Hard Sell to Medicare Insurance Buyers Would Get Softer Under New Rules

Drug Companies Defend TV Advertisements Before Congress

Group Asks Government to End Use of Birth-Control Patch; Ortho-Evra Raises Blood-Clot Risk

Boston Scientific Claims Win in Johnson &Johnson Patent Dispute

77 New Cases of Hepatitis C Resulting From Re-Use of Anesthesia Needles Are Identified in Las Vegas

Mental Illness Costs U.S. Billions in Lost Earnings

Medical Know-How Raises Suicide Risk for Doctors, Figures Suggest

New York City Plans Ambulances for the Dead; Move Could Help Allay Transplant Organ Shortage

Amgen CEO Tries to Inject Optimism Into Shareholder Meeting

Pozen First-Quarter Loss More Than Triples on Higher Operating Expenses