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Health

Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Increases Autism Risk

Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Increases Autism Risk

Pregnant women taking valproate, a drug used to treat epilepsy, may significantly increase their...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 15:46
Bone Formation Linked to Serotonin in Gut, Research Brings Hope for Osteoporosis Sufferers

Bone Formation Linked to Serotonin in Gut, Research Brings Hope for Osteoporosis Sufferers

Bone formation appears to be controlled by serotonin, a chemical in the brain that also influences...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:40
The Incidence of New Cancers in the U.S. Drops for the First Time

The Incidence of New Cancers in the U.S. Drops for the First Time

The overall incidence of new cancer cases and death due to cancer dropped for the first time in...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:00

Growth Hormone Doesn’t Help ALS Sufferers

A two-year study of the growth hormone known as insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) on patients...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 15:30
Cyberchondria Is No Joke

Cyberchondria Is No Joke

Neurotic self-diagnosis is usually common among med students. They study the diseases carefully and...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 21:49

Banzel Approved by the FDA to Treat Severe Epilepsy

A new drug called Banzel (rufinamide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 14:45

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
Caregivers’ Stress Can Bring Down Family Members

Caregivers’ Stress Can Bring Down Family Members

In the case of a family member, the stress caused by providing care for a loved one with...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 18:32
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
Early HIV Treatment Cuts Babies’ Death Risk

Early HIV Treatment Cuts Babies’ Death Risk

A study in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that, for infants with...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 16:00
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
Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is such a hardy pathogen that the concept of curing a poor...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 17:51
A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 21:13
Rainy Climates, A Factor In Triggering Autism?

Rainy Climates, A Factor In Triggering Autism?

Autism is a brain development disorder that occurs in children, generally, before turning 3 and is...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 15:05
Genentech Seeks Regulatory Approval for Avastin Use in Brain Cancer

Genentech Seeks Regulatory Approval for Avastin Use in Brain Cancer

Drug maker Genentech Inc. seeks regulatory approval for its cancer drug Avastin in patients with...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 15:40
Study Shows Fibromyalgia Is a “Real Disease,” Related to Brain Dysfunction

Study Shows Fibromyalgia Is a “Real Disease,” Related to Brain Dysfunction

According to a new brain scan study, fibromyalgia may be related to a dysfunction of cerebral...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 15:00
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
No More Than Two Cups of Coffee a Day for Pregnant Women

No More Than Two Cups of Coffee a Day for Pregnant Women

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has recently altered their recommendations for pregnant women with...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 20:25
FDA Findings on BPA Safety Questioned Again by a Panel of Toxicologists

FDA Findings on BPA Safety Questioned Again by a Panel of Toxicologists

A panel of toxicology experts has urged the FDA to rethink its conclusions on bisphenol A, a...
» read full story November 01st, 2008 - 13:20
Statins May Cut Pneumonia Death Risk, New Study Shows

Statins May Cut Pneumonia Death Risk, New Study Shows

According to the results of a new study featured in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 13:40
Update: Panel Calls FDA Ruling On BPA “Inadequate”

Update: Panel Calls FDA Ruling On BPA “Inadequate”

Bisphenol A (BPA), the synthetic hormone used in baby bottles, toddler cups, water bottle and...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 13:13
Wyeth: New Version of Prevnar Has Positive Results in Study

Wyeth: New Version of Prevnar Has Positive Results in Study

A news study presented Monday at the joint annual meeting of the Interscience Conference on...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 13:40
Leukemia Drug Shows Promise in Reversing Multiple Slerosis

Leukemia Drug Shows Promise in Reversing Multiple Slerosis

Leukemia drug alemtuzumab appears to reduce or even reverse many of the disabilities caused by...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 13:30
Depression during Pregnancy Doubles the Risk of Preterm Delivery

Depression during Pregnancy Doubles the Risk of Preterm Delivery

Pregnant women with significant depressive symptoms during pregnancy have the highest chance of...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 13:12
Biden’s Medical Records Released, He Is In Good Health

Biden’s Medical Records Released, He Is In Good Health

Democratic US vice president nominee Joe Biden appears to be in good health, according to...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 14:30
Fatty Acid Study Points to New Strategies for Tacking Alzheimer’s

Fatty Acid Study Points to New Strategies for Tacking Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease has long been associated with an unhealthy lifestyle based on a wrong diet,...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 16:00
New Institute Dedicated to Alzheimer’s Study

New Institute Dedicated to Alzheimer’s Study

The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) opened its doors on Friday to...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 15:00

New Breakthrough in Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Hamburg, Germany - A new enzyme-blocking method is being termed a breakthrough in the treatment of...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 10:08

Dallas Lawyer, Fred Baron, Obtains Experimental Cancer Drug

Frederick Martin Baron, one of America’s most prominent trial lawyers, obtained an experimental...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 15:00
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Science

