Reuters - Sanofi-Aventis won a final green light for its obesity drug Acomplia from Britain's cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE on Wednesday, clearing the way for doctors to prescribe it on the state health service.

AP - The number of Americans with diabetes has grown to about 24 million people, or roughly 8 percent of the U.S. population, the government said Tuesday.

Reuters - Nearly 8,000 older Americans who fell and banged their heads died from the brain injury in 2005, according to a government study released on Monday.