A report released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission indicates eight people were killed by fireworks-related accidents last year.

Emergency rooms treated about 9,600 serious fireworks-related injuries in 2004, an increase of 300, when compared to 2003

On Friday, Guidant Corp. advised doctors to cease implanting some of its defibrillators, after finding safety problems with its Contak Renewal 3 and 4, Renewal 3 and 4 AVT, and Renewal RF implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

The devices are designed to protect patients from life-threatening heart rhythms. Recently, a number of them have been found to suffer from component failure, which may cause a magnetic switch to become stuck in the closed position

An experimental treatment shows positive results for helping patients suffering from diabetes regain their ability to make insulin.

Such help would lessen the need for shots to regulate normal blood sugar levels

Swedish biotechnology firm Karo Bio announces it has begun phase I clinical trials of a drug for treating obesity.

Karo Bio released a statement claiming the substance, labeled KB2115, had reduced body weight in animals through increasing the body's energy consumption by stimulating the thyroid receptor, and it would now be tested for safety on healthy but overweight humans

New reports claim state inspectors have no authority to investigate the death of a 4-year-old on the Mission: SPACE ride at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park.

Disney World and the state's other large theme park complexes - Universal Orlando, Sea World and Busch Gardens Tampa - are exempt from most requirements of Florida's laws regulating carnival and smaller amusement park rides