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HEALTH / NEWS Wed Apr 30, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died of a heart attack at his home in Basel at the age of 102. Mr Hofmann first produced LSD in 1938 while researching the medicinal uses of a crop fungus. He accidental.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Aug 30, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

USA Today -- Evangelist Billy Graham may be able to return home this week from the hospital where he has been treated for more than a week for intestinal bleeding, doctors said Wednesday. Graham, 88, is continuing his program of exercise, physical therapy and full.. Read More

HEALTH / OPINION Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 12:53pm neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Children are contracting serious illnesses because of their parents smoking at home, says the government's chief medical officer, who has warned adults not to light up in front of their sons and daughters. In an interview with The Observer, Sir Liam Do.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 9:28am neoform

SF Gate -- Many men, faced with the prospect of going to the doctor for a fertility evaluation, will tell you they would rather just stay home. Now they can. A new at-home screening test, called Fertell, lets couples find out if they have fertility problems wi.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Apr 19, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

News.com.au -- POLICE are investigating an allegation the water supply to the Broughton Nursing home has been deliberately tampered with, sparking a deadly gastro outbreak. Five people have died since a salmonella outbreak at the home at Easter, while five are recove.. Read More

HEALTH / OPINION Wed Apr 11, 2007 @ 11:35am neoform

Alter Net -- In an attempt to cut costs, Medicare has been denying coverage of power wheelchairs to people with disabilities who can't leave home without them. When someone walks into the wheelchair clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, Jenny Lieberman begins.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sat Mar 24, 2007 @ 11:58am neoform

ABC News -- Alessandro Palermo was watching TV in his home in Riomaggiore on Italy's famous Cinque Terre coast, when the photo of Giovanni caught his eye — the baby's tiny mouth, big cheeks and bulging blue eyes went right to his heart. An American baby of Itali.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sun Dec 17, 2006 @ 10:15am neoform

Reuters -- Young adults who frequently make their own meals have much healthier diets than their peers who never set foot in the kitchen, a new study shows... Read More

HEALTH / OPINION Fri Nov 24, 2006 @ 12:28am neoform

Daily Mail -- It is the hi-tech tool that has revolutionised home and office alike - but a growing band of campaigners claim wi-fi is a major threat to health... Read More

HEALTH / OPINION Mon Nov 6, 2006 @ 1:08pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- Most supermarkets stock more than 30,000 items, yet every time we race up and down the aisles of the grocery store, we toss into our carts the same 10 to 15 foods. Which isn't such a bad thing, as long as you're taking home the right foods — ones that.. Read More