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Ayurvedic Medicines Sold Online Contain  High Levels of Toxic Metals

Ayurvedic Medicines Sold Online Contain High Levels of Toxic Metals

Ayurvedic medicines are frequently contaminated with lead, mercury and arsenic, a new study found....
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 13:32
Obesity Comes With Heart Risks But Not Necessarily

Obesity Comes With Heart Risks But Not Necessarily

Hundreds of previous studies have showed that obesity comes with a number or risks, such as heart...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 19:30
Losing Weight Helps Controlling Type 2 Diabetes

Losing Weight Helps Controlling Type 2 Diabetes

It appears that people suffering from type 2 diabetes who lose weight shortly after their diagnosis...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 15:23
Prostate Screening’s Efficiency In The Elderly Questioned

Prostate Screening’s Efficiency In The Elderly Questioned

Prostate-cancer screening or the PSA test for men aged 75 or older should be stopped because there...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 14:01
‘Magic’ Pills Turn Ordinary Mice Into Athletes By Mimicking Exercise

‘Magic’ Pills Turn Ordinary Mice Into Athletes By Mimicking Exercise

For all of us who are kind of lazy or simply do not find the necessary time to exercise the...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 12:17
Keep In Shape With a Revolutionary Pill

Keep In Shape With a Revolutionary Pill

Scientists from California reported they discovered a pill which improves physical endurance....
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 16:44

Princess Chunky Just Two Pounds Away From the World Record

Princess Chunky is a 44-pound cat who is just two pounds away from the 1987 Guinness World Record...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 15:03

Hormone Therapy Not Efficient in Older Men with Prostate Cancer

A new study published in the July 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association...
» read full story July 10th, 2008 - 16:23
Safety of Statin Use for Children Questioned

Safety of Statin Use for Children Questioned

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ decision to change its guidelines regarding children and...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 15:13
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
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
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
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
FDA:  Diabetic Foot Ulcer Gel Regranex to Carry Cancer Warning

FDA: Diabetic Foot Ulcer Gel Regranex to Carry Cancer Warning

Johnson & Johnson’s foot gel, Regranex 0.01% (becaplermin), used to treat refractory legs and...
» read full story June 07th, 2008 - 19:58
FDA to Run a Second Safety Review on Chantix

FDA to Run a Second Safety Review on Chantix

Following the negative publicity surrounding Chantix lately, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 14:45
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
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
Truckers Banned Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix As Well

Truckers Banned Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix As Well

Following the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ban use of anti-smoking drug Chantix...
» read full story May 23rd, 2008 - 16:22
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
5 NY Restaurants Cited over ‘Must-Include-Calories’ Ruling

5 NY Restaurants Cited over ‘Must-Include-Calories’ Ruling

Almost three weeks after Judge Richard J. Holwell of the United States District Court in...
» read full story May 07th, 2008 - 16:37
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
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
Judge: Restaurants’ Menus Must Include Calories

Judge: Restaurants’ Menus Must Include Calories

Following several studies saying New Yorkers are gaining weight and being diagnosed with diabetes...
» read full story April 17th, 2008 - 16:58

First Animal-Human Embryo Created in U.K.

The creation of the first part-human, part-animal hybrid embryo in the U.K. by researchers in...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 18:27
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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World's tallest woman dies in the US

Washington - Sandy Allen, the tallest woman in the world according to the Guinness Book of World...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 08:45
New York Restaurants Start Counting Calories As Of Friday

New York Restaurants Start Counting Calories As Of Friday

New Yorkers will now get a better idea of their own dietary habits, after a new rule requiring all...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 16:10
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
Iraqi Archbishop Kidnapped At Gunpoint Found Dead in Mosul

Iraqi Archbishop Kidnapped At Gunpoint Found Dead in Mosul

Christians all over Iraq gathered today for the funeral service of the Chaldean Catholic...
» read full story March 14th, 2008 - 10:41
Buckley Jr., American Conservatism Founder Dies At 82

Buckley Jr., American Conservatism Founder Dies At 82

William F. Buckley Jr.,  founder of the modern conservative movement, the novelist, columnist and...
» read full story February 28th, 2008 - 12:38
US President Bush Vetoes Stem-Cell Research Proposal

US President Bush Vetoes Stem-Cell Research Proposal

A proposal to expand federal funding for stem-cell research using human embryos was rejected by US...
» read full story June 20th, 2007 - 22:29
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News: Business

Amylin Shares Drop as FDA Warns about Byetta’s Pancreatitis Risk

Amylin Shares Drop as FDA Warns about Byetta’s Pancreatitis Risk

The United States Food and Drug Administration issued Monday warnings to doctors and patients as...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 15:49
Medco Health to Acquire PolyMedica for $1.5B

Medco Health to Acquire PolyMedica for $1.5B

Medco Health Solutions Inc. announced it is to acquire the largest U.S. supplier of diabetes...
» read full story August 29th, 2007 - 14:43
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News: Technology

