Many women may think birth control pills and condoms are better at pregnancy prevention than they actually are, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of more than 4,100 women who were seeking birth control, about 45 percent overestimated the effectiveness of the Pill and condoms.
When Odei Antwi-Agyei had the chance of introducing vaccines to prevent Ghana's children dying of diarrhea, or vaccines to stop them dying of pneumonia, he did what no African immunization chief has done before. He said he'd do both at the same time.
Mad cow disease has emerged once again in the United States, for the first time in six years. The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy infection was confirmed on Tuesday. Health concerns were allayed by the USDA, but economic concerns are taking their place.
A case of Mad Cow disease found in California is the first case since 2006 in the U.S. The dairy cow is the fourth cow ever to be discovered in U.S and was found during a surveillance program by Agriculture Department on Tuesday. It tests about 40000 cows every year for the infection. The recent case of Mad Cow disease or the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was found in the carcass of a cow at a Baker Commodities Inc. rendering facility in Hanford, California, according to Executive Vice ...
You may not be able to see or hear it, but new research has found that one in five Mac computers carry Windows or Mac Malware.
Investigations are on to the death of hundreds of Dolphins that have washed up on the northern coast of Peru. Around 877 carcasses of Dolphins and porpoises were found in the Peruvian beaches in two and half months and the Peruvian officials and environmentalists are trying to unravel the mystery behind the phenomenon.
The outbreak of a new livestock disease in western Europe last year, particularly harmful to offspring, could move further into areas surrounding the worst affected countries in the next cycle of new births, scientists say.
Chin implants, also known as chinplants, were the fasting growing surgery of 2011.
Because of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections, the Moon Marine USA Corp., aka MMI, of Cupertino, Calif., is voluntarily recalling 58,828 pounds of a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product labeled as Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced.
Researchers created stem cells that can seek out and destroy HIV in mice, giving hope that an effective cure is on the horizon.
Former Oilers and Packers linebacker and South Alabama associate head football coach Kurt Crain was found dead at his home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday at the age of 47.
Ashley Judd might have been criticized by the media for her puffy face and accused of plastic surgery, but she certainly did not take the jabs lying down. Ashley Judd's response to her critics in an essay for the Daily Beast quickly went viral online as Judd received an outpouring of support for her courageous retort.
Take a look at Princess Rajasuda's cremation ceremony held on Monday.
U.S. schools are failing to teach sexual education to its students, according to a new study
Sushi is the prime suspect of the latest Salmonella outbreak, but government officials say the foodborne illness hasn't been traced to a particular food yet and investigations are still underway.
A whooping cough epidemic has broken out in Washington state, according to the Washington State Department of Health. Over 600 cases have already been reported this year.
If a friend had a fungal infection on his face, your first instinct would probably not be to lick it off of him. But for Lasius neglectus, the garden ant, swabbing fungus off a nestmate with one's tongue is actually a good strategy to keep from getting sick, and scientists are calling it social vaccination.
Lara Flynn Boyle is the latest celebrity victim of Pillow Face syndrome, as she was seen on Saturday in Los Angeles in paparazzi photos with an almost unrecognizable puffy, swollen face most likely the result of fillers or bad plastic surgery.
The 1940 Census records highlight some major lifestyle differences between then and now. One of the biggest differences? Healthcare.
Women infected with two separate human immunodeficiency virus strains have a stronger immune response than women infected with a single HIV strain, a finding that could assist in producing the elusive anti-HIV vaccine, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS Pathogens.
As the digital age reaches the dormant stage of social adaptation, having left its mark on the daily process of culture at large, can we add viralism or another digitally referential marker to our collective art discourse? Moreover, is viral a relevant -- let alone acceptable -- aesthetic stance?
When the news broke this week that 71-year-old Dick Cheney received a heart transplant, some readers may have wondered if the former US Vice President was a bit too old for the procedure. But when it comes to transplants, age isn't necessarily a discriminating factor, experts say.
