According to a new study stress is not a risk factor in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). The study was published in May 30
issue of Neurology.
China has detained scores of people and temporarily shut down hundreds of factories in a massive crackdown on industrial activities causing widespread lead poisoning, Channelnewsasia reported on Tuesday. Lead poisoning has been a chronic concern in China, as unprecedented economic boom brought in its wake heightened industrial activity.
An E. coli outbreak, which is linked to contaminated cucumbers that has killed 14 people and made more than 300 seriously ill in Germany, has spread to other north European countries, Reuters reported.
The increasing shortage of drugs to treat diseases such as cancer, heart disease, ADHD, septic shock and cystic fibrosis is pushing hospitals to search for substitutes to prevent delay in patients' treatment.
Cucumbers infected with a strain of deadly E. coli has killed 14 people and made over 300 people seriously ill in northern Germany.
More than 80 percent of women feel unsafe by the new guidelines which say routine breast cancer screening for women younger than 50 is not mandatory.
Researchers at the University of Warwick, London, have discovered why a newly found cholesterol seems to be ‘ultra-bad’, increasing risks of heart diseases, a report on the university website said
Germany people have been warned not to eat cucumbers until tests identify the source of a deadly escherichia coli (E.coli) outbreak that has killed 11 and spread across Europe.
If you are a salad eater in Germany or Spain, beware of the perverse ways by which this 'healthy' food might put you at greater risk when compared to those who consume oily junk. As the e-coli outbreak spreads through organic cucumbers imported from Spain, statistics shows that women are the worst affected. Scientists attribute the healthier eating habits of women as a reason for this unusual trend.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recommended that people get a flu shot. However, vaccine producers are saying that the ones who already got the shot may not need to get it again.
According to a new study the increase in desk jobs for the last 50 years may be the major cause for the risen obesity rate in United States.
Medical supplies maker Boston Scientific issued a major recall after complaints that some units of its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheters dethatched inside of patients.
The US federal government will stop using the food pyramid it first introduced in 1992. The 20 year old food pyramid was a basis for nutritional guideline throughout the United States.
Researchers at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institue (NHLBI) say increasing the dose of niacin to patients with heart disease who are already taking a cholesterol-lowering statin does nothing more to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Mark Zuckerberg - when he's not building Facebook - likes to give himself personal challenges to learn something about the world, expand my interests and teach myself greater discipline, he recently told a magazine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recommended that people get a flu shot. However, vaccine producers are saying that the ones who already got the shot may not need to get it again.
According to a new study funded by U.S National Institutes of Health (NIH), around 20 per cent of U.S young adults are suffering from high blood pressure.
Several drugs sold as ‘legal highs’ online do not include the components they claim, a report from the journal Drug Testing and Analysis said
According to the study by Harvard School of Public Health, drinking more than six cups of coffee daily can reduce the risk of getting prostate cancer significantly.
Timothy Ray Brown, 45, who tested positive for HIV in 1995, has appeared in a new interview proclaiming he is cured of HIV, several months after the December study published in scientific journal Blood which said Brown had exhibited “evidence for the cure of HIV infection.”
The family of Derek Boogaard, a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Minnesota Wild, decided to donate his brain to Boston University researchers to study brain disease in athletes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more firearm homicides were completed by 10 to 19 year old Americans in metropolitan areas than all other areas in 2006-2007 their recent Morbidity and Morality Weekly report.
The state of Kansas violated a Jehovah's Witness' constitutional right to exercise her religious faith when it denied her request for an out-of-state liver transplant, a state appeals court ruled.
A new study says the rise of rogue online pharmacies directly corresponds to the rise of prescription drug abuse.
Consumption of coffee will actually decrease the risk of developing a certain kind of breast cancer according to what Swedish researchers found. What they did is that they compared the consumption of coffee in postmenopausal women diagnosed with cancer and women of the same age with no cancer.
A couple's marital instability greatly affects the sleeping pattern of a baby. A baby may suffer sleeping problems if Mom and Dad have a troubled marriage based on a new study.
The US Health Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, said on May 11, 2011 that most states will likely provide their own health insurance marketplaces. They may also partner with neighbors to aid in the expansion of coverage as indicated under the law on the federal health reform.
Bloodsucking bedbugs are creepier now compared to before. A report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells that bedbugs found in a poor place in Vancouver, Canada carries drug-resistant staph bacteria. It is potentially dangerous as drugs could not treat the staph that the bedbugs carry.
Janssen, one of the units of Johnson and Johnson has tackled some issues in a discussion together with the regulatory authorities in five different countries about the trace amounts of fungicide discovered in the HIV drug, Prezista. Johnson and Johnson did a series of recalls that pertain to the presence of the chemical. The discussion was started by Janssen after receiving four consumer reports of a foul undetermined musty and moldy odor.
What is it about high cholesterol that about 100 million Americans have it? High cholesterol comes in different sources. It may come from what you eat and the family history that you have. Here are some common causes of high cholesterol.
