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Health

PEPFAR Program Decreased AIDS-Related Deaths in Africa

PEPFAR Program Decreased AIDS-Related Deaths in Africa

According to a study published online Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine, the...
» read full story April 07th, 2009 - 14:26

WHO earmarks 15 billion dollars to curb drug-resistant TB by 2015

   Beijing  - Ministers from 27 nations have backed a 15-billion-dollar plan to...
» read full story April 03rd, 2009 - 14:23

China launches partnership to fight drug-resistant TB

   Beijing  - China on Wednesday launched a partnership with the Gates...
» read full story April 01st, 2009 - 10:38
FDA Panel Backs Sanofi-Aventis’ Heart Drug for Approval

FDA Panel Backs Sanofi-Aventis’ Heart Drug for Approval

A panel of cardiology experts recommended Wednesday that Sanofi-Aventis experimental drug Multaq...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 16:50
Optimism Helps You Live Longer and Healthier Lives

Optimism Helps You Live Longer and Healthier Lives

Pessimists are now given one more reason to turn the page and be more optimistic, according to...
» read full story March 06th, 2009 - 17:34
Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB

Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB

Two FDA-approved drugs show promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB),...
» read full story February 27th, 2009 - 14:01
Air-ambulance Pilot – A Dangerous Job

Air-ambulance Pilot – A Dangerous Job

According to experts on this kind of problems, air-ambulance helicopters have the worst fatal crash...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 17:00
Gates Optimistic About Malaria Vaccine and Eradication Of The Disease

Gates Optimistic About Malaria Vaccine and Eradication Of The Disease

Malaria is considered by many a thing of the past, or perhaps a disease restricted to the poor...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 14:33
HealthGrades: Top-Rated Hospitals Have 27 Percent Lower Death Rate

HealthGrades: Top-Rated Hospitals Have 27 Percent Lower Death Rate

Another report, this time coming from HealthGrades, comes to the rescue of people looking for the...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 14:00
Infant Suffocation Death Rates Increase Fourth Times In 20 Years

Infant Suffocation Death Rates Increase Fourth Times In 20 Years

A new study in the journal Pediatrics reveals that infant mortality rates caused by accidental...
» read full story January 27th, 2009 - 15:21
California Hospital Death Rates for 2006/2007 Released

California Hospital Death Rates for 2006/2007 Released

In an attempt to help improve health care and people looking for better places to treat their...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 15:20
Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia

Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report in its journal Morbidity and...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 12:46
California Hospitals’ Death Rates Vary Widely

California Hospitals’ Death Rates Vary Widely

According to a recent study that looked at mortality rates for California hospitals between 2006...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 16:53
Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life

Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life

Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to its noxious effects on people’s...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 12:58
Wyeth Vaccine Helped Slash Pneumococcal Meningitis Rates

Wyeth Vaccine Helped Slash Pneumococcal Meningitis Rates

Pneumococcal meningitis rates have declined substantially since a new vaccine was introduced in...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 13:30
Sleep More! You'll Be Healthier

Sleep More! You'll Be Healthier

A new study has revealed that if one person gets less than seven hours of sleep a night, it's three...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 14:53
Health Groups Dissatisfied with U.S. Tobacco Control Policies

Health Groups Dissatisfied with U.S. Tobacco Control Policies

The annual report on U.S. tobacco control efforts released by the American Lung Association gave...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 14:00
Levels of Two Proteins Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Survival

Levels of Two Proteins Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Survival

A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 10:58

Heart Attack And Stroke Death Rates Have Decreased

The American Heart Association has reasons to be proud as it can achieve its goal of decreasing...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 00:23
How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?

How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?

A new study questions the effectiveness of colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC)...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:25
Deaths Caused By Heart Attacks, Strokes Decline But For How Long?

Deaths Caused By Heart Attacks, Strokes Decline But For How Long?

Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 11:47
Racial Gap in Colorectal Cancer Deaths is Widening, New Research Shows

Racial Gap in Colorectal Cancer Deaths is Widening, New Research Shows

Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the United States this decade, but the racial gap in...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 16:06
Glaxo Malaria Vaccine Proves Successful in Early Tests

Glaxo Malaria Vaccine Proves Successful in Early Tests

Researchers have been trying for years to develop a vaccine for malaria, the deadly, mosquito-borne...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 13:54
Measles Deaths Declined, Global Authorities Say

Measles Deaths Declined, Global Authorities Say

The global authorities released a report on Thursday announcing that the deaths caused by measles...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 22:00
State Health Rankings – Louisiana Last, Vermont First

