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• Alicia Keys snubs out cigarette branding from gig

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:58pm EDT

  Philip Morris International has pulled down billboards and posters promoting an Alicia Keys concert Thursday in Indonesia's capital after the singer protested the cigarette company's sponsorship.

• Prescription Drug - "Related Deaths on the Rise

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:17pm EDT

  In the last two decades, accidental deaths due to at-home opiates have gone up in tandem with an increased number of prescriptions.

• EKG Debate a New Worry for ADHD Sufferers

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:57pm EDT

  As the debate stirs over whether to give electrocardiograms to children taking ADHD stimulant medications, parents wonder whom to believe.

• Marketing of Off-Label Drug Use Called into Question

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:55pm EDT

  The FDA has been criticized for its plan to allow drug companies to provide doctors with information about a drug's unintended benefits.

• Grass-Fed Beef Better for Health, Environment

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:46pm EDT

  An increasing number of studies show that grass-fed beef contains more nutrients, less fat and fewer calories than corn-fed beef and pollutes less than industrialized cattle farming.

• Robert Novak Awaits Results About Brain Tumor

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:21pm EDT

  On Monday, conservative columnist Robert Novak announced that he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

• Air Pollution Raises Blood Pressure

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 9:40am EDT

  Ohio State University Medical Center researchers say there is a direct link between air pollution and its impact on high blood pressure, or hypertension.

• GOP budget leaders pan Nixon's health care plan

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 5:16am EDT

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican budget leaders say Jay Nixon's health care plan is too costly for the state to afford.

• Winehouse taken to London emergency room

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:53am EDT

  Amy Winehouse was taken to an emergency room at a London hospital Monday night, but the reason was not immediately clear, a spokesman for the Grammy-winning singer said.

• McCain Has Mole Removed

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 8:28pm EDT

  Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has suffered from skin cancer in the past, said on Monday his doctor has removed a spot from his face during a routine checkup in Phoenix earlier in the day.

• West Nile Watch - LA County Confirms 4 Cases

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 4:13pm EDT

  Four people have been confirmed as having the West Nile Virus; three men and a boy.

• All NC public schools to be smoke-free by Friday

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT

  No more lighting up at public schools in North Carolina. The Charlotte Observer reported Monday all public schools will be tobacco-free by Friday.

• Worry 'ups men's diabetes risk'

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:41am EDT

  Anxiety, depression and sleepless nights increase the risk of diabetes in men, a Swedish study suggests.

• More than 100 autism activists and autistic children protested outside of KNEW.

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  More than 100 autism activists and autistic children protested outside of KNEW radio station in San Francisco on Sunday.

• Austin Man Offers $1 Billion for Cancer Cure

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 10:44pm EDT

  Mike Dewey has a plan to eliminate breast cancer. He's offering $1 billion to the person who discovers the cure.

• Most Fit Have Less Brain Atrophy From Alzheimer's

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 6:24pm EDT

  Physical fitness can help the mind, body and quality of life of people with early Alzheimer's disease and dementia, according to new research.

• Officials warn about possibly high E. coli levels on private property

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 2:03pm EDT

  While public swimming areas can be closed by Vermont health officials when they show high levels of bacteria, swimming holes on private properties often carry the same risk and are rarely posted with warning ...

• Oregon awaits full impact of ban on bar smoking

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 9:45am EDT

  Those bluish clouds of cigarette smoke wafted away last September when the owner of Magoo's Sports Bar decided to get ahead of a coming state ban and snuffed out smoking inside his Salem hangout.

• Yohane Banda, the biological father of Madonna's adopted Malawian son David, has a new child

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 5:03am EDT

  Yohane Banda, the biological father of Madonna's adopted Malawian son David, has a new child.

• Bush eager to sign AIDS legislation

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:51am EDT

  President Bush said Saturday he's eager to sign legislation that triples money to fight AIDS and other diseases around the world _ an initiative that has won him praise from some of his harshest critics.

  In a rare case of cooperation between the White House and the Democratic-controlled Congress, lawmakers voted this week to significantly increase U.S. assistance to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world. It gave renewed life to a program credited with saving and prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone.

• Obama reported to leave prayer in wall

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 8:35pm EDT

  A written prayer that Barack Obama left this week in the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, asks God to guide him and guard his family, an Israeli newspaper reported yesterday.

• Orange County Area Tests Positive for West Nile Virues

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 11:38am EDT

  Mosquito collections in Orange County have tested positive for the West Nile Virus.

