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Health

AAP Makes Controversial Recommendations for Statin Use in Kids

AAP Makes Controversial Recommendations for Statin Use in Kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics has changed its guidelines, recommending testing of overweight...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 17:55
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
The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Cholesterol Drugs for Kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Cholesterol Drugs for Kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics is seeking to change some of its recommendations regarding...
» read full story July 07th, 2008 - 12:35
New Research Says Brain Chemical Could Determine SIDS

New Research Says Brain Chemical Could Determine SIDS

In a new attempt to explain the cause of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) the researchers of...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 21:34
FDA Panel: Diabetes Drugs Need More Tests For Heart Risks

FDA Panel: Diabetes Drugs Need More Tests For Heart Risks

New diabetes drugs should be thoroughly studied for potential heart risks before being brought to...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 15:26
Caffeine Protects from Brain Damage in Multiple Sclerosis

Caffeine Protects from Brain Damage in Multiple Sclerosis

Scientists with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have found that when consumed in large...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 20:49
July 1 – The Day All New York Restaurants Become Trans Fat-Free

July 1 – The Day All New York Restaurants Become Trans Fat-Free

Beginning with the first day of July, all New York City restaurants and eateries must...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 16:10
High Levels Of Good Cholesterol May Preserve Memory

High Levels Of Good Cholesterol May Preserve Memory

New research suggests that high levels of so-called “good” HDL cholesterol not only reduce risk of...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 11:11

Report: Tropical Diseases Common among US Poor

Tropical diseases usually common in Africa, Asia and Latin American appear to be also common among...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 12:34
CDC: Diabetes Rates Raising With 3 Million More Cases in the US

CDC: Diabetes Rates Raising With 3 Million More Cases in the US

As the number of overweight and obese people is on the rise in the U.S., it is no surprise that...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 10:40
Low Level Of Vitamin D Could Cause Death

Low Level Of Vitamin D Could Cause Death

A study made by Austrian researchers at the University of Graz has showed that people with a low...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 07:31
Lack of "Sunshine" Vitamin D Linked to Death

Lack of "Sunshine" Vitamin D Linked to Death

A new study has further highlighted the importance of the Vitamin D group of substances to human...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 22:16
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
Vitamin D May Reduce Risk of Death

Vitamin D May Reduce Risk of Death

A new study by Austrian researchers published in the June 23 edition of the Archives of Internal...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 11:06
Weight Loss Surgery Found to Lower Cancer Risk

Weight Loss Surgery Found to Lower Cancer Risk

Weight loss surgery was found by a recent study to lower the risk of developing cancer for people...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 22:52

Study: Growth Hormone’s Effects May Be Rather Mental

A recent study conducted at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, showed...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 15:33

Gastric Bypass Surgery Curbs Cancer Risk in Obese People

Obese people have finally received some good news from researchers at McGill University in...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 14:47

Diabetes and Depression Closely Intertwined, Study Says

The relationship between diabetes and depression appears to be a bit like a two-way highway,...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 13:45
FDA Warns About Risks Linked With Older Antipsychotics

FDA Warns About Risks Linked With Older Antipsychotics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned physicians that prescribing certain...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 15:12
Coffee May Lower Risk of Dying from Heart Disease

Coffee May Lower Risk of Dying from Heart Disease

Good news for coffeeholics, as coffee was found of no harm for people’s heart, on contrary, it has...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 13:02
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
Russert's Death Is Warning for All Men Over 50

Russert's Death Is Warning for All Men Over 50

Tim Russert has suddenly died at age 58 Friday. After the immediate wave of condolences which...
» read full story June 15th, 2008 - 18:01
Sleep Apnea Patients May Suffer Memory Loss

Sleep Apnea Patients May Suffer Memory Loss

People with sleep apnea are more likely to suffer brain injury and disrupted memory and thinking,...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 12:08
US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years

US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years

Finally, some good news is coming from the federal US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 12:07
Low Levels Of Vitamin D Might Increase Heart Attack Risk

Low Levels Of Vitamin D Might Increase Heart Attack Risk

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that has recently been found to play a role in a wide...
» read full story June 09th, 2008 - 23:49
Hypoglycemia Worsens Diabetics’ Risk of Heart Disease

Hypoglycemia Worsens Diabetics’ Risk of Heart Disease

A new study comes to support the idea that diabetics have high chances of dying because of heart...
» read full story June 09th, 2008 - 12:50
Bristol‘s Diabetes Drug Proves Efficient in Controlling Sugar

Bristol‘s Diabetes Drug Proves Efficient in Controlling Sugar

Experimental drug, saxagliptin from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca proved efficient in...
» read full story June 07th, 2008 - 21:13
No Benefit to Heart from Low Blood Sugar