State Health Rankings – Louisiana Last, Vermont First

The health of Americans has recently been under close scrutiny in a study that analyzed health...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 20:39
‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State

‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State

A comparison of state rakings from 2007 to 2008 released Wednesday by the United Health Foundation...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 13:52

Texans Face Growing Health Risks

Because of the continuously failing health care system in the United States, health risks are...
» read full story December 03rd, 2008 - 22:16
New Canadian Campaign Promotes At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

New Canadian Campaign Promotes At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

The latest cancer incidence report has found that survival rates among cancer sufferers are...
» read full story November 30th, 2008 - 14:40
At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

Recently, a new Canadian campaign has started to promote at home screening for colorectal...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 18:03
Quit Smoking to Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher in Smokers

Quit Smoking to Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher in Smokers

There are some easy steps Americans can do in order to prevent cancer: avoid smoking, whether it be...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 17:43
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Science

Our Trees Are Dying

Our Trees Are Dying

Tree mortality doubled in just 17 years in the Pacific Northwest and 25 years in California....
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 01:52
Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:59
Heart Disease Rates Are On Decline

Heart Disease Rates Are On Decline

Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:52
New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate

New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate

Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:48
Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening

Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening

Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the United States this decade, but the racial gap in...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 23:23
Study Says Zoo Life Is Killing Elephants

Study Says Zoo Life Is Killing Elephants

Seeing elephants at the zoo might be an incredible experience for many, but knowing that their...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 17:05
Study: Zoo Conditions Halve Life Spans Of Captive Elephants

Study: Zoo Conditions Halve Life Spans Of Captive Elephants

Seeing elephants at the zoo might be an incredible experience for many, but knowing that their...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 11:22
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U.S.

California Hospital Death Rates For 2006/2007 Released

California Hospital Death Rates For 2006/2007 Released

In an attempt to help improve health care and people looking for better places to treat their...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 19:52
Western Forests Affected By Climate Change

Western Forests Affected By Climate Change

The U.S. Geological Survey released a report presenting a worrying trend in western U.S. where the...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 09:49
US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

For the first time in ten years, the number of men and women in the US developing and dying from...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 10:39
Healthy Habits Finally Pay Off: Cancer Rates Start Declining In The US

Healthy Habits Finally Pay Off: Cancer Rates Start Declining In The US

New cancer cases and deaths have started to decline for the first time in both American men and...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 18:55

New cancer cases decline in US

Washington - A report by the nation's leading cancer organizations released Tuesday showed the...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 08:52
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Business

Financial Clouds Keep China's House Buyers at Home

Beijing - As house sales and prices tumble in China amid heightened uncertainty brought by the...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 09:36
Ford Makes Driving A Little Bit Safer For Teens

Ford Makes Driving A Little Bit Safer For Teens

Earlier this week, Ford Motor Co. presented its new system developed to help parents gain a little...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 12:36
Cell Genesys Halts Prostate Cancer Trial, Shares Drop 78%

Cell Genesys Halts Prostate Cancer Trial, Shares Drop 78%

Cell Genesys Inc has put a halt to its process of developing the treatment for the advanced stages...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 22:44
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Movies

Review: "Death Race" Imperils The Viewers’ Brain Cells

Review: "Death Race" Imperils The Viewers’ Brain Cells

“Death Race” strives to be as tough as iron, but manages no more than reach its dull stillness and...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 13:00
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Specials

Most Americans Should Reduce Salt Intake, But Do They?

Most Americans Should Reduce Salt Intake, But Do They?

As rates for high blood pressure and implicitly for heart disease and stroke are dramatically...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 14:53
Optimism Adds Years to Your Life

Optimism Adds Years to Your Life

Having a healthy concept about life has always helped people to forget things that made them...
» read full story March 07th, 2009 - 14:19
Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease

Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease

Pancreatic cancer, the terrible disease that kneeled actor Patrick Swayze last year, has recently...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 14:50

Higher Altitude Improves the Effects of Dialysis

  Dialysis patients who live at higher altitude have more chances to survive for a longer...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 15:00
Study: Forests in Western U.S. and Canada Are Dying

Study: Forests in Western U.S. and Canada Are Dying

More and more trees in Western U.S. and Canada forest are dying as a consequence of the warming of...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 15:38
Sleeping 7 Hours Or More Protects You From Common Cold

Sleeping 7 Hours Or More Protects You From Common Cold

  A new study suggests the connection between lack of sleep and common cold is stronger than...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 15:00
Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking

Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking

Taiwan on Sunday announced the decision to ban indoor smoking, becoming the 17th state in the...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 13:54
Zoos Detrimental to Elephants from the Wild