• West Nile Virus Found In East Tennessee

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 7:31am EDT

  The mosquito-borne West Nile Virus has been detected in East Tennessee. The Knox County Health Department says the virus was identified in a sampling of mosquitoes and a bird turned in by law enforcement from ...

• New Pill May Attack Untreatable Form of Prostate Cancer

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:47pm EDT

  A clinical trial for a cancer pill shows promise in the fight against prostate cancer.

• Are Cord-Blood Banks Exploitive or Essential?

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 10:30am EDT

  Whether to save umbilical cord blood in private banks or donate to public repositories is increasingly a crucial decision new parents must make.

• Attention disorder rising among older children

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 6:43am EDT

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A growing number of older U.S. children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, while diagnoses among younger children have held steady, government researchers said on Wednesday.

  The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found ADHD diagnoses among children aged 12 to 17 increased by an average of 4 percent a year from 1997 to 2006. The researchers found no significant change in the percentage of children aged 6 to 11 diagnosed with ADHD over the same period.

• Mosquitoes In Dublin Test Positive For West Nile Virus

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 2:25am EDT

  A second mosquito in Franklin County tested positive for West Nile Virus, the Franklin County Board of Health announced on Wednesday.

• Heather Locklear - Locklear Leaves Treatment Centre

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 10:08pm EDT

  Caption: Golden Globe-nominated American actress Heather Locklear arrives at the Ivy restaurant Los Angeles, California .... Actress HEATHER LOCKLEAR has left rehab and returned to her home after receiving ...

• Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 5:52pm EDT

  Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.

• Truckers Driving Despite Medical Risks

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 1:36pm EDT

  Truck and bus drivers throughout the United States hold commercial licenses even though they are at risk for medical problems like seizures and bouts of unconsciousness.

• Flesh-Eating Fish Latest Pedicure Trend

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 4:18pm EDT

  A Virginia salon offers a popular Asian spa treatment, in which so-called "doctor fish" nibble away at the feet's dead skin.

• Merck and Schering delay 2Q reports to afternoon

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 12:08pm EDT

  Schering-Plough Corp provided this undated file photo of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin a product of a joint venture between pharmaceutical companies Merck & Co., and Schering-Plough Corp.

• Arthritis sufferers 'denied drugs'

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 7:31am EDT

  Around 60,000 people in the UK with rheumatoid arthritis are being denied access to potentially life-changing drugs, charities said.

• Ohioans stuck on Medicaid backlog

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 2:48am EDT

  About 16,000 Ohioans are stuck on a Medicaid backlog and officials say they're trying to fix that.

• Massachusetts patient tested for mad cow disease

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 10:19pm EDT

  Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease.

  Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the state's director of communicable disease control, confirmed Sunday to The Associated Press that tests are being done to see if the patient has Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and whether it's the variant attributed to mad cow.

  There have only been three cases of the human form of mad cow disease reported in the United States in the last several years, and officials say it's extremely unlikely the patient in Cape Cod Hospital has the disease.

• As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 5:38pm EDT

  Mike Oeschger gives his wife Pam a kiss during an interview at Fort Campbell, Ky., April 15, 2008.

• Agencies decry Ontario's funding of child autism treatment

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 1:06pm EDT

  Child Care Resources, a non-profit agency in northern Ontario, will be facing a $2.5-million deficit by the end of the year if the province doesn't deliver promised funds that would cover the cost of providing ...

• Coffee and smoking notorious at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 8:34am EDT

  More than one million Americans currently participate in the Alcoholics Anonymous program.

• Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 3:28am EDT

  Researchers say they have grown in mice the kind of functioning heart blood vessels that cardiac surgeons create with bypass operations.

• Loud bar music makes customers drink more: study

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 11:11pm EDT

  LONDON - Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday.Their study, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, found ...

• Two people with the West Nile virus have been hospitalized in Orange County.

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 6:38pm EDT

  The county Health Care Agency reported the cases Friday, one day after reporting its first two known human cases this year of the mosquito-borne virus.

• VA Looks to Ads to Help Suicidal Veterans

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 2:09pm EDT

  The VA is planning a pilot, three-month-long suicide prevention public service campaign in Washington, D.C., underscoring the mental health struggles faced by vets.

• Senate Passes AIDS Relief Bill

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 10:42am EDT

  After weeks of delay, the Senate voted Wednesday to approve the PEPFAR bill, sending $48 billion of AIDS relief to Africa over the next five years.

• Is Universal Testing the Answer to Bronx HIV Problem?

