Health

Extended Interview

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich discusses his efforts to pressure the Food and Drug Administration to allow his state to buy prescription drugs from Canada.

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FDA Approves New Cancer Treatment Drug

By PBS News Hour

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug that attacks cancer by choking off its blood supply -- a treatment for advanced colon cancer called Avastin.

Illinois Residents Sue FDA As Debate Over Drug Importation Heats Up

The governor of Illinois Thursday backed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to overturn the ban on buying prescription drugs from Canada.

Antibiotics & Cancer

A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that there may be a link between the use of antibiotics and breast cancer, the second leading cause of death among American women.

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FDA Approves New Colon Cancer Drug

By PBS News Hour

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the cancer drug Erbitux, which is at the center of the ImClone insider-trading scandal, for the treatment of colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

Human Cloning

Researchers in South Korea on Thursday announced they succeeded in extracting stem cells from a cloned human embryo. Following a background report on the science behind the research, Margaret Warner and guests discuss the medical and ethical implications of this…

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Investigation Seeks Source of Ricin Sent to Senate

Investigators intensified efforts Wednesday to identify the letter or parcel that brought the deadly poison ricin to a Senate mail room.

Ricin Found in Senate Majority Leader’s Office, Tests Confirm

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday a definitive test confirmed that the white powder found in the mail room of his office was the deadly poison ricin, prompting the closure of three Senate office buildings.

Powder Found in Senate Office Building Tests Positive for Ricin

A white powder discovered in a mail room in the Dirksen Senate office building has tested positive for the deadly toxin ricin, U.S. Capitol police said Monday night.

Cost of Medicare Changes Climbs From $400 Billion to $530 Billion

The Bush administration announced Thursday that the new Medicare changes passed by Congress two months ago would cost at least $530 billion over ten years -- one-third more than the original Congressional Budget Office estimate.