Zoos Detrimental to Elephants from the Wild

Researchers and conservationists who have compared, in a premiere study, the behaviour of captive...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 14:38
Zoo Conditions Not So Great For Elephants

Zoo Conditions Not So Great For Elephants

Seeing elephants at the zoo might be an incredible experience for many, but knowing that their...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 14:27
Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy

Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy

Health continues to be an important issue for the United States, as recent studies have shown that...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 14:52
Quit Smoking To Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher In Smokers

Quit Smoking To Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher In Smokers

There are some easy steps Americans can do in order to prevent cancer: avoid smoking, whether it be...
» read full story November 29th, 2008 - 10:49
Report: US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

Report: US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

For the first time in ten years, the number of men and women in the US developing and dying from...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 15:50

African-Americans No Longer Underprivileged When It Comes To Liver Transplants

Thanks to a new scoring system, patients with the greatest need will be the ones to most benefit...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 14:22
CDC’s Report Finds Food Allergies In US Kids Are On The Rise

CDC’s Report Finds Food Allergies In US Kids Are On The Rise

A new report released by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics shows that the number of...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 15:15
1 in 4 US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

1 in 4 US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that only 25 percent of...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 14:40
Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!

Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!

Whether you’re young or old, you need to keep moving! No matter you’re doing brisk walks, running...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 14:40

German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries

Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 16:18
AHA Recommends Screening For Depression In All Heart Patients

AHA Recommends Screening For Depression In All Heart Patients

People suffering from some form of heart disease appear to be at a higher risk of depression as...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:13
Flu Shots while Pregnant Cut Risk of Infections for You and Your Baby

Flu Shots while Pregnant Cut Risk of Infections for You and Your Baby

Mothers-to-be should consider getting a flu shot while pregnant in order to protect their newborns...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 14:40
Fish-Oil Can Reduce Heart-Failure Mortality Rate

Fish-Oil Can Reduce Heart-Failure Mortality Rate

A study conducted by a team of 357 Italian cardiology centers has found that omega-3...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 22:30
Just 1 in 5 Men Screened for Prostate Cancer Last Year

Just 1 in 5 Men Screened for Prostate Cancer Last Year

Although the American Cancer Society strongly recommends annual testing, starting with at the age...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 12:30
2008 Kids Count Data Book

2008 Kids Count Data Book

The situation of children in the United States shows slight signs of improvement from 2000 to...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 10:07
Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative

Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative

It is always great news when you hear that the fight against cancer brings more people together,...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 16:36
Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US

Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US

Being educated could boost your chances to live longer new research suggests. American...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 14:46
Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as obesity, high blood pressure, different...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 11:38
American Diabetes Risk Test Available Online - Get Tested!

American Diabetes Risk Test Available Online - Get Tested!

March 25th will mark the 20th anniversary of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes...
» read full story March 25th, 2008 - 13:59
Rock Stars Rock, But They Die Younger: Study

Rock Stars Rock, But They Die Younger: Study

You would not believe it by looking at the Rolling Stones however, a new study says rock stars are...
» read full story September 04th, 2007 - 14:42
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Technology

Californians Sue Microsoft over Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death

Californians Sue Microsoft over Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death

Microsoft is facing a lawsuit filed under the California's consumer protection statutes with the...
» read full story October 19th, 2008 - 14:23
San Francisco’s Free Wi-Fi Network Close to Death

San Francisco’s Free Wi-Fi Network Close to Death

The project of having a citywide free Wi-Fi network in San Francisco is now a sweet fantasy,...
» read full story August 30th, 2007 - 12:15
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World

Mexico shuts schools nationwide as flu deaths reach 149

Mexico City - Mexico on Monday closed schools and universities until May 6 and limited commercial...
» read full story April 28th, 2009 - 14:56
One In Four US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

One In Four US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that only 25 percent of...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 12:56
Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Exposure to traffic fumes increases the risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 11:13
Congo’s War and Its Consequences Have Killed 5.4 Million

Congo’s War and Its Consequences Have Killed 5.4 Million

Despite the efforts of the world’s largest peacekeeping force, billions of dollars in...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 15:01
Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Representative Julia Carson, of Indiana's 7th congressional district, has taken a medical leave and...
» read full story November 25th, 2007 - 18:35
Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Increased levels of pollution have made cancer the number one cause of death in China, said a...
» read full story May 21st, 2007 - 11:51
20 Die In Bus Crash In India

20 Die In Bus Crash In India

At least 20 people were killed and 17 others were injured Friday when a bus fell off a bridge in...
» read full story May 11th, 2007 - 13:08
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