No Benefit to Heart from Low Blood Sugar

Aggressively lowering blood sugar levels in diabetics is of no benefit to the heart, two new...
» read full story June 07th, 2008 - 15:11
Report Warns on Widespread Vitamin D Deficiency among Kids

Report Warns on Widespread Vitamin D Deficiency among Kids

Many infants appear to lack vitamin D, which doesn’t necessarily show immediate symptoms but can...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 15:32

The West Is The Best - Fitness Wise

A study published by the American College of Sports and Medicine, ACMS, found that the fittest...
» read full story May 31st, 2008 - 22:37
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World

Former Senator Jesse Helms Dies At 86

Jesse Helms, the former U.S. Republican senator from North Carolina, whose categorical...
» read full story July 05th, 2008 - 14:35
Two Expensive Cholesterol Drugs May Be Ineffective

Two Expensive Cholesterol Drugs May Be Ineffective

U.S. spent $1.5 billion in 2006 on Vytorin, a cholesterol drug that actually does not work better...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 15:03
American Airlines Says Crew Helped Brooklyn Woman

American Airlines Says Crew Helped Brooklyn Woman

American Airlines issued a statement on Monday in which they emphasized the fact that the woman who...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 11:47
Woman with Heart Disease Dies on Plane, 2 Oxygen Tanks Empty

Woman with Heart Disease Dies on Plane, 2 Oxygen Tanks Empty

A deadly incident took place aboard an American Airlines plane as one of the passengers died...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 10:56
Georgian Opposition Leader To Be Buried At Home

Georgian Opposition Leader To Be Buried At Home

The family of Badri Patarkatsishvili said Friday that his body will be buried at home, once the...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 14:57
British Police Says Patarkatsishvili Died Of Natural Causes

British Police Says Patarkatsishvili Died Of Natural Causes

The initial post mortem tests released by British police on Thursday said that the Georgian...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 12:11
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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Science

Mars Starts Journey Into The Mysteries Of Cocoa Genome

Mars Starts Journey Into The Mysteries Of Cocoa Genome

Mars, the giant chocolate maker, is planning on solving humanity’s cocoa crisis (yes, there is...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 14:20
Heart Attack Victims May Be Cured: Scientists Create Heart Cells

Heart Attack Victims May Be Cured: Scientists Create Heart Cells

Scientists from three countries succeeded in turning human embryonic stem cells into three types...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 11:14
PETA: $1 Million Prize For The First In Vitro Meat Producer

PETA: $1 Million Prize For The First In Vitro Meat Producer

PETA is serious: the first person to succeed in producing in vitro meat (in commercially...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 12:06
Tart Cherries Are Good for the Heart…and Diabetes

Tart Cherries Are Good for the Heart…and Diabetes

Who would ever believe that such small cookies like tart cherries could do so much for your...
» read full story April 10th, 2008 - 15:19
New Study Unveils 237 Reasons People Have Sex

New Study Unveils 237 Reasons People Have Sex

The recent researches from the University of Texas will surely change the traditional, general...
» read full story August 02nd, 2007 - 21:54
By 2015, 75% of Americans Could Be Fat

By 2015, 75% of Americans Could Be Fat

A new study from John Hopkins University reveals that if Americans continue with their bad habits...
» read full story July 22nd, 2007 - 18:38
Diabetes Drugs from the Past Work in the Present Too

Diabetes Drugs from the Past Work in the Present Too

Researchers at John Hopkins University have found out that old medicines used to treat type 2...
» read full story July 17th, 2007 - 17:28
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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Movies

Patrick Swayze to Start Filming "The Beast" Series

Patrick Swayze to Start Filming "The Beast" Series

Actor Patrick Swayze will start soon filming a television series called "The Beast" in...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 18:22
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Specials

8-Years-Olds to Get Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs If Obese

8-Years-Olds to Get Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs If Obese

Kids as young as 8 are recommended cholesterol-lowering drugs if diet alone fails to work in order...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 10:42

Jesse Helms, the Civil Rights Opponent, Dies at the Age of 86

Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican senator who was a crusader against communism,...
» read full story July 06th, 2008 - 22:19
High Levels of HDL Cholesterol Cut Risk of Dementia in the Elderly

High Levels of HDL Cholesterol Cut Risk of Dementia in the Elderly

New study in the July issue of the American Heart Association’s journal Arteriosclerosis,...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 16:11
Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer

Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer

Weight loss surgery, or in medical terms gastric bypass surgery, appears to have more benefits...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 13:55
Coffee Reduces the Chance of Heart Disease, Study Says

Coffee Reduces the Chance of Heart Disease, Study Says

A study carried on at the Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain, found that people who are dinking...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 19:20
Tim Russert Fondly Remembered