Wide-DNA Sequence Could Help Resurrect Woolly Mammoth

Wide-DNA Sequence Could Help Resurrect Woolly Mammoth

Sequencing the nuclear genome of extinct species has always been a challenge for scientists, and...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 13:59
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
Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 14:00
Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 08:25
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:11
US Researchers Identify Autism Genes Heightening Hope for Cure

US Researchers Identify Autism Genes Heightening Hope for Cure

A genetic research on more than 100 families prone to autism by Harvard researchers shed new light...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 11:58
Monkeys Successfully Brain-Control Robotic Arm

Monkeys Successfully Brain-Control Robotic Arm

Restoring motor functions to paralyzed patients is more than a theory; it is an objective to be...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 12:20
Scientists May Have Found Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s

Scientists May Have Found Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s

A team of German scientists has devised a new drug to fight the most common form of dementia -...
» read full story April 25th, 2008 - 12:00
New Discovery Reveals Tuberculosis Is 500,000-Years-Old

New Discovery Reveals Tuberculosis Is 500,000-Years-Old

A new discovery made by the scientists from The University of Texas at Austin revealed that...
» read full story December 08th, 2007 - 00:14
Evidence: Indonesian "Hobbit" Not Diseased Human

Evidence: Indonesian "Hobbit" Not Diseased Human

After a three year long debate, it appears that those scientists claiming that "hobbit"...
» read full story September 21st, 2007 - 10:18
Caffeine May Prevent Memory Loss In Women

Caffeine May Prevent Memory Loss In Women

Probably you know already about some of the effects of caffeine, but it seems there are still...
» read full story August 07th, 2007 - 10:06
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Technology

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 09:29
Sergey Brin, Google’s Co-Founder, Writes About Parkinson’s Risk

Sergey Brin, Google’s Co-Founder, Writes About Parkinson’s Risk

In a post on its newly opened blog, Too, Sergey Brin, one of the two co-founders of Google, has...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 09:44
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Specials

Brain Waves, a New Tool to Measure Autism Severity

Brain Waves, a New Tool to Measure Autism Severity

A new study involving MEG (magnetoencephalography) as a diagnostic tool discovered that certain...
» read full story December 03rd, 2008 - 15:10
Chemical In Our Stomach Might Help Us Fight Obesity

Chemical In Our Stomach Might Help Us Fight Obesity

As more and more people suffer from obesity and, consequently, obesity-related diseases,...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 14:26
Regular Exercise And Sleep Hours Found To Halve Women’s Cancer Risk

Regular Exercise And Sleep Hours Found To Halve Women’s Cancer Risk

Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s just a movie on our laptop or...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 14:00
Obese Children Have Middle-Aged Arteries, a Sign of Future Heart Disease

Obese Children Have Middle-Aged Arteries, a Sign of Future Heart Disease

Obesity in children is a growing problem nowadays. Childhood obesity is considered an epidemic in...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 17:20
Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV

Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV

People suffering from the immunodeficiency virus may be soon cured through a bone marrow...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 13:00
Arteries of Most Obese Kids – As Thick and Stiff as Middle-Aged Adults’

Arteries of Most Obese Kids – As Thick and Stiff as Middle-Aged Adults’

Hundreds of previous studies have shown that obesity comes with a number of risks, such as heart...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 14:07
Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 15:20
Autism Associated With Wet Weather

Autism Associated With Wet Weather

Children in U.S.’s wettest climates stand more chances to suffer from autism, according to a study...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 14:10
Depression Might Double Risk Of Preterm Delivery

Depression Might Double Risk Of Preterm Delivery

Depression during pregnancy was found to double the chance of a woman to deliver her baby before...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 14:31
Obesity Is in Your Genes and...Brain!

Obesity Is in Your Genes and...Brain!

Eating too much to simply satisfy your pleasure for food? Then you’re probably one of those people...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 15:28
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
B Vitamins Do Not Block Mental Decline in Alzheimer’s Patients

B Vitamins Do Not Block Mental Decline in Alzheimer’s Patients

Alzheimer’s patients given high-dose vitamin B supplements to decrease levels of homoceyteine saw...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 16:15
Study: Excessive Alcohol Intake Shrinks Your Brain

Study: Excessive Alcohol Intake Shrinks Your Brain

If you’re one of those people liking their daily shots of alcohol, here is another good reason to...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 14:05
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 15:06
Bailout Legislation Expands Mental Health Coverage

Bailout Legislation Expands Mental Health Coverage

Bailout legislation approved last week by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, as a...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 14:09
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
Iowa Woman Dies of West Nile; The Virus Is Still a Threat

Iowa Woman Dies of West Nile; The Virus Is Still a Threat

West Nile virus appears to have made another victim in Iowa this time in the person of an elderly...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 15:38
FDA Probes J&J Anemia Drug over Clinical Trial Deaths

