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Health

Environmental Protection Agency Warns Of Climate Change Toll On Health

Environmental Protection Agency Warns Of Climate Change Toll On Health

The United States Environmental Protection Agency warned of the effects of climate change on our...
» read full story July 18th, 2008 - 14:48
Exercise Could Delay Alzheimer’s Brain Shrinkage

Exercise Could Delay Alzheimer’s Brain Shrinkage

As the number of patients with Alzheimer’s disease is going to quadruple worldwide by 2050...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 14:16
Smokers’ Influence on Nonsmokers Dropping

Smokers’ Influence on Nonsmokers Dropping

On Thursday, a new smoking-related government study was released. As it turned out, good news can...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 20:42

Study: Keeping a Food Diary Doubles Weight Loss

A new study shows that the most powerful tools which can be used to lose weight may be as close as...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 21:15
Food Diaries - The New "Secret" Method To Lose Weight

Food Diaries - The New "Secret" Method To Lose Weight

Do you really want to lose weight? Scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 13:15
Genentech’s Cancer Drug Avastin Questioned over Its Price

Genentech’s Cancer Drug Avastin Questioned over Its Price

Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin is now facing a halt in approval for expanded use because of its...
» read full story July 07th, 2008 - 15:51
Amgen’s VEGF Inhibitor Motesanib Proves Effective in Thyroid Cancer

Amgen’s VEGF Inhibitor Motesanib Proves Effective in Thyroid Cancer

A study published in the July 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that Amgen...
» read full story July 04th, 2008 - 15:28
New Technique May Help Doctors Monitor Lung Tumors In “Real Time”

New Technique May Help Doctors Monitor Lung Tumors In “Real Time”

A new non-surgical technique developed at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, snagging...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 16:22
Heart Attack Might Be a Silent Killer

Heart Attack Might Be a Silent Killer

The unforeseen death of NBC’s prominent figure Tim Russert has raised serious questions about what...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 12:30
Thousands ‘Race for the Cure’ of Breast Cancer in St. Louis

Thousands ‘Race for the Cure’ of Breast Cancer in St. Louis

Nearly 64,000 people were present on Saturday to raise money and awareness for breast cancer at the...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 12:38
Cloned T-Cells Therapy Halted Man’s Melanoma

Cloned T-Cells Therapy Halted Man’s Melanoma

For many years, physicians believed that the immune system was effective only in combating...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 13:31
Russert's Death Highlights Heart Attack Risks Once Again

Russert's Death Highlights Heart Attack Risks Once Again

The unforeseen death of NBC’s prominent figure Tim Russert has raised serious questions...
» read full story June 16th, 2008 - 12:54
New Data Triggers Revision of Erbitrux vs. Avastin Study

New Data Triggers Revision of Erbitrux vs. Avastin Study

While the European Medicines Agency, based in London, has approved the use of Erbitux, produced by...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 22:37
Low Birth Weight and Prematurity May Raise Baby’s Risk for Autism

Low Birth Weight and Prematurity May Raise Baby’s Risk for Autism

Infants born before term and underweight, especially baby-girls are twice as likely to develop...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 12:20
Erbitux Boosts Survival in Lung Cancer Patients

Erbitux Boosts Survival in Lung Cancer Patients

Results of a long awaited clinical trial of ImClone Systems Inc's Erbitux, called Flex, give hopes...
» read full story June 01st, 2008 - 08:50
EU Backs Merck KGaA’s Erbitux for First-Line Use

EU Backs Merck KGaA’s Erbitux for First-Line Use

Germany’s Merck KGaA announced Friday that Erbitux, which it licensed from ImClone System Inc and...
» read full story May 31st, 2008 - 08:20
Obama Enjoys ‘Excellent Health,’ His Physician Says

Obama Enjoys ‘Excellent Health,’ His Physician Says

Just days after his Republican rival, John McCain, released his medical records trying to remove...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 10:42
C-Sections Linked to Dramatic Rise in Preterm Births

C-Sections Linked to Dramatic Rise in Preterm Births

The dramatic rise in preterm births is due to the increase in C-section deliveries in the United ...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 14:23
A New Study Warns About Nanotechnology Cancer Risk

A New Study Warns About Nanotechnology Cancer Risk

A new study concluded that certain forms of carbon nanotubes could be as harmful as asbestos if...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 23:00
Sleep Apnea Puts People at Risk for Heart Trouble while Flying

Sleep Apnea Puts People at Risk for Heart Trouble while Flying

People suffering from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to experience higher psychological...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 15:13
Low Levels of Vitamin D May Lead to Aggressive Breast Cancer

Low Levels of Vitamin D May Lead to Aggressive Breast Cancer

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that has recently been found to play a role in a wide...
» read full story May 16th, 2008 - 11:20
Physical Activity Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Physical Activity Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

