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Mexico tackles diseases after floods

Jul 19 - As flood waters in Mexico's northeastern state of Tamaulipas recede, authorities take...
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Haiti's crisis after the storms

Hurricane season left hundreds in Haiti dead and tens of thousands homeless, now comes the fears...
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Video: Movies

Doomsday (2008)

The year is 2008, and a pandemic threatens to wipe out the whole of the human race. For many in...
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Health

Rogue Clinics Deceive Patients With Unsafe Stem Cell Therapies

Rogue Clinics Deceive Patients With Unsafe Stem Cell Therapies

Stem cell therapy has become one of the main points of interest in medicine today, thanks to its...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 14:01
Media Exposure Is Bad For Kids’ Health, Study Says

Media Exposure Is Bad For Kids’ Health, Study Says

Parents, have you ever wondered how exposure to media sources impacts the physical health of your...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 15:20
More Efforts Are Needed to Combat Discrimination against HIV/AIDS Sufferers

More Efforts Are Needed to Combat Discrimination against HIV/AIDS Sufferers

The fact that there is a lot of inaccurate information about how HIV is transmitted also...
» read full story December 01st, 2008 - 14:00
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

Complacency About AIDS Heightens Risks, Experts Say

Geneva - Asian countries, youngsters and people spoiled by the availability of medicines in the...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 16:49

HIV Protection: Could Pills Work Wonders Against HIV?

New York /Bethesda, Maryland - Anti-HIV medicines have rescued tens of thousands or perhaps even...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 13:27
Red Wine Helps Against Aging

Red Wine Helps Against Aging

It’s a well-known fact that drinking a glass of red wine for dinner has benefits for your health....
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 16:48
WHO Plans HIV and AIDS Elimination

WHO Plans HIV and AIDS Elimination

The World Health Organization has returned its attention to one of the most frightening viruses and...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 16:44
Obese Older  Women Have an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

Obese Older Women Have an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

A series of studies have shown that being obese or even overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:50
One Cause of Aging Found, Scientists Say Potentially Reversible

One Cause of Aging Found, Scientists Say Potentially Reversible

New research performed on mice offers insights into the mechanism of aging, and perhaps with time...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:27
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
Sleep and Exercise Help Prevent Cancer, Especially In Women

Sleep and Exercise Help Prevent Cancer, Especially In Women

It’s a well known fact that getting a good night’s sleep, usually estimated to be of eight hours, a...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 21:38
Controversial Bill Will Enable Tracking HIV patients in Papua

Controversial Bill Will Enable Tracking HIV patients in Papua

A controversial bill that requires some HIV patients to be implanted with microchips has just...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 17:35

Hospital Don’t Test For HIV Routinely

In 2006, the Federal Government strongly advised that all patients who visit emergency rooms and...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 21:41

Universal Health Coverage, In Discussion

As medicine, technology and science advance at a very fast rate, medical breakthroughs now happen...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 16:42
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
Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed

Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed

Doctors at four European universities have managed to perform the first trachea transplant...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 14:40
Censoring Fast-Food TV Ads Might Lower Childhood Obesity Rates

Censoring Fast-Food TV Ads Might Lower Childhood Obesity Rates

Banning fast-food advertising could lead to a decrease in the number of overweight and obese...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 14:30

Pioneering Stem-Cell Surgery Performed

Through a cooperation of 4 European universities, physicians have performed the world’s first...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 18:03
Taking Vitamins C and E Doesn’t Help Prevent Heart Diseases

Taking Vitamins C and E Doesn’t Help Prevent Heart Diseases

So far, it was widely believed that vitamins C and E help reduce the risk of developing heart...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 20:24

A Healthy Lifestyle Lowers Your Chances Of Heart Conditions

Some physicians opt for more traditional methods of healing when being confronted with diseases and...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 22:23
Hospitals Ignore MRSA Infections

Hospitals Ignore MRSA Infections

A very dangerous hospital infection is killing a shocking number of patients, according to a recent...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 19:04
Higher Death Risk For Overweight People