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 10:34am EDT

  The New York City Department of Health wants to make HIV testing a routine part of medical care in the Bronx, but the plan is meeting resistance.

• Resolution Against Home Birth Met with Hostility

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 6:05pm EDT

  The American Medical Association has declared its support for legislation to potentially ban home births, igniting debate over safety and women's rights.

• Rising Temperatures Could Mean Rise in Kidney Stones

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 3:15pm EDT

  Global warming may be associated with an increase in kidney stones, say Dallas scientists in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

• U.S. may end ban on travelers with HIV

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 3:06pm EDT

  A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the world.

• Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 10:47am EDT

  Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday.

  Hepatitis C is a liver disease spread through contact with infected blood. The statement said the disease was revealed during a routine examination and was likely caused by her drug use years ago.

  'I've been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences,' said Cole. 'I am embraced by the love and support of my family and friends; I am committed to my belief in myself and in my abiding faith to meet this challenge with a heartfelt optimism and determination. This is how I intend to deal with this current challenge in my life.'

• NC announces settlement for Medicaid drug...

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 6:02am EDT

  The state says it has settled for $14.8 million with a drug maker over allegations the company made the North Carolina Medicaid program pay too much for drugs.

• Biting Bed Bugs in White Plains

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 1:36am EDT

  We've all heard the expression "don't let the bed bugs bite," but some folks living in White Plains' 3 public housing complexes say the little bugs are a really big problem, and they want something ...

• Bush Vetoes Medicare Bill

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT

  The Associated Press 2 comments President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a bill designed to protect doctors from a 10.6 percent cut in their reimbursement rates when treating Medicare patients.

• 17,000 Pets Poisoned by Chocolate

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 1:14pm EDT

  The vets say that the high levels of theobromine - a stimulant - which naturally occurs in chocolate can lead to negative effects on pets' central nervous systems, and that the darker and more expensive the chocolate used, the more dangerous it can be.

• Eye on Health - Experience Health ND

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 9:07am EDT

  People on Medicaid have a new program they may be able to use that can help them treat serious illnesses they might be fighting.

• George Will: Beer as health food

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 4:40am EDT

  The development of civilization depended on urbanization, which depended on beer.

• Backup generator fails at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 12:25am EDT

  A backup generator system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed and left four buildings, including one that houses a deadly strain of avian flu, without power for more than an hour.

• Obama suggests credit for business health care

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 7:44pm EDT

  Democrat Barack Obama wants to promote health insurance coverage through small employers by offering them a tax credit covering up to 50 percent of their employee premiums.

  Former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton championed the idea during her own campaign for the presidency.

  Obama says the credit will not only help small businesses grow but create good jobs with health care in the United States.

  He was rolling out the idea Sunday in San Diego while addressing a Hispanic audience at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza.

• Hospital bug vaccines predicted

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 3:04pm EDT

  Vaccines against the hospital bugs MRSA and Clostridium difficile will be available in the next decade, the Government's chief medical officer has said.

• Pols: Medicare trouble to persist

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 10:42am EDT

  Congress has voted to block a cut in Medicare payments to doctors but has done nothing to solve the fundamental problem that caused the cut, and the issue will come back to haunt the next president and the next ...

• Herbal tablets to help quit smoking

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 5:51am EDT

  LUCKNOW: Want to quit smoking? Try the herbal chewable tablets developed by the National Botanical Research Institute , Lucknow.

• Determined Trisha tells of 'gym mindset' in breast cancer fight...

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 1:35am EDT

  Television presenter Trisha Goddard today told how she was approaching the fight against breast cancer in the way she treated an exercise session.

• Video Games in the O.R.

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 8:54pm EDT

  Video Games in the O.R.

• Winehouse's dad warns about Amy's health

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 4:11pm EDT

  The father of troubled soul diva Amy Winehouse has warned that anyone who gives her even one cigarette will damage her health.

• Former Bush Press Secretary Tony Snow Dies

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 11:40am EDT

  The Associated Press 41 comments Tony Snow smiles as he is introduced by President Bush as his new Press Secretary in the Brady Press... Tony Snow smiles as he is introduced by President Bush as his new Press ...

• School Reprimanded for Strip Search for Ibuprofen

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 7:01am EDT

  An Arizona school violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old student by conducting a strip search for ibuprofen, a divided appeals court ruled on Friday.

• West Nile found in Mass. mosquitoes

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:33am EDT

  The West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the second time this year, according to state health officials.