It has long been known that physical activity has a great impact on our health. Now, new research...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 13:48
Ultrasound Exam plus Mammography Perfect Breast Cancer Detection

Ultrasound Exam plus Mammography Perfect Breast Cancer Detection

Having a mammography after the age of 40 is something any woman should do to be sure they are not...
» read full story May 14th, 2008 - 11:47
Breast Cancer Parade In Pittsburgh

Breast Cancer Parade In Pittsburgh

Close to 35,000 people were present to raise money and awareness for breast cancer at the 16th...
» read full story May 11th, 2008 - 23:45
Quitting Smoking Is Worth It, Study Says

Quitting Smoking Is Worth It, Study Says

Women who stop smoking dramatically reduce their risk of developing heart diseases or...
» read full story May 09th, 2008 - 17:21
Quitting Smoking Results in Significant and Rapid Health Benefits

Quitting Smoking Results in Significant and Rapid Health Benefits

It’s always a good time to quit smoking and enjoy the benefits that come from it, according to a...
» read full story May 07th, 2008 - 09:53
People Having Shorter Limbs at Risk of Alzheimer’s

People Having Shorter Limbs at Risk of Alzheimer’s

People having longer arms and legs are more predisposed to develop memory problems later in life,...
» read full story May 06th, 2008 - 11:08

China On Nationwide Alert As Deadly Virus Spreads

China ordered a nationwide alert in order to control the outbreak of a fatal virus that managed to...
» read full story May 03rd, 2008 - 18:40
Amgen and Wyeth’s Enbrel to Carry ‘Black Box’ Warning on TB Risk

Amgen and Wyeth’s Enbrel to Carry ‘Black Box’ Warning on TB Risk

Amgen Inc and Wyeth’s Enbrel arthritis and psoriasis drug will carry a new “black box” warning...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 11:59
Medicare Cancer Care Costs Bound to Skyrocket

Medicare Cancer Care Costs Bound to Skyrocket

Government researchers reported that Medicare costs for treating cancer patients which are 65 or...
» read full story April 30th, 2008 - 22:22
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Science

Famous Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Famous Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose career spanned more than seven worthy decades,...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 10:59
Write Down Everything You Eat, A Method To Lose More Weight

Write Down Everything You Eat, A Method To Lose More Weight

People writing down what they eat every day lose on average twice as much weight as those who...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 13:52
Prolonged Exposure To Carbon Nanotubes May Increase Cancer Risk

Prolonged Exposure To Carbon Nanotubes May Increase Cancer Risk

Carbon nanotubes are as promising as they are dangerous, scientists warned, associating the...
» read full story May 21st, 2008 - 10:15
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
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
EPA Proposes New Standards For Ozone Pollution

EPA Proposes New Standards For Ozone Pollution

The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) said that the pollution standards adopted back in 1997...
» read full story June 22nd, 2007 - 12:50
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Music

Amy Winehouse Has Serious Lung Problems

Amy Winehouse Has Serious Lung Problems

In an interview for the British newspaper Daily Mail, Mitch Winehouse said that his daughter, Amy...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 21:23
Richie Sambora's Lucky Break in DUI Case

Richie Sambora's Lucky Break in DUI Case

Richie Sambora’s frightening experience of being arrested for driving under the influence of...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 16:02
Beatles Bootleg of the "Garden Variety" Prompts Lawsuit

Beatles Bootleg of the "Garden Variety" Prompts Lawsuit

An attempt to sell a previously unreleased taping of the Beatles performing in a club before...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 14:18
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People

Famous US Heart Surgeon Dies at 99 Years of Age

Famous US Heart Surgeon Dies at 99 Years of Age

Michael DeBakey has been considered by many one of the parents of cardiovascular surgery thanks to...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 16:36
Paul Newman Has Cancer, Friend Says

Paul Newman Has Cancer, Friend Says

Paul Newman is alleged to have cancer in an advanced stage. An exclusive AP report claims that a...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 21:19
'Fifth Beatle' Neil Aspinall Dies In NY

'Fifth Beatle' Neil Aspinall Dies In NY

Known to many people as the "Fifth Beatle," Neil Aspinall, a longtime friend and runner...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 20:44
Legendary Patients Rights Advocate Barbara Seaman Died

Legendary Patients Rights Advocate Barbara Seaman Died

Female patients’ rights advocate Barbara Seaman, 72, has died of complications related to lung...
» read full story March 01st, 2008 - 19:27
Suzanne Pleshette Honored Posthumously

Suzanne Pleshette Honored Posthumously

The Emmy-nominated actress Suzanne Pleshette was honored Thursday with a posthumous star on the...
» read full story February 01st, 2008 - 16:13
The Legendary Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies At 69