Higher Death Risk For Overweight People

A new study at the German Institution of Human Nutrition shows that overweight people tend to have...
» read full story November 15th, 2008 - 20:34
Study: Big Waist Could Mean Elevated Death Risk

Study: Big Waist Could Mean Elevated Death Risk

Your weight doesn’t bother you very much because you think it’s ok and because it seems to be just...
» read full story November 15th, 2008 - 13:07

Large Waist Doubles Premature Death Risk

A European study suggests that people with a large waist are almost twice more prone to premature...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 14:50
Paying More For Alcohol May Actually Save Lives

Paying More For Alcohol May Actually Save Lives

It’s no secret that alcohol is no good for our health, as it might increase our risk for liver...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 14:00
Update: Google Tool Tracks Flu Outbreaks Faster

Update: Google Tool Tracks Flu Outbreaks Faster

Fever? Headache? Sore Throat? You might find answers to all these symptoms through a new tool as...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 13:40
Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant

Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant

Medical history was written recently, after a patient with both leukemia and HIV received a bone...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 22:06
Chronically Ill Americans Experience More Medical Errors

Chronically Ill Americans Experience More Medical Errors

Chronically ill U.S. residents are more likely to forgo medical care on account of high costs or...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 21:53
U.S. Chronically Ill Patients More Likely to Be Subjected to Medical Errors

U.S. Chronically Ill Patients More Likely to Be Subjected to Medical Errors

A recently carried out survey reached the conclusion that the United States patients are the...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 20:21
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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
Medpedia, The Online  Collaborative Project On Health

Medpedia, The Online Collaborative Project On Health

Almost everyone who uses the Internet surely knows about Wikipedia, the largest online...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 15:29
Google.org Started Giving Grants

Google.org Started Giving Grants

The charitable arm of Internet search engine company Google, Google.org, has announced it will...
» read full story January 17th, 2008 - 22:12
Soyuz Lands OK after Abnormally Short Descent

Soyuz Lands OK after Abnormally Short Descent

The Russian Soyuz TMA-10 capsule landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday, after an abnormally steep descent...
» read full story October 22nd, 2007 - 07:30
Folding@Home Project Gets Updated Version

Folding@Home Project Gets Updated Version

Sony announced an update for the distributed Folding@Home project initiated by the Stanford...
» read full story August 22nd, 2007 - 17:28
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U.S.

UB – Smoke Free

Smoking is severely frowned upon in the United States. Smoking in bars, restaurants, some hotel...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 23:26
Locy Cleared of All Charges

Locy Cleared of All Charges

A federal appeals court threw out a contempt order requiring fines of up to $5,000 a day against a...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 20:28
Drug Prescriptions For Children Rising At Alarming Rates

Drug Prescriptions For Children Rising At Alarming Rates

More and more children in the United States are prescribed medication for chronic diseases,...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 12:26
AAP: More Vitamin D Is Needed To Keep Kids Healthy

AAP: More Vitamin D Is Needed To Keep Kids Healthy

Vitamin D deficiency in early childhood can lead to an increased risk for osteoporosis later in...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 12:12
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Science

Obese Older  Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer

Obese Older Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer

A series of studies have shown that being obese or even overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 21:03
Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging

Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging

As we get older, our health becomes our worst enemy. What’s the secret of living a longer healthy...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 14:00
HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says

HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says

US and Canadian researchers suggests that starting HIV treatment earlier than currently...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 14:30
Rotateq Slows Down The Rotavirus In Non-Immunized Children

Rotateq Slows Down The Rotavirus In Non-Immunized Children

A vaccine against rotavirus, Rotateq, which causes diarrhea and vomiting in thousands of children...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 20:32
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
Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US

Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US

Washington - Some people who want their genome scanned are only worried about what their hair will...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 07:44
Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein

Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein

This year, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists that used a protein taken...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 16:58
Stem Cells From Germ Cells

Stem Cells From Germ Cells

Recent studies show that testicular germ cells resemble very much the much controversial embryonic...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 08:38
Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40

Urban Civilizations Found By Scientists in Amazonian Forest

Using satellite imagery, scientists have discovered the remains of once densely populated towns in...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 19:03
Large Human Trial Of HIV Vaccine Canceled By NIAID