Chinese Web Site Masquerades Official Gov Awareness Resource Site

Chinese Web Site Masquerades Official Gov Awareness Resource Site

It is known by everybody that when you forbid a child to do something, he or she becomes even more...
» read full story November 05th, 2007 - 11:43
Microsoft Launches HealthVault

Microsoft Launches HealthVault

In a quite unexpected move Microsoft launched a new Web service med at helping people better...
» read full story October 07th, 2007 - 15:52
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News: Science

Cloning Researcher Hwang Woo Sook Barred From Human Stem-Cell Work

South Korean cloning researcher Hwang Woo Sook was barred Friday from returning to human stem-cell...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 13:38
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
Kids Head To Inactivity By Age 15, New Study Shows

Kids Head To Inactivity By Age 15, New Study Shows

As kids grow from pre-pubescence into teens, their rate of physical activity starts declining...
» read full story July 16th, 2008 - 20:19
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
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
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
Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene

Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene

The researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a new cause for obesity. According...
» read full story September 05th, 2007 - 16:08
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
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News: Health

Treadmill Exercise Can Improve Walking In Stroke Survivors

Treadmill Exercise Can Improve Walking In Stroke Survivors

Exercising on treadmill helped stroke survivors improve their mobility and physical conditioning by...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 11:34

Pancreatic Cells Converted Into Insulin-Maker Cells

The Harvard University biologists have turned cells from mouse pancreas tissue into...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 15:20
Scientists Announce Cell Reprogramming Breakthrough

Scientists Announce Cell Reprogramming Breakthrough

Scientists managed to turn mouse pancreas tissue into specialized cells which produce insulin. Lead...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 19:40
Scientists Discover New Technique To “Reprogram” Pancreas Cells In Mice

Scientists Discover New Technique To “Reprogram” Pancreas Cells In Mice

Harvard scientists have managed to transform one type of pancreas cell in living mice into another...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 13:00
Adult Mice Cells Can Be Reprogrammed

Adult Mice Cells Can Be Reprogrammed

Another promising step towards finding a cure for diabetes type 1 and type 2 has been made....
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 22:52
New Weapons in Obesity Fight

New Weapons in Obesity Fight

The origins of brown fat cells that could help fight obesity have been revealed. Researchers...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 21:55
Report Says Obesity Rates Worsen In 37 US States

Report Says Obesity Rates Worsen In 37 US States

Obesity-related risks don’t seem to scare too many people in the US if considering the findings...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 14:35
Study: Arsenic In Drinking Water Could Lead To Diabetes

Study: Arsenic In Drinking Water Could Lead To Diabetes

Who would have thought that even water might lead to type 2 diabetes. It’s not exactly the water,...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 13:29
Lack of Sleep Could Lead to High Blood Pressure in Teens

Lack of Sleep Could Lead to High Blood Pressure in Teens

A news study published in the journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 15:30
FDA Seeks Pancreatitis Warning for Diabetes Drug Byetta

FDA Seeks Pancreatitis Warning for Diabetes Drug Byetta

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced that it’s seeking a stronger, more prominent...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 13:30

Only A Quarter of Hispanics Seeking Regular Medical Help, Study

How often Hispanics in the United States see a doctor, where they go to seek health information...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 17:30
Loosing Weight Helps Diabetes Control!

Loosing Weight Helps Diabetes Control!

By exercising often and eating a healthy diet that helps you loose weight or maintain a healthy...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 14:08
US Study: If You Were Diagnosed With Diabetes, Lose Weight

US Study: If You Were Diagnosed With Diabetes, Lose Weight

A Kaiser Permanente study published online in Diabetes Care, the American Diabetes Association...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 17:10
Healthy Lifestyle Prevents Stroke, Diabetes, Increases Lifespan

Healthy Lifestyle Prevents Stroke, Diabetes, Increases Lifespan

Not smoking, being active, eating enough fruits and vegetables and drinking only moderate amounts...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 16:25

World Breastfeeding Week: Women Should Know the Advantages of Breastfeeding

It’s World Breastfeeding week and mothers should know what are the advantages and the joys of...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 20:00
CDC Report: Emergency Room Visits Up by 26 Percent in a Decade

CDC Report: Emergency Room Visits Up by 26 Percent in a Decade

It appears that the number of Americans visiting hospitals’ emergency rooms increased in...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 15:41
Reduced REM Sleep Associated With Obesity

Reduced REM Sleep Associated With Obesity

Getting too little sleep or not spending enough time in rapid eye movement, or REM sleep, is...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 15:25
Efficiency Of Prostate Screening  In The Elderly Questioned

Efficiency Of Prostate Screening In The Elderly Questioned

Prostate-cancer screening or the PSA test for men aged 75 or older should be stopped because there...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 14:49
One Third of Uninsured Americans Suffers from a Chronic Illness

