Washington (ArabNews) – A new and inexpensive test is making it possible to identify all of a person’s past and present viral infections by simply...
Washington DC (infoZine) – A new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health,...
(The Washington Post) – Harald Ott spent weeks in a lab tending to a tiny rat’s forelimb. He got a special incubator for it, monitored it daily, cared...
(CTV News) – Women who undergo mammography screening reduce their risk of dying from breast cancer by 40 per cent, an international study published in the...
(Youth Health Mag) – The first-ever Finnish study dealt with the association between use of painkillers and antidepressants to the risk of homicide. Researchers claim...
DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press CLAIRE GALOFARO, Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — STATES FEAR NEEDLES The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented a 364 percent...
(Salon) – Elder abuse is defined as “harmful acts toward an elderly adult, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, and neglect.” Financial exploitation comes...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press KEVIN S. VINEYS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 10 million people have signed up for private health insurance this year...
(Daily Mail) – Bacteria responsible for common skin infections, food poisoning and MRSA could also trigger one of the most prevalent diseases of our time –...
(NBC News) – Amanda Parrish noticed her new neighbor up the street right away. She had recently divorced and had four children. He was a...
MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Are you sitting down? In that case, you should probably stand up before reading this. In the first...
By Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Beginning with pregnancy and continuing until the child is ready to enter the third...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The makers of a pill intended to boost sexual desire in women will try again this week to...
(Pierce Pioneer) – In the world growing industry of HIV treatment, research now indicates that a new strategy could starve the virus by stopping its...
Andrew Pollack, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Is sexual desire a human right? And are women entitled to a little...
(RJRNewsOnline.com) — Imagine a Jamaican being offered US$100 million for a patent, in relation to cancer research done on a local plant. Imagine further that this...
LONDON (UPI) — A smartphone app was used to perform vision tests as accurately as paper tests and illuminated vision boxes during a study in rural...
(Bloomberg Review) – Is Thursday’s $1.2 billion antitrust settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries a victory for consumers? Or is it a sign...
(The Washington Post) – Robert Zarr is walking from his Columbia Heights medical practice toward Meridian Hill Park, talking about what’s going on inside his head....
(Reuters Health) – People with heart conditions may benefit from using indoor air purifiers, suggests a small study from China. While the study can’t say air...
(The Guardian) – Certain breast cancers spread to the bones using an enzyme that drills “seed holes” for planting new tumors, research has shown. The discovery...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A major international study sought to settle how soon is best to start HIV treatment — and the...
(India Times) – India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194 million, surpassing China, according to United Nations annual hunger report. At the global level,...
ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it is investigating what the Pentagon called an...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taco Bell and Pizza Hut say they’re getting rid of artificial colors and flavors, making them...