Large Human Trial Of HIV Vaccine Canceled By NIAID

The National Institutes of Health on Thursday canceled a US human trial of a human...
» read full story July 21st, 2008 - 08:13
Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map

Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a groundbreaking step into deciphering the...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 09:18
Low-Carb Diet Is The Best Choice To Lower Cholesterol

Low-Carb Diet Is The Best Choice To Lower Cholesterol

If you really want to lose weight and decrease your cholesterol level, you may try the...
» read full story July 18th, 2008 - 08:00
One Third Of Reef-Building Corals On The Verge Of Extinction

One Third Of Reef-Building Corals On The Verge Of Extinction

Marine biologists never get tired of warning about the dangers human actions pose to one of the...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 10:54
Half Of US’s Coral Reefs Heading Towards Extinction Because Of Us

Half Of US’s Coral Reefs Heading Towards Extinction Because Of Us

For anyone who’s ever been near coral reefs, the necessity to protect them is not a new story:...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 14:07
White House Finally Comes Up With Climate Report

White House Finally Comes Up With Climate Report

The Bush administration finally concluded what we’ve been suspecting for some time now: that the...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 12:09
Scientists to Discuss Pharaoh Akhenaten’s Gender Mystery

Scientists to Discuss Pharaoh Akhenaten’s Gender Mystery

After Pharaoh Akhenaten puzzled scientists for years, making them wonder about his strangely...
» read full story May 03rd, 2008 - 23:05
Albany Medical Prize Goes to Female Researchers

Albany Medical Prize Goes to Female Researchers

For the first time in its eight-year history, the Albany Medical Center Prize went to two female...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 20:37
Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies

Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies

The U.S researchers have discovered a new technology to identify and clone human antibodies...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 16:08
Drug Research May Suffer Significantly Due to Biodiversity Loss

Drug Research May Suffer Significantly Due to Biodiversity Loss

Biodiversity loss and species extinction may lead to losing new medical treatments for cancer,...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 13:58
Scientists Map Worldwide Journey of Seasonal Flu

Scientists Map Worldwide Journey of Seasonal Flu

Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery of where seasonal flu viruses originate and...
» read full story April 17th, 2008 - 15:43
The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people

The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people

A consortium, which includes Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, England, the Beijing...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 01:09
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
South Korean Researchers Cloned Fluorescent Cats

South Korean Researchers Cloned Fluorescent Cats

These days, it seems that science out wins art. Up to now artists could get their imagination free...
» read full story December 13th, 2007 - 22:46
Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly

Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly

A new study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks revelead that we...
» read full story December 11th, 2007 - 01:12
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
Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use

Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use

Professor Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientists who led the team that created Dolly the sheep ten...
» read full story November 18th, 2007 - 01:17
Scientists Have Created First Primate Cloned Embryos

Scientists Have Created First Primate Cloned Embryos

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University have created for the first time cloned...
» read full story November 14th, 2007 - 21:18
The First Malaysian Astronaut Arrives At ISS

The First Malaysian Astronaut Arrives At ISS

The Soyuz capsule TMA-11, carrying the Malaysia’s first astronaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, along...
» read full story October 12th, 2007 - 20:50
The Start Of An Era.50 Years From Sputnik Launch

The Start Of An Era.50 Years From Sputnik Launch

Human kind’s space endeavor debuted in the Soviet Russia 50 years ago at the famous Baikonur...
» read full story September 30th, 2007 - 18:20
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World

When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV

When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV

The medical world has welcomed the first case of HIV completely cured. Is that possible, some have...
» read full story November 15th, 2008 - 14:08

China: Rich Nations Should Help Developing Nations Fight Climate Change

Beijing - Richer, developed nations should lead the effort against climate change and help...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 09:19

UN renews call for more aid to the poor on World Food Day

New York - United Nations leaders on Thursday called on the international community to assist the...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 20:19
An Unknown Disease Takes its Toll on Three South African People

An Unknown Disease Takes its Toll on Three South African People

On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO), which is an United Nations health agency, has...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 13:21
Wear Pink For The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Wear Pink For The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 16:37

