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Specials

Medtronic’s Brain Stimulator Gets FDA Approval for OCD Patients

Medtronic’s Brain Stimulator Gets FDA Approval for OCD Patients

Patients suffering from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that has not responded to medication...
» read full story February 22nd, 2009 - 14:22
CDC Urges Vaccination against Hib

CDC Urges Vaccination against Hib

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged parents to have their children vaccinated...
» read full story January 26th, 2009 - 15:49
Radio Host Continues to Be Investigated for Drug Companies Ties

Radio Host Continues to Be Investigated for Drug Companies Ties

Dr. Fred Goodwin, a popular radio host of the NPR program, “The Infinite Mind,” has reportedly...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 14:23
EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standards For Lead Emissions

EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standards For Lead Emissions

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday strengthened the nation’s air quality...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 15:59
Overeating Causes “Vicious Cycle” Leading to Obesity

Overeating Causes “Vicious Cycle” Leading to Obesity

A recently-conducted study revealed that overeating causes the brain to go haywire. Eating like a...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 18:22
Controversial Autism Study Canceled over “Unethical” Reasons

Controversial Autism Study Canceled over “Unethical” Reasons

The National Institute of Mental Health decided to give up on its study of a therapy called...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 14:42
Ayurvedic Medicines Sold Online Contain  High Levels of Toxic Metals

Ayurvedic Medicines Sold Online Contain High Levels of Toxic Metals

Ayurvedic medicines are frequently contaminated with lead, mercury and arsenic, a new study found....
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 13:32
Report: Parents, Other Adults Supplying Alcohol to Teens

Report: Parents, Other Adults Supplying Alcohol to Teens

A nationwide survey, by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration carried out...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 16:40
No More Solitary Confinement for Nick Hogan

No More Solitary Confinement for Nick Hogan

Nick Bollea, Hulk Hogan's son, who is currently serving a sentence of 8 months in prison for a...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 13:37
Hulk Hogan’s Son Has a Hard Time in Jail, Wants Home

Hulk Hogan’s Son Has a Hard Time in Jail, Wants Home

Nick Bollea, Hulk Hogan's son, who is currently serving a sentence of 8 months in prison for a...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 19:13

Jury Awards Family $22.6 M for Daughter Harmed during Birth

A woman from Cincinnati, Ohio was awarded $22.6 million in damages on Monday in a medical...
» read full story May 21st, 2008 - 13:43
Health Officials on Alert after CMU Student Dies of Meningitis

Health Officials on Alert after CMU Student Dies of Meningitis

Health officials are trying to identify all persons who were in close contact with the 26-year-old...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 16:26
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Technology

Media, Our Children’s Parent?

The U.S. National Institutes of Health, Yale University and the California Pacific Medical Center...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 19:57
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U.S.

Cases of Hib in Minnessota - A ‘Reminder’ That Vaccination Is Important

Cases of Hib in Minnessota - A ‘Reminder’ That Vaccination Is Important

Five new infections with Hib: Haemophilus Influenzae type b in Minnesota has made more than clear...
» read full story January 25th, 2009 - 15:27
Radio Host Was Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests

Radio Host Was Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests

Senator Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who for over a year has been leading an investigation...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 11:25
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Music

Amy Winehouse Returns to Spotlight, Unhappiest News Ever

Amy Winehouse Returns to Spotlight, Unhappiest News Ever

It’s been a quiet few weeks in what regards the troubled life of British singer Amy Winehouse but...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 17:24
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Science

Marathon mission to keep Hubble's eye on universe

Washington - For nearly 20 years the Hubble Space Telescope has kept its orbiting eye trained on...
» read full story May 08th, 2009 - 19:25
Report Finds Government Nano-Risk Assessment Plan Faulty

Report Finds Government Nano-Risk Assessment Plan Faulty

The government’s plan for research on potential health and environmental risks posed by the use of...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 13:22
Study: Ginkgo Biloba No Good To Prevent Alzheimer’s

Study: Ginkgo Biloba No Good To Prevent Alzheimer’s

Ginkgo biloba has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Today, it is one of the top...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 08:00
Marine Mammals At Risk: Supreme Court Overturns Sonar Limitations

Marine Mammals At Risk: Supreme Court Overturns Sonar Limitations

The latest court ruling over the use of mid-frequency navy sonar off the coast of California...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 14:11
Frozen Mice Cloned by Japanese Scientists

Frozen Mice Cloned by Japanese Scientists

This week, mouse cloning expert Teruhiko Wakayama, along fellow colleagues at the Center...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 17:01
Frozen Mice Clones Could Hold Key To Resurrecting Extinct Species

Frozen Mice Clones Could Hold Key To Resurrecting Extinct Species

Japanese scientists have recently reported a major breakthrough in cloning, opening new...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 16:07
Scientists Revive Paralyzed Wrists With Re-Routed Brain Signals

Scientists Revive Paralyzed Wrists With Re-Routed Brain Signals

Scientists have taken another significant step toward restoring paralyzed patients the use of...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 13:58
Alcohol Abuse Reduces Brain Volume, But Not The Brain’s Function

Alcohol Abuse Reduces Brain Volume, But Not The Brain’s Function

Alcoholism can severely damage your body and its functions, the most common and destructive...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 22:18
Men, Keep Cell Phones Away From Your Pants To Avoid Infertility!

