NHS to offer health checks
ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Jan 27 10:47 PM
The NHS is to offer a health "MoT" to all patients at five points in their lives to prevent serious illness.Save to My Web

Legal strategy for Vioxx to test Merck
Detroit News - 41 minutes ago
WASHINGTON -- Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. vowed to fight every claim filed by plaintiffs who say they were injured by the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. Now, with 11 cases slated for trial in the next five months, the viability of the company's scorched-earth strategy is likely to become clear.Save to My Web

Comfort foods that won't blow your diet
MSNBC - Jan 27 9:42 AM
Many people think that real comfort foods must be high-fat, high-calorie and bad for your health. A new study, however, suggests that a food becomes a comfort food for physical and psychological reasons.Save to My Web

Breathe a bit easier
New York Newsday - 57 minutes ago
Diabetics who depend on insulin got a reprieve from needles Friday with government approval of an inhaled form of the hormone, the first major change from injections since insulin's discovery in 1921.Save to My Web