The Legendary Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies At 69

The U.S. legendary motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel died Friday after lengthy illnesses aged 69,...
» read full story December 01st, 2007 - 01:55
Dennis Quaid's Twins Are Recovering from Drug Overdose

Dennis Quaid's Twins Are Recovering from Drug Overdose

The two-week-old twins of actor Dennis Quaid, who were born via a gestational carrier on November...
» read full story November 21st, 2007 - 23:29
Country Music Veteran Hank Thompson Dies

Country Music Veteran Hank Thompson Dies

Country singer Hank Thompson, a significant promoter of honky tonk swing, passed away Tuesday of...
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 17:12
Robert Goulet Passes Away at 73

Robert Goulet Passes Away at 73

Broadway actor Robert Goulet passed away Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital, aged 73. He had been...
» read full story October 31st, 2007 - 11:29
Music Legend Porter Wagoner Dies at 80

Music Legend Porter Wagoner Dies at 80

Porter Wagoner, a three-time Grammy winner and a member of the Country Music Hall Of Fame, died of...
» read full story October 29th, 2007 - 11:39
Robert Goulet Awaiting Lung Transplant

Robert Goulet Awaiting Lung Transplant

Robert Goulet is hospitalized and urgently needs a lung transplant but a suitable donor has not...
» read full story October 24th, 2007 - 13:37
Hanson Brother Released from Hospital

Hanson Brother Released from Hospital

Isaac Hanson, the eldest of the musical siblings in the band Hanson, was released Friday from...
» read full story October 06th, 2007 - 15:38
A Grand Voice Has Gone: Luciano Pavarotti, 71

A Grand Voice Has Gone: Luciano Pavarotti, 71

The charismatic man who made the world a more beautiful place with his unique voice passed away...
» read full story September 06th, 2007 - 11:32
Founder of Iconic Punk Club CBGB Dies

Founder of Iconic Punk Club CBGB Dies

Hilly Kristal, founder of the New York punk rock club CBGB, passed away Tuesday from lung cancer....
» read full story August 30th, 2007 - 12:02
Pavarotti Hospitalized Because Of Lung Infection

Pavarotti Hospitalized Because Of Lung Infection

The famous Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti was brought to hospital in the northern Italian city of...
» read full story August 09th, 2007 - 13:39
US Soprano Beverly Sills Dies

US Soprano Beverly Sills Dies

One of America’s most distinguished personalities, opera singer Beverly Sills, known by some as...
» read full story July 03rd, 2007 - 15:13
Denise Richards & Richie Sambora’s 'Secret' Breakup

Denise Richards & Richie Sambora’s 'Secret' Breakup

Hollywood actress Denise Richards and Bon Jovi’s lead guitarist, Richie Sambora, reportedly ended...
» read full story May 15th, 2007 - 22:52
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World

EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming

EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming

Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that greenhouse gas emissions represented a...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 13:12

20th Century Medicine Giant Michael DeBakey Dies At 99

Heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose revolutionary heart transplants and coronary bypass surgical...
» read full story July 13th, 2008 - 13:50

Connecticut: Hit-and-Run Victim Breathing Through Ventilator

On May 30, Angel Arce Torres, 78, from Hartford, Connecticut was run over by a car travelling on...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 17:14

Fritzl’s Daughter Gets to Know Her Family

Kerstin Fritzl, the 19- year-old girl of the Austrian Josef Fritzl has recovered from her coma and...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 15:27
Smoking Loses Ground in the U.S.

Smoking Loses Ground in the U.S.

The end of this bad habit seems to be near, as more and more organizations set rules against...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 13:49

Power Outage Kills Woman Living in Iron Lung

Sometimes we hear about people who never give up. Even if they encounter many obstacles in life,...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 10:34
Memorials for Rep. Julia Carson Commence Today

Memorials for Rep. Julia Carson Commence Today

The body of Congresswoman Julia Carson was carried to the Indiana Statehouse with a horse-drawn...
» read full story December 21st, 2007 - 16:40
Rep. Julia Carson, First Black Congresswoman of Indianapolis, Dies

Rep. Julia Carson, First Black Congresswoman of Indianapolis, Dies

The first African American and first woman to represent the city of Indianapolis in Congress -...
» read full story December 15th, 2007 - 18:25
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
Iraqi Shiite Leaders Reach Agreement

Iraqi Shiite Leaders Reach Agreement

The powerful Shiite leaders Moqtada al-Sadr and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim have reportedly agreed upon...
» read full story October 07th, 2007 - 11:42
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
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Movies