Men, Keep Cell Phones Away From Your Pants To Avoid Infertility!

Cell phone radiation has been linked to a series of health problems in recent years, from...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:30
Endeavour’s Astronauts Prepare The Fifth And Final Spacewalk

Endeavour’s Astronauts Prepare The Fifth And Final Spacewalk

After four successful spacewalks, the 10 astronauts aboard the orbiting complex formed by space...
» read full story March 22nd, 2008 - 10:29
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Business

Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Obesity Drug Proven Safe

Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Obesity Drug Proven Safe

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that its experimental pill against obesity passed a...
» read full story March 17th, 2008 - 14:03
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Sports

Chris Benoit’s Doctor Faces New Charges

Chris Benoit’s Doctor Faces New Charges

Dr. Phil Astin, the doctor of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed himself, his wife and his son...
» read full story June 01st, 2008 - 17:40
Teen Soccer Player Dies While Training

Teen Soccer Player Dies While Training

A teenage soccer player collapsed on the field and died during a training session in Croatia, local...
» read full story September 26th, 2007 - 14:25
Sevilla’s Young Puerta Dies at Hospital

Sevilla’s Young Puerta Dies at Hospital

Sevilla FC midfielder Antonio Puerta died in hospital today. The 22-year-old was struck by heart...
» read full story August 28th, 2007 - 21:28
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People

Nick Hogan Has Been In Jail Long Enough

Nick Hogan Has Been In Jail Long Enough

Hulk Hogan's teenage son Nick will be released from jail three months early thanks to his good...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 00:06
Drugs Are a Losing Game for Singer Amy Winehouse

Drugs Are a Losing Game for Singer Amy Winehouse

Tabloids’ favorite girl and performer Amy Winehouse should have better gone to rehab than writing a...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 21:02
Police Investigating Threatening Calls to Hogan's House

Police Investigating Threatening Calls to Hogan's House

Florida police are conducting an investigation into threatening voicemail messages left at the...
» read full story June 16th, 2008 - 23:04
Hulk Hogan's Son Finally Free To Mingle

Hulk Hogan's Son Finally Free To Mingle

Hulk Hogan's 17-year-old son, Nick Bollea, will hopefully stop suffering from "unbearable...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 21:44
Nick Hogan Sentenced To Jail Over Car Crash

Nick Hogan Sentenced To Jail Over Car Crash

The son of Hulk Hogan pleaded no contest to charges of felony reckless driving on Friday and was...
» read full story May 10th, 2008 - 03:36
The Hogans Are Getting Divorced

The Hogans Are Getting Divorced

Wrestling champion Hulk Hogan and his wife Linda Hogan are getting a divorce after 24 years of...
» read full story November 24th, 2007 - 13:48
Hulk Hogan’s Son Arrested For Reckless Driving

Hulk Hogan’s Son Arrested For Reckless Driving

Nick "Hogan" Bollea turned himself to the authorities on Wednesday for several criminal...
» read full story November 07th, 2007 - 23:46
Tenor Jerry Hadley Dies at 55

Tenor Jerry Hadley Dies at 55

Tenor Jerry Hadley died Wednesday, July 18, at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY, after having...
» read full story July 19th, 2007 - 11:45
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World

Jury Finds Brian Nichols Guilty In Courthouse Rampage

Brian G. Nichols was found guilty of murdering four people in 2005 in a fatal March shooting spree...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 17:30
EPA Wants Cleaner Air for Americans

EPA Wants Cleaner Air for Americans

Americans will breathe cleaner air thanks to a decision taken last week by the Environmental...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 14:11
CIA Used Waterboarding Three Times, Says Hayden

CIA Used Waterboarding Three Times, Says Hayden

Michael Hayden, director of the CIA, admitted in front of the Congress on Tuesday that the agency...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 20:29
Two-Year-Old Girl Miraculously Survives after Sticking Screwdriver in Eye

Two-Year-Old Girl Miraculously Survives after Sticking Screwdriver in Eye

A two –year-old girl from Minnesota stabbed herself in the eye with a screwdriver and fortunately,...
» read full story December 27th, 2007 - 15:29
Nigeria Files $7 Billion Lawsuit Against Pfizer

Nigeria Files $7 Billion Lawsuit Against Pfizer

Nigeria has filed a $7 billion lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over clinical trials...
» read full story June 05th, 2007 - 13:45
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Health

Scientists Show How Scratching Relieves an Itch

Have you ever wondered why is it that scratching makes you feel better? Maybe you don’t...
» read full story April 06th, 2009 - 22:39
Brain Stimulator Approved for OCD Treatment

Brain Stimulator Approved for OCD Treatment

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Medtronic’s Reclaim Deep Brain...
» read full story February 20th, 2009 - 14:54

