Breast-Cancer Study Chips away at Hormone Therapy

When reports linked a remarkable decline in nationwide breast-cancer cases to falling numbers of women taking menopausal hormones, skeptics said it could just be that it was actually a drop in mammograms that meant fewer cancers were being detected.

Asbestos Cause Of Deadly Mesothelioma

Asbestos is the commercial name given to certain types of fibrous materials. They are silicates of varying compositions; the silica combined with such bases as Magnesium, Iron, Calcium, sodium and Aluminum.

Decline in Breast Cancer Tied to Less Hormone Use, Study Says

A rapid decline in the use of hormone drugs in 2002 probably explains the drop in breast cancer cases in recent years, according to a University of California study.

End Conflicts on FDA Approvals

In the coming weeks, the U.S. House and Senate will have to reconcile bills they passed that give the Food and Drug Administration more money and authority to guarantee the safety of prescription drugs.

Companies Pay Big Money to Lobbyists on Asbestos Issues

Vulcan Materials Co., an asphalt and concrete supplier based in Birmingham, Alabama, spent $360,000 in first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government regarding legislation banning asbestos in the United States.

Officials Outline Miner Health Study

For decades, miners on the Iron Range appear to have suffered higher than average rates of respiratory disease and other ailments. University of Minnesota officials, outlined a broad and comprehensive research partnership to help health officials and the public understand why.

Avandia's Heart Attack Risk

New England Journal of Medicine published a study by heart expert Dr. Steven E. Nissen showing that patients taking the drug had a 43% increase in heart attack risk.

Grand Jury Adds Defendant to $25M Mortgage Fraud Case

A Kansas federal grand jury charged a Lee's Summit woman in a superseding indictment with one count of conspiracy with F. Jeffrey Miller, a Kansas City home builder, to commit bank fraud.

McFadden-Weaver Co-Defendant Admits Mortgage Fraud

Former Kansas City Councilman Saundra McFadden-Weaver will be the lone defendant facing trial next week on mortgage fraud charges.

Avandia Remains on Market Despite Health Risks

Despite expert testimony about its side effects risk, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee has recommended that the diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market.