Legendary Actor Paul Newman Downplays Cancer Rumors

Legendary Actor Paul Newman Downplays Cancer Rumors

One of Hollywood’s most popular figures, veteran Paul Newman on Tuesday denied rumors about...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 13:00
Update: Kung Fu Panda Knocks Zohan To The Second Place

Update: Kung Fu Panda Knocks Zohan To The Second Place

The Dreamworks animation, “Kung Fu Panda” proved to be more popular for the moviegoers than Adam...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 19:29
Kung Fu Panda Puts Some Fun Into Martial Arts

Kung Fu Panda Puts Some Fun Into Martial Arts

Like most animations, Kung Fu Panda is not completely free of clichés, but it certainly is...
» read full story June 07th, 2008 - 15:25
Dennis Quaid Recalls 'Bloody' Baby Nightmare

Dennis Quaid Recalls 'Bloody' Baby Nightmare

It's been several months since Dennis Quaid's newborn twins almost died in a Los Angeles hospital...
» read full story March 16th, 2008 - 16:26
‘Married With Children’ Producer, Ron Leavitt, Dies at 60

‘Married With Children’ Producer, Ron Leavitt, Dies at 60

Ron Leavitt, co-creator of hilarious, luckless show salesman Al Bundy died Sunday of lung cancer at...
» read full story February 11th, 2008 - 17:52
Suzanne Pleshette, 'Newhart's' wife, Died

Suzanne Pleshette, 'Newhart's' wife, Died

American actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known for playing Emily Hartley on "The Bob Newhart...
» read full story January 20th, 2008 - 12:54
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Specials

Innovative Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Innovative Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose career spanned more than seven worthy decades,...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 17:57
Father Of Modern Cardiovascular Surgery Dr. DeBakey Dies

Father Of Modern Cardiovascular Surgery Dr. DeBakey Dies

The medical world has lost a great man on Friday night in the person of Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, a...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 12:43
FDA Requests Black Box On Antibiotics Warning About Tendon Ruptures

FDA Requests Black Box On Antibiotics Warning About Tendon Ruptures

Makers of fluoroquinolone antibiotics are strongly requested by the U.S. Food and Drug...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 11:15
Write Down Everything You Eat, Lose More Weight

Write Down Everything You Eat, Lose More Weight

People writing down what they eat every day lose on average twice as much weight as those who...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 10:18
Amy Winehouse’s Rep Denies Emphysema Report

Amy Winehouse’s Rep Denies Emphysema Report

A disparity concerning the health of Amy Winehouse appeared Monday after the Grammy-winning...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 16:02
Amy Winehouse in Early Stages of Emphysema

Amy Winehouse in Early Stages of Emphysema

British singer Amy Winehouse has been suffering from an unclear medical condition that her father...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 13:13

Immunotherapy Proved Efficient in Melanoma Patient

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes how immunotherapy helped a 52-year-old...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 13:05
Let's Just Wish Paul Newman Good Health

Let's Just Wish Paul Newman Good Health

Is he or is he not ill? While sources make contradictory reports and we’re all left to wonder...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 15:26
Beware of Smoking! It Might Lead to Dementia

Beware of Smoking! It Might Lead to Dementia

It has long been known that smoking gradually leads to heart disease and lung cancer among other...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 14:52

South Carolina: 10-Year-Old Boy Tragically Dies of ‘Dry Drowning’

A South Carolina 10-year-old died tragically on Sunday an hour after swimming because of “dry...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 16:26
Pilot and Passenger Safe after Helicopter’s Crash

Pilot and Passenger Safe after Helicopter’s Crash

The names of the pilot and passenger aboard the medical helicopter that crashed last Thursday on...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 11:31
Genome Institute’s Renowned Director, Francis Collins, to Resign

Genome Institute’s Renowned Director, Francis Collins, to Resign

The National Human Genome Research Institute is losing one of its prestigious researchers in the...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 12:54
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
Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution

Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution

Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone pollution is directly linked to poor health in...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 12:26
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
Cedars-Sinai Fined Over Dennis Quaid Twins Blunder

Cedars-Sinai Fined Over Dennis Quaid Twins Blunder

The state of California fined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles $25,000 for nearly killing...
» read full story March 21st, 2008 - 10:42
Norman Mailer, The Great American Writer, Dies

Norman Mailer, The Great American Writer, Dies

Norman Mailer, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and one of the greatest American writers, died...
» read full story November 10th, 2007 - 16:35
Lincoln Center Tribute to Beverly Sills

Lincoln Center Tribute to Beverly Sills

Opera singer Beverly Sills was honored Sunday by family, friends and fans in a spoken and musical...
» read full story September 17th, 2007 - 16:12
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Business

Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good

Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good

Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced the failure of its TOCOSOL® Paclitaxel breast cancer drug...
» read full story September 24th, 2007 - 21:04
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