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 |  | | | | |  | | | | October 28, 2008 11:25 AM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smokers who are seeking medical treatment to give up cigarettes are more highly addicted to nicotine than smokers who sought help two decades ago, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
| | | October 28, 2008 04:39 PM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study conducted in Florida, researchers found that drugstores in the poorest areas charge more, on average, for four widely used prescription medications than do pharmacies in wealthier neighborhoods.
| | | October 28, 2008 04:33 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patients given transfusions of blood stored 29 days or longer -- well within U.S. standards -- are twice as likely to get a hospital-acquired infection as those getting newer blood, researchers said on Tuesday.
| | | October 28, 2008 02:40 PM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fungus expert Joan Bennett did not believe in so-called toxic mold -- the cause of "sick building syndrome" and many lawsuits -- until her New Orleans home was flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
| | | October 28, 2008 04:43 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new antibiotic works well to reduce the misery of traveler's diarrhea, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
| | | October 28, 2008 04:42 PM ET
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - People treated with a sedative given to stop prolonged epileptic seizures may be at risk of serious complications or death, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
| | | October 28, 2008 04:41 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cholesterol-fighting drugs known as statins reduced the risk of dying from pneumonia or developing dangerous blood clots in the legs, adding to a growing list of benefits from the popular drugs, two research groups said on Monday.
| | | October 28, 2008 04:11 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins modestly reduce levels of a protein in a man's blood that doctors often use to screen for prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.
| | | October 28, 2008 01:09 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are hospitalized with bacterial pneumonia are nearly eight times more likely to suffer heart attack or other "acute coronary syndrome" within 15 days of admission than are their peers hospitalized for other conditions, new research suggests.
| | | October 28, 2008 04:38 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given early treatment with a drug that blocks an inflammation-producing protein are more likely to keep working and are more productive on the job, new research suggests.
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Smokers increasingly hooked on nicotine: study
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