Forum: Health & Medical News

Water disinfection products no harm to pregnancy Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:56pm BST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking water that contains disinfection by-products at regulatory cut-off levels...

Arthritis is no rare disease, but it is an agonisingly crippling disease. The stiff joints, inflammation and above all, pain in the joints make the patient sometimes wail in helplessness. Saritha...

How to converse with someone who has Alzheimer's 11:08 AM, July 28, 2008 A study showing effective and ineffective ways of conversing with Alzheimer's patients was...

GSK faces US delay on cancer vaccine By Andrew Jack in London Published: July 1 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 1 2008 03:00 GlaxoSmithKline, the UK-based pharmaceutical company, is unlikely...

Tobacco Plants Can Become An Important Ally In Fight With Cancer By Charlie Brett 16:45, July 24th 2008 Who would have thought that plants which produce tobacco can become a real help in the...

July 24, 2008, 11:20 am Prominent Cancer Doctor Warns About Cellphones The head of a prominent cancer research institute has warned his faculty and staff to limit cellphone use because of a...

Woman Disabled By Flu Shot Updated: Thursday, 15 Oct 2009, 6:54 PM EDT Published : Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009, 11:27 PM EDT * Claudia Coffey Claudia Coffey * By CLAUDIA COFFEY/myfoxdc ...

The risk of overdose, and potential liver damage, is still too high, agency says

MSNBC.com Are generic drugs a bad bargain?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26443394/ Now hear this: Leave your earwax alone New guidelines give doctors, patients the scoop on the golden stuff The gooey, golden stuff that builds up...

Vick's has been used literally for generations. I have seen first hand that this product works to alleviate some cold symptoms and my kids have never been harmed in anyway from using it. Some person...

My father has arthritis, and it troubles me to see him in pain. I did some research and came across something called Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM). It is a sulphur compound and it supposedly helps to...

dBTechno Drug, Alcohol Mix Increases Medication Error Deaths (Update1) By John Taddei July 28 (Bloomberg) -- The mixing of street drugs and...

Can Statins Reduce Risk of Memory Loss? In Study, Statin Users Were Half as Likely to Develop Dementia By Salynn Boyles WebMD Health News Reviewed by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC ...

Bone Density Predicts Chances of Breast Cancer By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter Monday, July 28, 2008; 12:00 AM MONDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Calculating a woman's bone mineral...

FDA: Don't Eat Maine Lobster Tomalley Tomalley, the Soft Green Substance in the Lobster's Body Cavity, May Have Toxins By Miranda Hitti WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD ...

U.S. surgical errors cost $1.5 billion a year: report Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:45am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Preventable medical errors during or after surgery cause 10 percent of...

Schwarzenegger signs law banning trans fats in restaurants Most California eateries must stop cooking with all but small amounts of the substances by 2010. A trade group opposed the legislation...

About That Clean, Fresh Scent . . . By Sandi Doughton Seattle Times Tuesday, July 29, 2008; HE05 The fumes that waft from top-selling air fresheners and laundry products contain dozens of...

Houston Physicist Claims Granite is Dangerous to Your Health Posted: July 28, 2008 04:30 PM Updated: July 28, 2008 05:46 PM There's a dangerous gas your counter top may be...

For parents, a phone dilemma Associated Press July 28, 2008 ...

From Monsters and Critics.com Health News BACKGROUND: World braces for next 25 years of AIDS August 3-8 in Mexico City By Anindita Ramaswamy Jul 29, 2008, 5:20 GMT ...

Long Islanders to join SF protest over Michael Savage comments BY CAROL POLSKY carol.polsky@newsday.com July 24, 2008 Long Island autism activists plan to take part in a San Francisco protest...

Salmonella Outbreak Exposes Food-Safety Flaws Lack of Preparation And Poor Records Cause Delays, Errors By JANE ZHANG and JANET ADAMY July 23, 2008 The twisting road that led federal...

By Elizabeth Cohen CNN Medical Correspondent Ladies: 5 ways to get your sex life going ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Sexually dysfunctional women in the United States are, well, mostly out of...

I found this on MSN and thought it was interesting. http://health.msn.com/health-topics/sexual-health/mens-sexual-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100211543&GT1=31028 Here's the first part...

ABC News FDA Declares it's OK to Eat Tomatoes Again Nation lifts its salmonella warning on tomatoes. July 17, 2008 — It's OK to eat all kinds of tomatoes again, the U.S. government declared...

Illinois Governor Uses Power To Help Cover Autism Costs July 15, 2008 Washington (ChattahBox) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has put his power to use, and has re-written a House bill,...

Study questions breast self-exams July 15, 2008 06:11 PM By Neil Munshi, Globe Correspondent Although most women are told to examine their breasts every month for lumps, new research confirms...

Kids' Physical Activity Drops by Age 15 At Age 9, Children Get Enough Exercise, but Decline Sets in During Teen Years By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD July 15,...

Sizing Up Sunscreen A new study finds that most sunscreens don't offer sufficient protection. How to find the right one. Sarah Kliff Newsweek Web Exclusive ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA — The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) stated its position on May 6 regarding the safety of polycarbonate plastic bottles. The statement was made in response to recent...

Caffeine Could Stave Off Multiple Sclerosis Finding may help scientists develop drug to treat autoimmune disease, researcher says Posted June 30, 2008 By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter ...

Stanford tries to improve IVF odds By Vianna Davila Mercury News Article Launched: 07/01/2008 05:15:22 PM PDT Stanford University researchers said they are one step closer to accurately...

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