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Health

Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial

Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial

German drug maker Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced they ended a Phase III...
» read full story April 27th, 2009 - 14:53

FDA Extends Review of AstraZeneca, Bristol Diabetes Drug Onglyza

The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it needs additional time to complete the...
» read full story April 23rd, 2009 - 21:13
Pfizer Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sutent for Advanced Breast Cancer

Pfizer Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sutent for Advanced Breast Cancer

Giant drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced Thursday that it stopped a Phase III clinical trial testing...
» read full story April 02nd, 2009 - 20:28
Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer

Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 15:07

Diabetics at a higher risk of kidney and nerve damage

Hamburg (dpa) - Diabetics are not only at higher risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, they...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 12:44
Lose Weight! Live Longer!

Lose Weight! Live Longer!

We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 14:05
Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women

Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women

Even moderate alcohol consumption appears to increase a woman’s risk of developing cancer,...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 13:57
Regular Physical Activity, a Balanced Diet Help Diabetes Patients Keep the Disease under Control

Regular Physical Activity, a Balanced Diet Help Diabetes Patients Keep the Disease under Control

A balanced diet, with plenty of fruits and vegetables, regular and sustained exercise can slow...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 14:16
People Paid to Quit Smoking More Likely to Succeed

People Paid to Quit Smoking More Likely to Succeed

People who get paid to stop smoking are three times more likely to kick the habit for at least...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 13:52
University of Chicago Medical Center to Cut 450 Jobs

University of Chicago Medical Center to Cut 450 Jobs

The University of Chicago Medical Center said Monday it will eliminate the jobs of 450 employees,...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 14:49
February 9 - The Day Smoking Died…in Boston

February 9 - The Day Smoking Died…in Boston

Starting today, many Bostonians will breathe healthier air thanks to a tobacco ban implemented by...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 13:48
Diabetes Test A1C May Be Soon Used As Diagnostic Tool

Diabetes Test A1C May Be Soon Used As Diagnostic Tool

A1C test, also called the HbA1c or glycated hemoglobin test, may be soon used as a tool for...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 16:09
Weight Loss Improves Urinary Incontinence In Women

Weight Loss Improves Urinary Incontinence In Women

Doctors often advise patients to lose weight if they’re at risk of developing certain...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 15:42
Time Is No Threat To Kidney Donors

Time Is No Threat To Kidney Donors

Many people believe that by donating a kidney, their kidney function will worsen in time, but...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 13:33
Smoking Bans, Anti-smoking Efforts Are Not Enough To Cut Tobacco Deaths

Smoking Bans, Anti-smoking Efforts Are Not Enough To Cut Tobacco Deaths

 Despite the states’ increased effort to fight smoking, the rate of tobacco-related...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 14:18
The FDA Sets New Rules For The Genetically Engineered Animals

The FDA Sets New Rules For The Genetically Engineered Animals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented yesterday the final regulations referring to the...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 00:59
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
Study Warns about the Effects of Third-Hand Smoking

Study Warns about the Effects of Third-Hand Smoking

We all know that smoking is noxious for our health. The habit kills about 440,000 people a year....
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 14:37
Lung Cancer Threatening More People Than Any Other Cancer

Lung Cancer Threatening More People Than Any Other Cancer

Cancer will become world’s number one killer by 2010, as the number of people in poorer...
» read full story December 28th, 2008 - 14:34
Less Sleep Hardens Arteries, Leads to Heart Disease

Less Sleep Hardens Arteries, Leads to Heart Disease

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that not getting...
» read full story December 24th, 2008 - 14:00
FDA Wants More Study for Diabetes Drugs to Better Asses for Heart Risks

FDA Wants More Study for Diabetes Drugs to Better Asses for Heart Risks

More than a year after GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Avandia was linked to higher risk of heart...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 13:34
Quit Smoking to Prevent Colon Cancer! Smoking Increases the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Quit Smoking to Prevent Colon Cancer! Smoking Increases the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Smoking increases the risk of getting colon cancer by about 18 percent and the risk of dying from...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 13:30
Low-Glycemic Diet Controls Glucose Levels in Diabetes

Low-Glycemic Diet Controls Glucose Levels in Diabetes

People suffering from diabetes have to carefully choose their foods in order to prevent gaining...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 10:57
Spikes in Blood Pressure May Affect Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly

Spikes in Blood Pressure May Affect Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly

A study appearing in Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences suggests that sudden surges in...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 13:57
FDA Calls for Stronger Warnings on Bowel Cleansers for Acute Kidney Injury

FDA Calls for Stronger Warnings on Bowel Cleansers for Acute Kidney Injury

Following the reports of kidney damage in people who had used some sodium-based bowel cleansing...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 12:22

Hypertension Pill Combo Safer than Diuretics

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine notes that combination therapy with the...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 15:38
Extended Drug Therapy for Hepatitis C Doesn’t Work for Some Patients

Extended Drug Therapy for Hepatitis C Doesn’t Work for Some Patients

Patients with chronic hepatitis C who have not responded to an initial round of antiviral...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 15:35
Vitamin D Is Good For The Heart

Vitamin D Is Good For The Heart

A new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology...
» read full story December 02nd, 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
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
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Sports

Howard spoils Mourning's night, Magic beat Heat 101-95

Los Angeles - On a special night immortalizing Alonzo Mourning, the Miami Heat was victimized by...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 13:15
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People

Piven's 'Mercury Poisoning' Caused By Sushi and Chinese Herbs

Piven's 'Mercury Poisoning' Caused By Sushi and Chinese Herbs

Jeremy Piven is actually very sick, his doctor insisted on revealing amid reports the...
» read full story December 19th, 2008 - 12:39
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U.S.