FDA Probes J&J Anemia Drug over Clinical Trial Deaths

Results of a study undergone by German scientists revealed that stroke patients given Amgen and...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 14:34
FDA To Review Anemia Drug Eprex Following High Rate Of Deaths In Study

FDA To Review Anemia Drug Eprex Following High Rate Of Deaths In Study

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that they are reviewing a higher rate of...
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 14:36
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
Google Co-founder Sergey Brin Blogs About His Parkinson’s Risk

Google Co-founder Sergey Brin Blogs About His Parkinson’s Risk

How would you react if you found out there are high chances that you develop a certain condition...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 14:30
FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Claim It Poses Health Risks

FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Claim It Poses Health Risks

A preliminary report by the FDA declared the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 14:04
Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire

Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire

The Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program on Wednesday released a...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 14:31

Major Breakthrough In Cancer Research, A Promising Way To Study Cancer

Scientists with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University have managed...
» read full story September 07th, 2008 - 14:30

Mapping The Cancer Genome

A new discovery shows promise in cancer fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 11:05
Fish Oil Supplements Can Reduce Mortality Risk in Heart Failure Patients

Fish Oil Supplements Can Reduce Mortality Risk in Heart Failure Patients

The fact that fish oil and its significant component, omega-3 fatty acids can improve brain power,...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 19:24
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
Fearless War Journalist Leroy Sievers Dies at 53

Fearless War Journalist Leroy Sievers Dies at 53

It is sad to hear when people close to us are suffering from serious diseases, but the feeling...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 14:41

Baby Bottle Chemical Bysphenol A Is Safe, FDA Report Says

Bisphenol A, the chemical found in polycarbonate plastic, including baby bottles, is safe at...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 15:53

Leroy Sievers Dies Of Colon Cancer At 53

Leroy Sievers, the journalist who worked at ABC News’ “Nightline” for 14 years and at CBS News for...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 14:26
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U.S.

Medical Records Of Democratic VP Candidate Joe Biden Made Public

Medical Records Of Democratic VP Candidate Joe Biden Made Public

The Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden made public his medical records on Monday....
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 15:03
Cheney to undergo procedure for abnormal heartbeat

Cheney to undergo procedure for abnormal heartbeat

Washington - Doctors examining US Vice President Dick Cheney discovered an abnormal rhythm in his...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 19:36
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Movies

Movie Critics Not So Thrilled By “The X-Files: I Want To Believe”

Movie Critics Not So Thrilled By “The X-Files: I Want To Believe”

The return of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in the latest movie inspired by the famous 93’ Tv series...
» read full story July 26th, 2008 - 14:05
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Movie Reviews

Movie Review: The X-Files: I Want to Believe Lives Up To Expectations

Movie Review: The X-Files: I Want to Believe Lives Up To Expectations

“The X-Files: I Want to Believe” is mostly for those who are familiar with the TV series and with...
» read full story July 25th, 2008 - 14:27
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People

Estelle Getty,  Star from “The Golden Girls” Dies

Estelle Getty, Star from “The Golden Girls” Dies

Estelle Getty died Tuesday, only three days away from her 85th birthday. She passed away at her...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 13:25
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Business

Sergey Brin, Google’s Cofounder, Writes On Blog About Parkinson’s Risk

Sergey Brin, Google’s Cofounder, Writes On Blog About Parkinson’s Risk

In a post on its newly opened blog, Too, Sergey Brin, one of the two co-founders of Google, has...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 21:49
FDA OK’s Bisphenol - Chemical Used in Baby Bottles

FDA OK’s Bisphenol - Chemical Used in Baby Bottles

The concerned parents, consumer groups and politicians can leave their worries aside as the...
» read full story August 16th, 2008 - 16:22
Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine

Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine

A newly released cancer vaccine which reportedly doubles the survival time of people with brain...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 22:35
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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World

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

Leroy Sievers, Journalist, Dies Of Colon Cancer At 53

Leroy Sievers, the journalist who worked at ABC News’ “Nightline” for 14 years and at CBS News for...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 10:15
Nancy Reagan Not Out of the Hospital - Yet

Nancy Reagan Not Out of the Hospital - Yet

Nancy Reagan, wife of former President Ronald Reagan, was taken to the St. John’s Hospital in...
» read full story February 19th, 2008 - 17:31
More Heart Troubles for U.S. Vice President Cheney

More Heart Troubles for U.S. Vice President Cheney

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, 66, was treated for an irregular heartbeat discovered during a...
» read full story November 27th, 2007 - 15:02
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Sports

Bobby Murcer Faces A Possible Brain Tumor Recurrence

Bobby Murcer Faces A Possible Brain Tumor Recurrence

Former New York Yankees outfielder Bobby Murcer could face a possible recurrence of a brain tumor...
» read full story February 29th, 2008 - 17:15
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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