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50 Percent of Teenagers are Takers of Free HIV TestingHealth News

50 Percent of Teenagers are Takers of Free HIV Testing

Free HIV testing offer possible prevention strategy

May 16, 2011·1 min read
Agent Orange Kills More than PlantsHealth News

Agent Orange Kills More than Plants

Kidney cancer could be caused by Agent Orange, Vietnam-era herbicide

May 16, 2011·2 min read
COPD Walking the Walk, Talks the TalkHealth News

COPD Walking the Walk, Talks the Talk

Walking test measures severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

May 16, 2011·1 min read
Gout, The Great MimicHealth News

Gout, The Great Mimic

Gout has a new diagnostic tool detecting dual-energy computed tomograhy (DECT)

May 16, 2011·2 min read
Parents Make Kids More StressedMental Health

Parents Make Kids More Stressed

Children of bipolar parents more sensitive to stress

May 16, 2011·1 min read
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might...Mental Health

I Wish I May, I Wish I Might...

To gather insight about your child's wishes, play Jeanie

May 16, 2011·2 min read
Too Depressed to Take PillsPrescription Drugs

Too Depressed to Take Pills

Depressed reduces medication adherence

May 16, 2011·1 min read
Still Sounds Like Rock and Roll to MeHealth News

Still Sounds Like Rock and Roll to Me

New earphones cause listener fatigue

May 16, 2011·2 min read
Mary Tyler Moore "Recovering Nicely"Health News

Mary Tyler Moore "Recovering Nicely"

Mary Tyler Moore Brain Surgery Goes Well

May 16, 2011·1 min read
Finally, a Definitive Test for Alzheimer'sMental Health

Finally, a Definitive Test for Alzheimer's

Alzheimer and dementia blood test coming soon

May 16, 2011·1 min read
FDA approves new treatment for Type 2 diabetesPrescription Drugs

FDA approves new treatment for Type 2 diabetes

Tradjenta (linagliptin) tablets improve blood glucose control

May 15, 2011·2 min read
Human Lung Stem Cell Does All the TricksHealth News

Human Lung Stem Cell Does All the Tricks

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease benefits from stem cell breakthrough

May 15, 2011·1 min read
Defibtech Lifeline and ReviveR Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs): RecallHealth News

Defibtech Lifeline and ReviveR Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs): Recall

Software Defect May Cancel Shock

May 15, 2011·1 min read
Spoonful of Sugar Will Make Bacteria Go AwayHealth News

Spoonful of Sugar Will Make Bacteria Go Away

First-line antibiotics for chronic bacterial infections may be enhanced by sugar

May 15, 2011·1 min read
Public Notification: “Slim Xtreme Herbal Slimming Capsule” Contains Undeclared Drug IngredientHealth News

Public Notification: “Slim Xtreme Herbal Slimming Capsule” Contains Undeclared Drug Ingredient

Sibutramine in Slim Xtreme Herbal Slimming Capsule

May 15, 2011·2 min read
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FDA issues first new rules under Food Safety Modernization Act

Rules to prevent potentially unsafe food from reaching consumers

May 14, 2011·4 min read
Birth Control Pill and HRT Protects Brain AneurysmHealth News

Birth Control Pill and HRT Protects Brain Aneurysm

Estrogen in HRT and birth control pills may have a protective quality to the brain

May 14, 2011·1 min read
Drive Less, Lose More WeightHealth News

Drive Less, Lose More Weight

Obesity linked to driving

May 14, 2011·1 min read
FDA approves new treatment for rare type of pancreatic cancerHealth News

FDA approves new treatment for rare type of pancreatic cancer

Afinitor (everolimus) approved for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

May 14, 2011·2 min read
FDA approves Zytiga for late-stage prostate cancerHealth News

FDA approves Zytiga for late-stage prostate cancer

Zytiga (abiraterone acetate), prednisone treats late-stage prostate cancer

May 14, 2011·2 min read
Signs of Danger after Heart SurgeryHealth News

Signs of Danger after Heart Surgery

Heart attack and death risk after angioplasty indicated by protein levels

May 14, 2011·2 min read
Children With Cystic Fibrosis Benefit From ExerciseHealth News

Children With Cystic Fibrosis Benefit From Exercise

Cystic fibrosis patients lung function improves with exercise

May 14, 2011·2 min read
Saving Old MusclePrescription Drugs

Saving Old Muscle

Blood pressure drug losartan repairs injured, deteriorating muscle

May 13, 2011·2 min read
Relearn to Move with Video GamesHealth News

Relearn to Move with Video Games

Stroke survivors can regain motor function with video games

May 13, 2011·1 min read