Cancer Vaccine: 4 Months of Life Worth $100K?
Prostate cancer vaccine, Provenge, adds 4 months to life, at a pricetag of $100K. Prostate cancer - Sipuleucel-T - Cancer - Cancer vaccine - Health

Dengue Fever in Fla.: What You Need to Know
Dengue, (pronounced DEN-ghee) is a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes. It is caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses (DENV 1, DENV 2, DENV 3, or DENV 4), carried most often by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and less frequently, by Aedes albopictus. Dengue fever - Mosquito - Health - Infectious disease - Conditions and Diseases

You Call This a Heat Wave? Temps vs. Deaths
The South and East Coast have taken a real beating this summer from record-breaking temperatures and unrelenting heat. June was the hottest month on record, with temperatures nearly 2 degrees above the 20th-century average for the month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA's records stretch as far back as 1880. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Temperature - United States - 20th century - East Coast of the United States

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Is Christina Applegate's Pregnancy Risky?
After beating breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate will soon move on to perhaps her most challenging role yet: motherhood. The former sitcom star, 38, has announced that she is expecting her first child, coming two years after she underwent a double mastectomy in July 2008. While Applegate may be one of the most high-profile women to get pregnant after undergoing breast-cancer treatment, she certainly isn't alone. Christina Applegate - Breast cancer - Actor - Cancer - Mastectomy

Boston Med: Tale of Two OB- GYN Residents
Rachel Clark, an OB-GYN resident at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, says there's no margin for error on the labor floor. Work comes first, her life comes second. Boston - Medicine - Health - United States - Medical Specialties

Stem Cell 'Homing' Fixes Joints in Rabbits
Researchers are reporting they have successfully persuaded damaged joints to regrow cartilage and bone, using a novel "cell homing" approach. Stem cell - Cartilage - Biotechnology - Biology - Bone

Compression-Only CPR Sometimes Better
Two new studies published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that if you're not sure how to properly administer CPR, chest compressions alone may be as effective, if not more effective, than traditional CPR which calls for both chest pumping and rescue breathing. Health - Business - CPR - Education and Training - Health and Safety

Murphy and Monjack: Mystery, but Not Mold
The eerily similar deaths of Brittany Murphy and her husband Simon Monjack a mere five months apart is "unusual" but not mold-related, according to LA County assistant chief coroner, Ed Winter. Rumors flew last week after a TMZ report suggested that toxic mold was the culprit behind the hollywood couples fatal pneumonia, but though the house may have mold, it wasn't a factor in the couples' death, Winter says. Brittany Murphy - Simon Monjack - Pneumonia - Death - Los Angeles

Missouri Takes Baby Away From Blind Parents
In Missouri, blind mother Erika Johnson asked for help when baby turned blue during breastfeeding and nurse called social services. Breastfeed - Home - Family - Babies - United States