Bacterial Meningitis Kills Second Soldiers at Missouri Base

Bacterial meningitis made a second victim among soldiers stationed at the Army’s Fort...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 15:34
Meningitis Strikes the University of Pennsylvania: Three Students Hospitalized

Meningitis Strikes the University of Pennsylvania: Three Students Hospitalized

Three University of Pennsylvania students have been hospitalized with meningitis, school officials...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 14:30
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

  A UK and Canadian team of researchers have managed to put forward evidence of a link...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 20:15
Insulin And Diabetes Drug Avandia May Prevent Alzheimer’s

Insulin And Diabetes Drug Avandia May Prevent Alzheimer’s

  A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that...
» read full story February 03rd, 2009 - 14:29
Strange Disease Leads to Warnings and Parents are Encouraged to Vaccinate their Children

Strange Disease Leads to Warnings and Parents are Encouraged to Vaccinate their Children

Five cases of the infectious children's bacterial disease known as HiB, or Haemophilus influenza...
» read full story January 25th, 2009 - 12:59
Rise in Hib Cases in Minnesota Makes CDC Officials Urge Vaccination

Rise in Hib Cases in Minnesota Makes CDC Officials Urge Vaccination

Five children were infected in Minnesota with a bacterial infection known as Hib: Haemophilus...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 15:19
FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first clinical trial using human...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 13:16
Fifteen-Year-Old Dies From Bacterial Meningitis

Fifteen-Year-Old Dies From Bacterial Meningitis

  Ashley Andreasen, a 15-year-old girl, died on Friday from bacterial meningitis, barely a...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 14:21

MS Drug 'May Cause Brain Infection'

  A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis might make some patients vulnerable to brain...
» read full story December 20th, 2008 - 15:33

Eight People Hospitalized in Redwood City with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

  Eight people at a Redwood City home have been hospitalized in what authorities have called...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:24
FDA Is Trying to Reconsider Advice on Fish Consumption

FDA Is Trying to Reconsider Advice on Fish Consumption

The Food and Drug Administration has been reviewing the information according to witch pregnant...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 16:03
Report Calls For More Screening Of Brain Injury In Military Personnel

Report Calls For More Screening Of Brain Injury In Military Personnel

A report released Thursday by the Institute of Medicine, a government advisory group that studies...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 12:29
Radio Host Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests

Radio Host Involved In Drug Company Commercial Interests

Senator Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who for over a year has been leading an investigation...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 23:27

Vaccines Shortage For Hib May Lead To An Epidemic

Epidemics and pandemics are very hard to keep under control or be successfully quarantined. A...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 21:44
Doctors Should Be Alert During Hib Vaccine Shortage, CDC Says

Doctors Should Be Alert During Hib Vaccine Shortage, CDC Says

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged doctors and health agencies to...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 16:00
Research Proves Gingko Biloba Is No Good

Research Proves Gingko Biloba Is No Good

The widely used herbal supplement, Ginkgo biloba, does not appear to prevent the Alzheimer disease...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 20:58
Ginkgo Biloba No Good To Prevent Alzheimer’s

Ginkgo Biloba No Good To Prevent Alzheimer’s

Ginkgo biloba has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Today, it is one of the top...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 13:57

Far Too Few People Recognize First Signs of Stroke

Dresden, Germany - Far too few people recognize the first signs of a stroke, experts from Dresden...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 10:04

Shaking a Crying Baby Might Cause Brain Damage

Cologne, Germany - A crying baby should never be shaken as this can cause severe brain damage or...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 09:58
Eating Fish Regularly May Prevent Kidney Damage In Diabetics

Eating Fish Regularly May Prevent Kidney Damage In Diabetics

One of the most serious complications of diabetes is kidney disease. British researchers have...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 14:01
Leukemia Drug Found To Stop MS

Leukemia Drug Found To Stop MS

Recently, an outstanding discovery in the field of medicine and in the fight with multiple...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 00:12
EPA Sets New Standard On Lead Emissions

EPA Sets New Standard On Lead Emissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday the decision to change the federal...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 14:30
Vitamin B - Useless In Treating Alzheimer’s

Vitamin B - Useless In Treating Alzheimer’s

Fighting Alzheimer’s is proving more difficult by the day, as the merciless disease has become...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 19:56

Number of Stroke Patients Treated with Blood Clot Busters Could Double

German scientists speaking at the 6th World Stroke Congress being held this week in Vienna said...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 15:40
Clot-Busting Stroke Drug To Help Patients

Clot-Busting Stroke Drug To Help Patients

If you are a stroke sufferer you can take advantage of a clot-busting drug even if you take it...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 14:17
Compensation To Rise for Veterans with Brain Injuries

Compensation To Rise for Veterans with Brain Injuries

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday that it will more than quadruple disability...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 15:28
Study Warns about Threatening Levels of Fire Retardants in Kids’ Blood

Study Warns about Threatening Levels of Fire Retardants in Kids’ Blood

A study of chemical fire retardants in parents and their children conducted by the Environmental...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 16:18

Scientists Map Cancer Genome

A team of U.S. researchers claimed it found new genetic mutations involved in glioblastoma, the...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 16:09
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