Lawmakers want the new acting head of the Food and Drug Administration to allow sales of Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc's "morning-after" pill without a prescription, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.

Barr has pursued over-the-counter sales of its emergency contraceptive drug, called Plan B, for more than two years.

Lawmakers want the new acting head of the Food and Drug Administration to allow sales of Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc's "morning-after" pill without a prescription, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.

Barr has pursued over-the-counter sales of its emergency contraceptive drug, called Plan B, for more than two years.

Kidney failure rates are finally leveling off after 20 years of annual increases from 5-to-10 percent, according to new research from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.

At the same time, dramatic racial disparities persist with the organ's failure rate.

In a society of high intensity soccer games and after-school swim practices, yoga is growing favor as both an alternative and a complement to traditional sports kids play.

Nancy Wile, the founder of Yoga to Go says, "Yoga is proving to be great for both competitive and non-competitive children. Because it helps strengthen the body and reduce anxiety, it's ideal for developing bodies."

A new study concludes early intervention can improve outcome in patients with schizophrenia.

Dr. Diana O. Perkins from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explains in a statement that historically, the prevailing view has been "it just doesn't matter when you treat a person because their clinical outcome is predetermined."