FDA: Cold medicines too risky for tots
2008-01-17 21:39:49
Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots.
Extra calcium may raise health risks in older women
2008-01-15 20:19:06
Calcium supplements may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke in healthy postmenopausal women, a study has found.
Scientists create beating hearts in lab
2008-01-14 09:16:40
US researchers say they have coaxed hearts from dead rats to beat again in the laboratory and said the discovery may one day lead to customized organ transplants for people.
Plague a growing but overlooked threat
2008-01-15 16:58:39
Plague, the disease that devastated medieval Europe, is re-emerging worldwide and poses a growing but overlooked threat, researchers warned on Tuesday.
Columbus carried syphilis to Europe - study
2008-01-15 16:38:46
A new analysis of the genetics of syphilis provides support for the theory that the disease hitched a ride with Christopher Columbus from the New World back to the Old World.
Indonesian girl dies of bird flu
2008-01-15 21:36:48
A 16-year-old Indonesian girl died of bird flu on Tuesday, putting the total fatalities to 96 out of 118 cases in the hardest-hit country, the health ministry said Friday.
Drinkers are fooled by prices of wines!
2008-01-15 15:12:33
The more expensive a wine is, the more pleasure a drinker may get from it, showed a study by researchers of California Institute of Technology as quoted by media reports Tuesday.
Hormones in food, water blamed for premature
2008-01-15 15:05:30
A 3-year-old little girl in UK could develop the signs of puberty and doctors blame hormones in food and water for the premature, media reported Tuesday.
Hot spots warn of diabetic foot ulcers
2008-01-15 08:41:08
Diabetics, watch out: A hot spot on your foot can signal an ulcer is brewing, a wound that could cost your limb.
Reluctant to work out? Outer space inspires you
2008-01-15 07:10:36
It was a craze started by Jane Fonda a quarter of a century ago and became a lucrative sideline for a succession of stars.
Anxiety, depression predict events in heart patients
2008-01-13 14:22:40
New research indicates that anxiety and depression are risk factors for major heart-related events among patients with stable coronary artery disease.
People live 4.5 years after dementia strikes: study
2008-01-12 19:06:39
People with dementia survive an average four-and-a-half years after diagnosis, researchers said on Friday in a study they hope might help care-givers plan for patients.