Posted in Health on Aug 31st, 2010
Women who have gene mutations that increase the risk of breast and
ovarian cancer can substantially reduce their chances of developing –
and dying from — those cancers if they have their breasts or ovaries
removed preemptively, according to a new study.
Posted in Celebrity Crime News, Health on Aug 16th, 2010
An HIV-positive German pop singer went on trial on Monday accused of failing to tell sexual partners about her condition, causing one of them to become infected.
Posted in Health on Jul 4th, 2010
Like fireworks, it has become an Independence Day weekend tradition unto itself: fireworks-related injury.
Posted in Health on Jun 28th, 2010
I’m not sure that this would help with family planning decisions [although] it’s a very interesting first, small, observational study,” says Dr. Steven Goldstein, M.D., president-elect of the North American Menopause Society.
Posted in Health on Jun 27th, 2010
Kellogg Co. is voluntarily recalling about 28 million boxes of Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks cereals.
Posted in Health on Jun 24th, 2010
People with diabetes who are hospitalized for sudden worsening of symptoms of the common lung disease known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have longer hospital stays and are more likely to die than COPD patients without diabetes, a new study has found.
Posted in Health on Jun 18th, 2010
Campbell Soup Co. is recalling 15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs with meatballs after a cooker malfunctioned at one of the company’s plants in Texas and left the meat undercooked.
Posted in Health on Jun 17th, 2010
A Food and Drug Administration review of data on the effectiveness of flibanserin — a pill anticipated to become the first “female Viagra” — resulted in questions about how well the drug will actually work in treating premenopausal women suffering from low sex drive.
Posted in Health on Jun 15th, 2010
A female inmate in an Indiana jail has painful blisters covering her face and body after she says nurses continued to give her the wrong medication for weeks.
Posted in Health on Jun 9th, 2010
7-year-old British girl suffers from a rare genetic aging disease that causes her to age 8 times faster than normal, leaving her with the face and body of an elderly woman.
Posted in Health on Jun 1st, 2010
Two-year-old Aldi yanked on his mother’s hair and squirmed in her arms.
Tears formed a small pool in the folds of his double chin.
Posted in Health on May 30th, 2010
Switching to electronic medical records can significantly boost how quickly patients with the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia are treated, a new study shows.
Researchers found that an electronic medical record system more than doubled the percentage of patients treated within two weeks of diagnosis.
Posted in Health on May 29th, 2010
According to The Weekly Vice:
Vodka Eyeballing involves pouring vodka directly into the eye. The alcohol is absorbed directly into the eyeball and surrounding soft tissue where it is introduced to the bloodstream.
Posted in Health on May 26th, 2010
Singer Walter Williams from R&B group The O’Jays seemed to have a charmed life, but for nearly three decades he kept a secret from his fans — he was suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS).
Posted in Health on May 26th, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration is looking into reports of at least 775 serious side effects from drugs recalled by McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, according to a source close to a Congressional investigation.
