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After hearing tearful testimony from the victims of military medical negligence, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers announced new legislation to do away with the legal rules protecting the Defense Department from medical malpractice lawsuits.

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U.S. drug regulators added a strict new warning about prescription sleeping pills like Lunesta and Ambien, after well-publicized, sometimes joked-about side effects were found to sometimes lead to tragic injuries or even deaths.

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(Reuters Health) - Indoor tanning is associated with a higher risk of developing the deadly skin cancer melanoma at younger ages, and a recent study suggests the ultraviolet (UV) light in tanning beds may be triggering genetic mutations that can lead to skin malignancies.

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More than 160,000 pounds of ground beef have been recalled following an E. Coli outbreak that’s left at least 177 people sick, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.

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As many as 12.3 million late-model cars may have defective airbags that won't deploy in a crash, and as records indicate, at least eight people may have died as a result.

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(CNN) Aetna has settled a lawsuit in which a company medical director said under oath that he never looked at patients' records when deciding whether to approve or deny coverage -- testimony that prompted an investigation by the California insurance commissioner.

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York on Friday identified 115 priests and five deacons who have been accused of sexually abusing a child in what is one of the largest disclosures that has been made by the church.

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A post market surveillance study has found a significantly higher incidence of stroke or death when the Wingspan Stent System (Stryker) is used outside the US Food and  Drug Administration (FDA) approved indications, the agency has warned in a safety communication today.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expanding a probe into potentially defective air bags to 12.3 million vehicles and upgrading it to an engineering analysis, a step required before it can seek to compel recalls, it said on Tuesday.

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Less than two weeks after Fisher-Price recalled its popular Rock 'n Play sleepers, two class-action lawsuits have been filed against Fisher-Price and its parent company Mattel.

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Just two weeks after recalling millions of Rock 'n Play sleepers, Fisher-Price is facing class-action lawsuits linking the product to 32 infant deaths.

The suits, filed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, allege that the East Aurora toy maker knew about the risks to babies well in advance of the recall – years before, in fact – and ignored them.

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