• Hollywood Tells Kids Don?t Smoke

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 10:06pm EDT

  Under a new agreement, six major studios will include anti-smoking commercials on millions of DVDs of motion pictures that include scenes with tobacco use.

• Alicia Keys is belle of Black Ball

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 5:44pm EDT

  Jul 11 - Alicia Keys hosted the Black Ball UK event in central London to raise money for her AIDS charity Keep A Child Alive Keep A Child Alive says that a dollar a day provides people with HIV/AIDS the ...

• Chelation: Miracle Autism Treatment or - Voodoo Medicine'?

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 10:18am EDT

  Many parents say chelation, a process that removes heavy metals from the body, cures their autistic children.

• Scientists Identify Genes Linked to Crohn's Disease

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 10:12am EDT

  The breakthrough will help doctors identify who is at risk for Crohn's disease and design better treatments.

• Coffee Consumption Possibly Detrimental to IVF Treatment

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 10:06am EDT

  A study presented to the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology suggests infertility patients should cut back on caffeine intake to increase chances of conceiving.

• Questions Surround HPV Vaccine Gardasil

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 12:51pm EDT

  Some question the value of giving Gardasil to girls as young as 11; others fear the vaccine is responsible for thousands of reported "adverse effects" in recipients.

• STD Rates Double for Older Adults

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 12:48pm EDT

  Safe-sex policy campaigns tend to focus their efforts on teenagers and young adults, but recent studies suggest that older adults would benefit from sex education, too.

• What's the Motive for Military Spouse Surrogate Moms: Warm Hearts or Cold Cash?

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 12:47pm EDT

  The increasing number of military wives who opt to become surrogate mothers have prompted some to examine the altruistic versus financial motivations of the decision.

• A Man's Age May Play Key Role in Couple's Infertility

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 2:03pm EDT

  A recent study found lower pregnancy rates and increased risk of miscarriage in couples where the man was over 35.

• Pediatricians Recommend Cholesterol Screening for Kids

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 10:25am EDT

  In an effort to fend off heart disease in adults, pediatricians are urging wider cholesterol screening in children and the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs.

• HPV vaccine comes under scrutiny

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 9:14am EDT

  The CDC reports that 7,800 complaints have been made about Gardasil in the past two years.

• G8 leaders retreat from Africa aid pledge

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 4:36am EDT

  WHEN the leaders of the world's richest nations gathered at Gleneagles in 2005, they solemnly pledged to double aid to Africa by 2010 and tackle climate change.

• Sedaris' new book highlights a more mature, thoughtful writer

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 11:35pm EDT

  Pick up David Sedaris' new book and you're staring at death. If the van Gogh painting of a skeleton gracing the cover doesn't say it clearly enough, the fact that the skull is smoking a cigarette should.

• 'Wii-hab' works wonders

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 7:21pm EDT

  For Olin Earl Welch Jr., it's about the thrill of bowling.

  "I never thought I would bowl again," he says with a smile.

  Welch, 74, along with brother-in-law Ross Hopkins, 51, ride their power chairs five blocks to the Ethel Eyerly Senior Center in Flour Bluff to take part twice a week in the Nintendo Wii gaming system session.

• Mr Muscle election in Venice Beach

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 6:37pm EDT

  Bodybuilders gathered in Venice Beach, California last week-end to compete for the title of Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach.

• Ted Kennedy staying active despite fatigue, wife writes

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 2:11pm EDT

  BOSTON - Sen. Edward Kennedy, midway through six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatments for brain cancer, is doing well aside from some fatigue, his wife says.

• McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:55am EDT

  Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives.

  Economic problems under the Bush administration pose a major challenge to McCain and fellow Republicans running for House and Senate seats this fall. In remarks prepared for an event in Denver on Monday, McCain tried to confront the issue with a can-do spirit.

  More than 400,000 jobs have been lost since December, he said, adding, 'Americans are worried about the security of their current job, and they're worried that they, their kids and their neighbors may not find good jobs and new opportunities in the future.'

• Look it up: Dictionary gets additions

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 5:16am EDT

  Is it acceptable to serve edamame to a dinner guest who's a pescatarian? Merriam-Webster is adding more than 100 new words to the Eleventh Edition Collegiate Dictionary.

• 3-D mammograms, cameras may improve breast exams

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 12:50am EDT

  Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D. The goal: A better way to check for breast cancer in women with ...

• McCain's Health Plan: A Threat To Employer Plans?

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 8:26pm EDT

  There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies? The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting has ...

• Supermodel raises awareness for pediatric cancer

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 3:46pm EDT

  Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer.

  Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital. The boy died of leukemia in 1975 just before his fourth birthday.

  Crawford is the honorary chair of Kids with Courage, which had its fourth reunion of childhood cancer survivors Saturday in Madison.

  She was also part of the three previous reunions in 1993, 1998 and 2003.

• Q&A: NJ's top insurer weighs change

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 11:03am EDT

  The state's leading health insurer weighing a shift from a nonprofit to for-profit status may sound like a bland topic, but such a move could have a profound influence on New Jersey.

• OU might not mimic OSU's smoking ban

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 6:32am EDT

  A ban on smoking and chewing tobacco has taken effect at Oklahoma State University, but that doesn't necessarily mean the state's other major university will be following suit.

• Hope, dilemma found in costly cancer drug

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 1:52am EDT

  It took only an instant for 58-year-old Gailanne Reeh to go from the picture of health to death's door.

• Family Health: Special Summer Camp

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 9:11pm EDT

  Millions of American children are heading to camp this summer but for some kids the experience will be unique.

• Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 4:38pm EDT

  Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.

  Durbin, D-Ill., used a Saturday national radio address to call on Republicans to back the bill to stave off a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors.

  It passed the House overwhelmingly last week in defiance of Bush's threat to veto it, but it fell just one vote short of the 60 it needed to advance in the Senate, with most Republicans voting 'no.'

• 'Kung Fu Panda' success may see China loosen control on creativity

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 11:57am EDT

  New Delhi, July 5: Animated film 'Kung Fu Panda' has motivated senior advisors to the Chinese Government to seek lesser control on creativity.

• Plastic surgery being used to cure migraines

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 7:39am EDT

  Millions of Americans suffer migraines, but relief may be found in Britain. Doctors there claim to have a new procedure that can stop the debilitating headaches.

• Ontario nursing homes poorly staffed, more likely to restrain residents: experts

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 3:20am EDT

  Ontario should look to the example set by Nordic countries and turn its understaffed, institutional long-term care homes, where residents are more likely to be restrained and medicated, into small community ...

• Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 10:21pm EDT

  An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep.

• Secrets Behind The Bodybuilder Workout

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 6:07pm EDT

  You see them on stage posing in practically nothing at all so how do professional bodybuilders get those ripped bodies? See the secrets behind the bodybuilder workout.

• New Dutch Law Bans Tobacco, But Not Marijuana

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 1:19pm EDT

  A new ban on smoking tobacco in the Netherlands' cafs may have the unintended effect of forcing more customers to smoke pure cannabis.

• Study: - Shrooms' Confer Lasting Positive Effects

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 3:39pm EDT

  Subjects who took the psychedelic drug psilocybin, the key ingredient in "magic mushrooms," said that they felt and behaved better more than a year after taking the drug.

• Hospitals Hazardous in July

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 9:39am EDT

  A Harvard study found July to be the most dangerous month to visit a hospital, citing the arrival of inexperienced interns.

• Skip Your Viagra: Watermelon May Do The Trick

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 6:23pm EDT

  Scientists find that a phytonutrient in watermelon relaxes blood vessels, just like Viagra does. And at a lower cost, without any side effects !!

• FDA Says Drugs Need to Do More - Save Lives

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 6:11pm EDT

  New standards for diabetes and cholesterol drugs could mean pharmaceutical companies will be spending a lot more money and time before approving new products.

• Japan Institutes - Fat Fines'

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 5:34pm EDT

  Trying to deter citizens from becoming overweight, Japan has enacted laws requiring weight loss and punishable by fine.

• The Unsolved Mystery of Itching

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 5:33pm EDT

  Itching, long thought to be a sensation in the pain family, may be at least partly a function of psychology and memory.

• Dutch smoking ban in effect

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 4:53pm EDT

  It's now outdoors-only for tobacco smokers at bars and restaurants in the Netherlands, even at the so-called "coffee shops" where marijuana smokers are still welcome inside.

• Smokers Suffer More Back Pain, Survey Shows

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:32pm EDT

  In 2003, the Robert Koch Institute interviewed more than 8000 private persons in the course of a telephone health survey .

• Junk food diet during pregnancy may harm your baby's health

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 8:02am EDT

  Washington, July 1 : Eating a poor diet when pregnant may cause long-lasting, irreversible damage - from heart disease to diabetes - in offspring, finds a new study in mice.

• Acquired Delirium: Mission Hospital Recruits Volunteers

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 3:44am EDT

  Mission hospital recruits volunteers to help patients at risk for delirium.