Tim Russert Fondly Remembered

What better way to pay tribute to the remarkable Tim Russert, who has sadly left us, than to leave...
» read full story June 16th, 2008 - 13:43
Americans Choose Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products over Cigarettes

Americans Choose Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products over Cigarettes

People appear to choose non-cigarette tobacco products over cigarettes, according to a report...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 16:13
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
Vitamin D Deficiency May Boost Heart Attack Risk

Vitamin D Deficiency May Boost Heart Attack Risk

Men suffering from Vitamin D deficiency appear to be more predisposed to heart attack, new...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 11:21
Report: San Francisco - The Fittest City in the US

Report: San Francisco - The Fittest City in the US

A scientific analysis by the American College of Sports Medicine released at its annual meeting in...
» read full story June 01st, 2008 - 09:44
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
Social Factor Plays a Significant Role in Quitting Smoking

Social Factor Plays a Significant Role in Quitting Smoking

Quitting smoking appears to be contagious, according to a study published May 22 in the New...
» read full story May 23rd, 2008 - 14:38
Quitting Smoking – A Group Thing, Study Says

Quitting Smoking – A Group Thing, Study Says

New research on quitting smoking shows that people willing to do it are more likely to give up the...
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 12:55
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
House Approves Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

House Approves Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

The House of Representatives in a near-unanimous vote (414-1) approved the Genetic...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 13:08
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
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
Fashion Week Goes Red To Raise Awareness On Heart Disease

Fashion Week Goes Red To Raise Awareness On Heart Disease

Celebrities turned up for this year’s annual New York Fashion Week wearing red as part of the Red...
» read full story February 03rd, 2008 - 20:48
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People

Doctor Who Operated on Donda West Arrested Again

Doctor Who Operated on Donda West Arrested Again

Dr. Jan Adams, the controversial Los Angeles plastic surgeon who operated on rapper Kanye...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 12:26
Brian Williams Gets Tim Russert’s Big Shoes To Fill

Brian Williams Gets Tim Russert’s Big Shoes To Fill

NBC News announced that Tim Russert’s spot as the moderator of Meet the Press will be filled by the...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 00:49
Russert Buried Surrounded by Impressive Gathering of Friends

Russert Buried Surrounded by Impressive Gathering of Friends

Russert’s death has been a shock to all. He suffered a heart attack on Friday, while at work in the...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 20:25
Newsman Tim Russert Dies At 58

Newsman Tim Russert Dies At 58

Veteran journalist Tim Russert, the host of “Meet the Press” and Washington bureau chief of NBC,...
» read full story June 14th, 2008 - 10:03
Patrick Swayze Makes Public Appearance at Lakers Game

Patrick Swayze Makes Public Appearance at Lakers Game

Patrick Swayze made a brave decision Friday, offering himself up for scrutiny at a Los Angeles...
» read full story May 26th, 2008 - 15:31
Barbra Streisand Donates $5 Million to Cardiac Center

Barbra Streisand Donates $5 Million to Cardiac Center

The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said Wednesday that Barbra Streisand had donated...
» read full story April 17th, 2008 - 01:07
Montel to End His Show after Nearly Two Decades

Montel to End His Show after Nearly Two Decades

“The Montel Williams Show” will end its 17-year career on CBS at the end of this...
» read full story January 31st, 2008 - 14:47
Dr. Jan Adam's Practice "Horribly" Affected by Death of Donda Wes

Dr. Jan Adam's Practice "Horribly" Affected by Death of Donda Wes

Dr. Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon that operated on Kanye West’s mother before she died...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 16:55
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Music

Toni Braxton to Undergo Additional Medical Tests

Toni Braxton to Undergo Additional Medical Tests

R&B singer Toni Braxton has cancelled Las Vegas shows for the rest of April as she undergoes...
» read full story April 15th, 2008 - 12:34
Toni Braxton OK after Hospitalization

Toni Braxton OK after Hospitalization

R&B singer Toni Braxton was hospitalized Monday night after complaining of chest pains,...
» read full story April 09th, 2008 - 11:50
Dan Fogelberg, Soft-Rock Singer Dies of Prostate Cancer

Dan Fogelberg, Soft-Rock Singer Dies of Prostate Cancer

Singer and songwriter Dan Fogelberg died of prostate cancer Sunday morning at his home in...
» read full story December 17th, 2007 - 10:39
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Business

Vytorin Sales Drop for Schering and Merck, Due to Ineffectiveness

Shares of Merck and Schering-Plough dropped greatly on Monday, after a research revealed that the...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 17:11
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
Merck Offers 4.85 Billion Dollars To Settle Vioxx Cases

Merck Offers 4.85 Billion Dollars To Settle Vioxx Cases

The US drug maker Merck & Co announced on Friday it will pay 4,85 billion dollars to settle...
» read full story November 10th, 2007 - 14:26
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Sports

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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