Drama continues over vote on US finance rescue

Washington - Congressional leaders on Thursday were confident that the House of Representatives...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 08:06

Smoking in Public Places Banned in India

New Delhi - India on Thursday banned smoking in public places after a medical study warned...
» read full story October 02nd, 2008 - 16:17

India gears up for ban on smoking in public places

New Delhi - An estimated 120 million smokers in India will have one more reason to try to kick...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 16:51

Amid Finance Crisis, UN Aid Summit Raises 16 Billion Dollars

New York - Despite a massive financial crisis afflicting rich countries, a one-day United Nations...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 09:46

Chinese Milk Products Banned in South Korea

South Korea on Thursday banned the import of Chinese milk and milk powder products, blamed for...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 15:48
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

Man Who Illegally Sold Body Parts For Implant Surgeries Pleads Guilty

Michael Mastromarino, 44, of Fort Lee, N.J, the ringleader of a national body parts scheme, pleaded...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 17:16

Monsoon floods affect 1.5 million people in India's Bihar state

New Delhi - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have affected nearly 1.5...
» read full story August 25th, 2008 - 16:35

Anthrax-Related Case Leaves Many Loose Ends

The case involving Army scientist Bruce Ivins and his alleged implication in 2001's...
» read full story August 10th, 2008 - 15:27
Main Suspect In the Anthrax Case Is Dead

Main Suspect In the Anthrax Case Is Dead

The 2001 anthrax case is on the verge of being solved. The Justice Department is getting ready to...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 12:26
US Delays the Delivery of AIDS Vaccine

US Delays the Delivery of AIDS Vaccine

On Thursday, federal researchers gave up on their plans to carry out the large scale experimental...
» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 14:38

US Health Officials Expand Salmonella Probe to Other Products

With the number of salmonella infections reaching more than 850, federal health officials have...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 12:12
Isolated Tribes To Be Protected In Peru

Isolated Tribes To Be Protected In Peru

Authorities in Peru announced they decided to protect the “uncontacted” tribes in the Amazonian...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 15:11

Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Discovered in Brazil Rainforest

Brazil's National Indian Foundation announced the discovery of a new Indian tribe in the western...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 17:03
Bush Signs Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

Bush Signs Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was passed by the majority in the House of...
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 14:16
Myanmar Holds Referendum Despite Cyclone Disaster

Myanmar Holds Referendum Despite Cyclone Disaster

Despite the huge devastation caused by Cyclone Nargys, Myanmar held a referendum on Saturday to...
» read full story May 10th, 2008 - 12:28
Saddam Feared Catching AIDS from Prison Guards

Saddam Feared Catching AIDS from Prison Guards

According to excerpts of Saddam Hussein’s prison writings, the dictator feared catching AIDS or...
» read full story May 06th, 2008 - 17:07
CDC: US Faces Biggest Measles Outbreak in Seven Years

CDC: US Faces Biggest Measles Outbreak in Seven Years

The U.S. faces the biggest measles outbreak in seven years, the federal Centers for Disease...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 14:36
Deadly Toxin Ricin Found in LV Hotel Room; Further Test Results P

Deadly Toxin Ricin Found in LV Hotel Room; Further Test Results P

Police are investigating the presence of deadly substance ricin in a hotel room at an Extended...
» read full story February 29th, 2008 - 13:26
Agreement to Triple AIDS Funding For PEPFAR

Agreement to Triple AIDS Funding For PEPFAR

The Bush administration recorded one of the most successful achievements yesterday when a major...
» read full story February 28th, 2008 - 16:31
Bush’s Visit to Africa to Focus on Health and Educational Systems

Bush’s Visit to Africa to Focus on Health and Educational Systems

President Bush is set to begin his African trip to countries like Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 15:12
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
NY City Councilman Proposes $1,000 Fine for Feeding Pigeons

NY City Councilman Proposes $1,000 Fine for Feeding Pigeons

New York Council Member Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat proposed a $1,000 fine for feeding...
» read full story November 13th, 2007 - 11:45
Global Fund to Receive 10 Billion Dollars

Glob