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Vertical Birthing in Peru

Jun. 13 - Peru promotes "vertical birthing" as a way to combat high rates of maternal...
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Health

CDC: US Makes No Progress in Food Safety

CDC: US Makes No Progress in Food Safety

A report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that,...
» read full story April 09th, 2009 - 21:38

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
Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure

Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure

Ventricular reconstruction to improve symptoms in people with heart failure, a procedure often...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 20:07
69 Percent of Americans Urged to Limit Their Salt Intake

69 Percent of Americans Urged to Limit Their Salt Intake

Most Americans over the age of twenty should limit the amount of salt they consume daily to 1,500...
» read full story March 26th, 2009 - 20:27
Lowering Blood Glucose Levels in Critically Ill Patients Might Kill Them

Lowering Blood Glucose Levels in Critically Ill Patients Might Kill Them

A new study reported online March 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that lowering...
» read full story March 25th, 2009 - 16:30
Eat Less Red or Processed Meat! Live Longer!

Eat Less Red or Processed Meat! Live Longer!

Eating too much red meat might put you at risk of dying early from cancer, heart disease and...
» read full story March 24th, 2009 - 15:14
Three out of Four Emergency Response Recruits Is either Overweight or Obese

Three out of Four Emergency Response Recruits Is either Overweight or Obese

A study by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Harvard...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 15:58
Is PSA Test Really Important for Prostate Cancer Prevention?

Is PSA Test Really Important for Prostate Cancer Prevention?

Many studies have tried to find an answer to this question, but the majority of them ended in...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 16:14
Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:00
Depart. Of Justice Seeks Damages from J&J, Scios Unit

Depart. Of Justice Seeks Damages from J&J, Scios Unit

The US Justice Department on Thursday announced its intention to join two lawsuits against a unit...
» read full story February 21st, 2009 - 14:46
Vitamin Pills Show Little Benefit in Reducing Heart Disease Risk

Vitamin Pills Show Little Benefit in Reducing Heart Disease Risk

Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing heart...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 14:57
Most Advertised Cigarette Brands Also On Top of Teenagers’ Preferences

Most Advertised Cigarette Brands Also On Top of Teenagers’ Preferences

The most heavily advertized brands of cigarettes, Marlboro, Newport and Camel also seem to be on...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:54
Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits

Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits

According to a new study, taking a multivitamin does not help you reduce your risk of developing...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 00:21
Breast Cancer Risk Drops after the End of Hormone Replacement Therapy

Breast Cancer Risk Drops after the End of Hormone Replacement Therapy

According to a new study, women that follow HRT, or hormone-replacing therapy, have an increased...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 20:32
Premature Babies More Prone to Autism

Premature Babies More Prone to Autism

  According to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of Pediatrics, children who are...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 14:20
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
Is Preventive Mastectomy Necessary or Not?

Is Preventive Mastectomy Necessary or Not?

According to findings published in the March 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a preventive procedure to...
» read full story January 26th, 2009 - 21:21
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
Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies Face Higher Risk in Developing World

Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies Face Higher Risk in Developing World

According to a recent report released by the UNICEF, pregnancy is 300 times deadlier for women in...
» read full story January 18th, 2009 - 14:15
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
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
Obesity Drug Data Shows Promise

Obesity Drug Data Shows Promise

The experimental obesity drug Qnexa helped patients lose an average of 9.2 percent of their weight...
» read full story December 13th, 2008 - 12:57
Gene Mutation Protects Against the Negative Effects of a High-Fat Diet

Gene Mutation Protects Against the Negative Effects of a High-Fat Diet

A genetic mutation found in a small group of people might protect their heart against the effects...
» read full story December 13th, 2008 - 12:46
Preterm Babies More Prone To Cerebral Palsy

Preterm Babies More Prone To Cerebral Palsy

Babies born earlier than 37 weeks of gestation are three times more likely to have cerebral palsy...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 23:43

Women, Less Likely To Survive Severe Heart Attacks

Although equal, there are some anatomical and biological differences between men and women. These...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 19:20
One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Physical Activity

One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Physical Activity

A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that approximately...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 11:18
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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
Elephants in Zoos Live Less

Elephants in Zoos Live Less

Recent research reported that both Asian and African elephants that live in captivity have a...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 16:04
One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Activity Goals

One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Activity Goals

A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that approximately...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 22:34
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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Movies

Don’t Get Addicted to “The Cleaner”

“He's not a cop. He's not a superhero. He's just a man with a Calling.” William Banks “has...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 16:21
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Business

The Gates Foundation Delivers On Its Projects

The Gates Foundation Delivers On Its Projects

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced earlier today the kickoff of a $6.9 million...
» read full story December 19th, 2008 - 16:10
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
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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
First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant

First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant

An article in the British medical journal The Lancet recently reported that physicians from four...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:09
Scientists Identify Mysterious Bat-Killer Fungus

Scientists Identify Mysterious Bat-Killer Fungus

Scientists have finally identified the cause of the mysterious condition that has decimated the...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 14:40
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 16:32
Climate Change – Can U.S. Fight This Chain Reaction?

Climate Change – Can U.S. Fight This Chain Reaction?

