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HEALTH / NEWS Fri Jul 16, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- When most people think of suicide, they think of psychological problems such as depression and anxiety. But new research suggests that lung trouble may also play a role... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu May 13, 2010 @ 3:03pm neoform

CNN -- An outbreak of food-borne illness linked to romaine lettuce has spread to four states and sickened at least 23 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Mar 10, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Some people who didn't file a federal tax return for 2006 have more than 1 billion reasons to reconsider, but they need to do it fast, according to the Internal Revenue Service... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sun Feb 21, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Antiretroviral drugs that are being used to prolong the lives of patients infected with HIV/AIDS could also be greatly effective in slowing its spread, epidemiologist Brian Williams said... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Feb 11, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A new study brings researchers one step closer to unraveling a medical mystery that has perplexed scientists for thousands of years: What causes people to stutter?.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Feb 11, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- People with Asperger's syndrome would be included in the same group as those with autism, according to guidelines reviewed by the American Psychiatric Association... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sat Jan 16, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Four days after Haiti's massive earthquake, efforts are under way to bury the dead as thousands of bodies crumpled in the streets of Port-au-Prince lay exposed to the sun or draped in sheets and cardboard... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Dec 17, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- There is not always time to wait for fire trucks or ambulances to arrive. Sometimes an emergency situation is so dire, the danger so imminent that there is need for people to take immediate action... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Nov 17, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- People with heart disease and similar conditions who don't have enough vitamin D are more likely to be depressed than their counterparts with adequate levels of the "sunshine vitamin," according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando. This link seems to be even stronger in the winter... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Oct 15, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Biologist Mark Roth asks his assistant if the rat is ready. It is. The assistant turns a dial and the critter's sealed enclosure fills with poison gas. An ounce could kill dozens of people. The rat sniffs a few times and within a minute becomes still. It looks bad. But the rat isn't dead or dying. The process creates what Roth calls "a state of suspended animation" and he sees it as an alternative for critical care medicine... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Oct 7, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- From motorcycles to lawnmowers, life is full of noise, but new research shows that it presents a bigger danger for some people than others... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Sep 21, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The number of people with dementia globally is estimated to nearly double every 20 years, according to a report released Monday for World Alzheimer's Day... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Aug 19, 2009 @ 3:03pm neoform

CNN -- If you're working in a stressful environment, you and your colleagues may be communicating tension to one another without even realizing it... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Aug 11, 2009 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- Richard Rose used to challenge his wife, Joyce, if he thought she was misstating something, but these days he lets it go... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Jul 21, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- In the words of my mentor and America's foremost child advocate Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of The Children's Defense Fund, it's time to "raise a ruckus people, it is time to raise a ruckus!".. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Jun 24, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- This week it was reported that Steven Jobs, the CEO and cofounder of Apple, underwent a liver transplant two months ago. One detail concerning Jobs's transplant seemed odd: The surgery took place at a hospital in Tennessee, some 2,000 miles from Jobs's home in northern California. Why Tennessee?.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Jun 15, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- If home is where the heart is, a new survey suggests that most people aren't sure exactly where they live. More than half of people cannot pinpoint the exact location of the human heart on a diagram, and nearly 70 percent can't correctly identify the shape of the lungs, according to the survey... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Jun 1, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- Going to the prom is a highlight in many teenagers' lives. But attending a prom isn't always an option for some young people, including those with special needs... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Jun 2, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Millions of people with HIV/Aids in poor countries still do not have access to potentially life-saving drugs. A major report found just 31% of people in need of treatment in low and middle-income countries had access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- The United Nations has reduced its estimates of how many people are infected with HIV in 2007 from nearly 40m to 33m. Revised figures for India account for much of the decrease, experts say. But the rate of new cases and mortality levels are declini.. Read More