caffeine a cheap buzz, but may have risks

• U.S. may speed approval of 'breakthrough' drugs
• USDA confirms 4th case of mad cow disease in US
• 1 in 4 Americans without health coverage,  study finds
• Helicopter beats ambulance for trauma patients
• Young docs see gloomy future, says new survey
• Nevada working to curb backroom doctors, dentists
• Some insurers paying patients to get cheaper care
• Afghan shooting suspect probably was given flawed brain test
• Study prompts call for wider ban on metal hips
• Mom gives birth to baby weighing almost 14 pounds
• Survive your hospital stay with patient checklist
• Calif. doc accused of murder in drug overdoses
• Forget ID bracelets, some getting medical tattoos
• How secure are labs handling world's deadliest pathogens?
• Could your Valentine's kiss give you lead poisoning?
• Man gets 3 years in erectile pump case
• NJ parents see hope after transplant denial outcry

• Government urged to fight fat at school
• Botox ingredient has limited effect on headaches
• FDA seizes contaminated medical imaging gel
• Graying boomers get wired to cut healthcare costs
• Antibiotics may be treatment for appendicitis
• How healthy is your county? Report gives check-up
• Drug promises relief from aspirin heartburn
• Kidney transplant patients seek life without drugs
• Seeking the roots of a U.S. soldier's shooting rampage
• Diabetes,statins meds may be available over counter
• 'Spice' drug tied to kidney failure cases in Wyoming
• Old flu drug speeds brain injury recovery
• Deaths from tub paint stripper prompt warning
• Remote-controlled chip implant delivers meds
• Vials of E. coli found in Ark. apartment
• Don't smoke pot, drive -- you're twice as likely to crash