There’s no doubt about it, climate is changing, and we’re feeling it now, scientists warned in a...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 15:34
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
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
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Specials

However Cute, Pets Still Can Hurt Their Owners

However Cute, Pets Still Can Hurt Their Owners

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that many Americans,...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 17:42
Cut Back on Red, Processed Meat Intake in Order to Live Longer

Cut Back on Red, Processed Meat Intake in Order to Live Longer

Doctors always advise patients to consume lots of fruits, vegetables and white meat in order to...
» read full story March 25th, 2009 - 15:54
Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again

Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again

Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing cancer in...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 14:39
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
Smoking Bans Linked To Hospital Admissions For Heart Attacks

Smoking Bans Linked To Hospital Admissions For Heart Attacks

Hospital admissions for a heart attack were cut considerably in the city of Pueblo, Colorado, after...
» read full story January 03rd, 2009 - 17:36
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
Can AIDS Epidemic Be Stopped?

Can AIDS Epidemic Be Stopped?

How to manage the HIV epidemic is a question that appears to be more frequent than ever nowadays....
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:27
Regular Exercise And Sleep Hours Found To Halve Women’s Cancer Risk

Regular Exercise And Sleep Hours Found To Halve Women’s Cancer Risk

Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s just a movie on our laptop or...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 14:00

Patient Receives New Windpipe Made From Owen Stem Cells

Some European doctors have performed the first trachea transplant using a woman’s own stem cells...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:03
Most States Get Ds for Preterm Birth Rate

Most States Get Ds for Preterm Birth Rate

The United States’ high rate of premature births has earned the state a D, according to the...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 16:01
8 More Salmonella Cases Tied To Dry Pet Food

8 More Salmonella Cases Tied To Dry Pet Food

Eight more cases of people becoming infected with salmonella Schwarzengrund have been identified,...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 23:10
Depression Might Double Risk Of Preterm Delivery

Depression Might Double Risk Of Preterm Delivery

Depression during pregnancy was found to double the chance of a woman to deliver her baby before...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 14:31
Pregnancy Depression And Preterm Delivery Go Hand-In-Hand

Pregnancy Depression And Preterm Delivery Go Hand-In-Hand

Mothers-to-be who are depressed during pregnancy have a higher risk of premature delivery, a new...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 13:00
Depressed Pregnant Women Are Twice As Likely To Deliver Before Term

Depressed Pregnant Women Are Twice As Likely To Deliver Before Term

Depression during pregnancy raises considerably a woman’s chance to deliver her baby before term,...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 15:25

U.S.A Ranking Low In Infant Mortality Rate

Recent data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that infant deaths declined...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 22:18
25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Received Protection Against Cervical Cancer

25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Received Protection Against Cervical Cancer

An estimated 25 percent of American teenage girls received at least one dose of the Gardasil...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 17:21
The Nobel Prize Rekindles 25 Years Old Controversy

The Nobel Prize Rekindles 25 Years Old Controversy

On Monday, the Nobel committee awarded the famous prize to Dr. Luc Montagnier, a...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 21:44

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
Number Of Americans Living With HIV Tops 1.1 Million, CDC Says

Number Of Americans Living With HIV Tops 1.1 Million, CDC Says

An estimated 1.1 million Americans have contracted the AIDS virus, the Centers for Disease Control...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 14:30
Eprex Under Close Scrutiny After German Trial Study

Eprex Under Close Scrutiny After German Trial Study

A Johnson & Johnson anemia drug tested in Germany on a panel of stroke patients is...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 18:56
Homosexuals, Blacks Bear the Heaviest Burden of HIV Infections

Homosexuals, Blacks Bear the Heaviest Burden of HIV Infections

A new report on HIV infections released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 14:00
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
Fish Oil Supplements Can Reduce Mortality Risk in Heart Failure Patients

Fish Oil Supplements Can Reduce Mortality Risk in Heart Failure Patients

The fact that fish oil and its significant component, omega-3 fatty acids can improve brain power,...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 19:24
New Gorilla Population Found In Congo

New Gorilla Population Found In Congo

Today researchers happily announced they found 25,000 western lowland gorillas in the Republic of...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 20:11
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 13:42
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
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
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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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

UN Fears World Financial Turmoil Will Sink Programmes

New York - The United Nations may be the next unintended victim of the global economic crisis as...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 13:13
Study Concludes That Elephants In Zoos Live Less

Study Concludes That Elephants In Zoos Live Less

Recent research reported that both Asian and African elephants that live in captivity have a...
» read full story December 13th, 2008 - 13:04

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
“Babyland” Presents Infant Mortality Rates In Tennessee

“Babyland” Presents Infant Mortality Rates In Tennessee

Despite the welfare of the U.S., the federal republic has the highest rate of infant mortality,...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 20:23
US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

The number of people being infected with HIV virus in the US is about 40 percent higher than...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 18:21
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

Twelve Suicides Daily In Taiwan

Taiwan’s government has released a report that shows the country’s suicide rate is on...
» read full story June 14th, 2007 - 15:00
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People

Patrick Swayze Describes His Treatment As A “Miracle”

Patrick Swayze Describes His Treatment As A “Miracle”

Patrick Swayze, the Dirty Dancing star, looked healthy during his appearance at LAX airport in...
» read full story July 21st, 2008 - 22:09
Patrick Swayze Doesn’t Let Cancer Stand In The Way Of His Career

Patrick Swayze Doesn’t Let Cancer Stand In The Way Of His Career

Someone as multitalented as Patrick Swayze does not allow anything to cut down his enthusiasm when...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 16:27
Allegra, An Anorexic Heiress

Allegra, An Anorexic Heiress

Donatella Versace has decided to announce to the world that her daughter is being “consumed” by...
» read full story March 29th, 2007 - 13:07
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