One Third of Uninsured Americans Suffers from a Chronic Illness

According to a recent study conducted by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School in...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 13:47
Consumer Group: Most Fast-Food Kid’s Meals Have Calories Above Limit

Consumer Group: Most Fast-Food Kid’s Meals Have Calories Above Limit

Parents should refrain from taking their children to eat at fast foods or restaurants as most...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 13:35
Daily Doses of Growth Hormone May Aid HIV Patients

Daily Doses of Growth Hormone May Aid HIV Patients

Low-dose injections with human growth hormone can reverse some of the abnormal fat distribution...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 15:29
Update 1: Pills To Replace Exercising Could Soon Become Reality

Update 1: Pills To Replace Exercising Could Soon Become Reality

What can be greater than taking a pill that would make your fat disappear and your muscle work as...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 14:04
Scientists Say A Pill Can Mimic The Effects Of Exercise

Scientists Say A Pill Can Mimic The Effects Of Exercise

“We have exercise in a pill,” said Ron Evans, an author of the study. “With no exercise, you can...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 20:27
Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Could Result in Birth Defects As Well

Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Could Result in Birth Defects As Well

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that women who develop diabetes before...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 15:08
Exercising For 275 Minutes A Week Keeps Weight Off

Exercising For 275 Minutes A Week Keeps Weight Off

As obesity rates have significantly increased lately and consequently the number of...
» read full story July 29th, 2008 - 14:00
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Halve Dementia Risk

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Halve Dementia Risk

Cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins usually used to prevent heart attacks and strokes may be the...
» read full story July 29th, 2008 - 12:05

Doctors Make New Recommendations for Pre-Diabetes

People with pre-diabetes should be treated properly and this should be done before their condition...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 15:51
NYC Chain Restaurants To Have A Calories List Alongside Prices

NYC Chain Restaurants To Have A Calories List Alongside Prices

As calories count the most in the struggle against obesity, a new rule demanding New York chain...
» read full story July 21st, 2008 - 14:17
New Yorkers Start Counting Calories As Of Friday

New Yorkers Start Counting Calories As Of Friday

New Yorkers will now get a better idea of their own dietary habits, after a new rule requiring all...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 10:00
More than a Quarter of American Adults Are Obese, Study Says

More than a Quarter of American Adults Are Obese, Study Says

The Centers for Disease Control has published a study according to which 1 in 4 American adults is...
» read full story July 18th, 2008 - 18:09
CDC Survey Shows US Obesity Rates Are on the Rise

CDC Survey Shows US Obesity Rates Are on the Rise

Since mid-1970s, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased sharply for the US and...
» read full story July 18th, 2008 - 11:50
Losing Weight Is Perhaps Just As Difficult As Some May Think

Losing Weight Is Perhaps Just As Difficult As Some May Think

On Thursday, The New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a new diet-oriented...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 18:36
Low-Carb Diet - Best Choice To Lose Weight And Lower Cholesterol

Low-Carb Diet - Best Choice To Lose Weight And Lower Cholesterol

If you really want to lose weight and decrease your cholesterol level, you may try the...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 12:22
Kids Head to Inactivity By Age 15, New Research Shows

Kids Head to Inactivity By Age 15, New Research Shows

As kids grow from pre-pubescence into teens, their rate of physical activity starts declining...
» read full story July 16th, 2008 - 11:18
Lower Fertility In Men Linked To Being Obese, Diabetic

Lower Fertility In Men Linked To Being Obese, Diabetic

It appears that not only the mother’s weight plays an important role in conceiving, but the...
» read full story July 10th, 2008 - 10:56
Prostate Hormone Therapy Fails to Improve Survival in Older Men

Prostate Hormone Therapy Fails to Improve Survival in Older Men

Widely used hormone-blocking drugs fails to improve survival in older men with early prostate...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 12:29
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
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
Five California Gene Testing Firms Defy State Orders

Five California Gene Testing Firms Defy State Orders

Five California gene testing firms are apparently defying state orders to halt operations pending...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 21:09
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
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
Gastric Bypass and  Weight Loss Reduces Diabetes, Cancer Risk

Gastric Bypass and Weight Loss Reduces Diabetes, Cancer Risk

A recent study has revealed that the gastric bypass can make type 2 diabetes to go into remission,...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 13:36
VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects

VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects

Pfizer’s Chantix is once again in the center of attention but not in a good way, following the...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 15:21
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
Norovirus Infects 87 at YMCA Camp

Norovirus Infects 87 at YMCA Camp

YMCA camp in Grand County has been closed after 72 children and 15 staffers have fallen ill with...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 15:53

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
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
CDC: Hospitals Fail to Offer Breast-Feeding Support

CDC: Hospitals Fail to Offer Breast-Feeding Support

Although many health experts encourage women to breast-feed their newborns, many U.S. hospitals...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 15:51
Studies Highlight the Advantages of a Good Night’s Sleep

Studies Highlight the Advantages of a Good Night’s Sleep

During the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), several...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 12:24
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