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Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit is recalling 53,892 packages, or one lot, of the diarrhea treatment Imodium from distributors after discovering some of the packages could have a slight tear or hole.

The launch of "gluten-free" pizza that still should be avoided by people with full-blown celiac disease has prompted a physicians group to call for the standardization of the labeling of gluten-free foods.

One mom explains how her family made the tough choice to enroll a daughter in a clinical trial of a cancer drug, and how it was the right thing to do.

Also: A study shows chain restaurants largely don't meet U.S. government nutritional guidelines; an antibiotic is linked with rare, but fatal, heart risk; and two paralyzed people moved a robot arm with their thoughts.

Healthy food isn't necessarily more expensive than junk food, according to a new government report.

Coffee drinkers are getting a bit more reassurance that their beverage of choice may not be bad for them, and might even be linked to living longer.

Here's what's making health news this morning: New Bid to Prevent Alzheimer's Early (WSJ): An Alzheimer's drug to be tested mostly on an extended family predisposed to the disease will mark the first large-scale trial of an experimental treatment on people who don't yet show signs of memory loss. Cardinal Health Settles With U.S. Over Pills (WSJ): The U.S. government on Tuesday settled with Cardinal Health over allegations the company distributed large quantities of addictive pain pills in Florida, backing away from a legal showdown over the pharmacy industry's responsibility for what officials call the country's deadliest drug problem.

Memory-foam mattresses are the fastest-growing category of mattresses, but for some buyers, there's a tradeoff....

Cheaper genome sequencing means relatively soon you may get a chance to find your risks for different diseases. But do you really want to know?

Here's what's making health news this morning: Websites Use DNA to Create Family Trees (WSJ): Detailed maps of the human genome have become less expensive, and they're going social, enabling users to build personal online networks that become more useful as more people sign up. Ancestry.com, a genealogy website with about 1.9 million subscribers, rolled out a $99 DNA service that lets users compare points on their own genome with others. Making Gene Mapping Part of Everyday Care (WSJ): The cost of mapping a person's full genetic profile has been dropping quickly. Now, doctors are struggling with a new question: how to use the information to improve people's health.

Stanford University School of Medicine's Michael Snyder has learned firsthand how gene sequencing can change a person's daily life.

The FDA says the only oral multiple-sclerosis drug on the market shouldn't be used in patients with a recent history of stroke or some heart problems.

A new method for performing a “virtual” colonoscopy was shown to accurately detect larger precancerous polyps—and was a better experience for patients.

It’s rare, but when it strikes, the consequences of infection from flesh-eating bacteria can be devastating.

Here's what's making health news this morning: Batteries Shown to Pose Risk for Kids (WSJ): ER visits by kids who've ingested batteries are rising, and of particular concern are little round "button" batteries found in many watches and other small devices, which can cause severe injury if they lodge in the esophagus.

Yesterday's positive vote for Arena Pharmaceuticals' lorcaserin raises the prospect that patients could soon have the first new drug therapy for weight loss in more than a decade. But as Dow Jones Newswires reports, we're not quite there yet.

Here's what's making health news this morning: Are You Mom Enough? (Time): Featuring a provocative cover photo of a mother breast-feeding her three-year-old child, the magazine explores attachment parenting. Its three main tenets are extended breast-feeding, co-sleeping and “baby wearing,” in which infants are physically attached to their parents by slings.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed legislation to create a statewide health-insurance exchange.

U.S. government studies say young adults continue to get sunburned and tan indoors at a rate that increases their risk of skin cancer.

A Democratic congresswoman and Republican congressman are edging forward in the effort to change how Medicare pays doctors.