FDA Requires More Study Of Heart Risk For Diabetes Drugs

FDA Requires More Study Of Heart Risk For Diabetes Drugs

More than a year after GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Avandia was linked to higher risk of heart...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 20:21
The Great American Smokeout Is Here! Time To Quit Smoking!

The Great American Smokeout Is Here! Time To Quit Smoking!

For many people trying to kick the noxious habit of smoking, the Great American Smokeout is a...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 14:38
US Heart Failure Hospitalization Rate Almost Tripled Over Three Decades

US Heart Failure Hospitalization Rate Almost Tripled Over Three Decades

A study presented Sunday at the American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans revealed that...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 23:41
US Diabetes Diagnoses Almost Double in 10 Years

US Diabetes Diagnoses Almost Double in 10 Years

The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes is continuously rising, reaching double the cases...
» read full story November 01st, 2008 - 14:00
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Business

Salmonella Outbreak Moves to Court; Wal-Mart Sued by Victim

Salmonella Outbreak Moves to Court; Wal-Mart Sued by Victim

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been sued by a Colorado man who says he got sick of salmonellosis after...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 14:27
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Science

Study Links Global Warming To The Increase Of Kidney Stone Cases

Study Links Global Warming To The Increase Of Kidney Stone Cases

As the planet warms there will be more people suffering from kidney stones most probably due to...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 17:26
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World

US Hypertension Rates on the Rise

US Hypertension Rates on the Rise

As obesity is continuously rising in the Unites States so is high blood pressure, both conditions...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 15:40

US Attack in Pakistan: Five Killed, Six Injured

Islamabad - At least five people were killed and six wounded when a US drone aircraft attacked a...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 09:22
Number of Sick Babies from Sanlu’s Formula Soars

Number of Sick Babies from Sanlu’s Formula Soars

Wednesday, China's health minister announced that the number of infants sickened by Sanlu...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 19:31
Nebraska Beef In The Spotlight Once Again With Another Major Recall

Nebraska Beef In The Spotlight Once Again With Another Major Recall

One month after Nebraska Beef Ltd., one of the nation’s largest meatpackers, was involved in a...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 13:38
Update: Kroger Recalls Ground Beef Linked to E. coli Outbreaks

Update: Kroger Recalls Ground Beef Linked to E. coli Outbreaks

Following E. coli outbreaks in Michigan and Ohio linked to ground beef from the Kroger Food...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 11:13
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Specials

Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!

Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!

British researchers at the University of Oxford, through a new study, have warned once again...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 17:58
Even Moderate Drinking May Lead to Cancer in Women

Even Moderate Drinking May Lead to Cancer in Women

Many studies have shown that alcohol consumed in moderate amounts prevents diseases. One glass of...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 14:35

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
Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib

Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib

Pfizer Inc. halted a Phase III study of its experimental drug axitinib designed to cure advanced...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 15:45
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

Low-Glycemic Diet Helps Diabetics

  People suffering from type 2 diabetes may keep their disease under control if they follow a...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 15:30
Immunity – Stronger at Night

Immunity – Stronger at Night

New study highlights once again, if necessary, the benefits of a good night’s sleep suggesting that...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:32
FDA Wants ‘Black Box’ Warning for Bowel Cleansing Drugs

FDA Wants ‘Black Box’ Warning for Bowel Cleansing Drugs

Drugs used before colonoscopies may cause kidney damage, the Food and Drug Administration warned on...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 12:32
Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010

Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010

Cancer will become world’s number one killer by 2010, as the number of people in poorer countries...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 12:22
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

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

Racial Disparity Reduced, Sex Disparity Still Exist In Liver Transplant

A new system adopted in 2002 for allocating livers for transplantation seems to be working for...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 01:49
The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life

The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life

November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great American Smokeout, a day encouraging...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 14:30
Fish Might Help Diabetics’ Kidneys

Fish Might Help Diabetics’ Kidneys

Including fish in your diet twice a week may prevent kidney damage if you’re diabetic, British...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 16:30
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
High Blood Pressure Rates Up 5 Percent In The US

High Blood Pressure Rates Up 5 Percent In The US

High blood pressure rates appear to increase in the United States, according to a report released...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 14:30
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
High Blood Pressure Conference: Learn To Deal With Your Blood Pressure

High Blood Pressure Conference: Learn To Deal With Your Blood Pressure

The American Heart Association’s Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research held...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:20
FDA Allows Irradiation Of Spinach And Lettuce To Kill Germs

FDA Allows Irradiation Of Spinach And Lettuce To Kill Germs

In an attempt to reduce the risk of contamination with E. coli and Salmonella, the US Food and Drug...
» read full story August 23rd, 2008 - 11:04
FDA to Investigate Possible Risks of Mercury Dental Fillings

FDA to Investigate Possible Risks of Mercury Dental Fillings

Following a lawsuit filed by a number of consumer advocacy groups looking to eliminate the use of...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 17:43
Las Lomas Residents Exposed To Mercury-Tainted Water

Las Lomas Residents Exposed To Mercury-Tainted Water

The Monterey County Sherriff’s Office advised residents in Las Lomas to stop drinking water due to...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 11:37
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
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