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Filed under: Health We all know, but we rarely say it out loud. Mosquitos are bastards. And that’s just talking about how annoying they can be in our own part of...
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Swine flu hysteria may be making a come back. The Center for Disease Control, a federal agency, has reported that 1 million Americans have contacted Swine flu virus or...
made popular Jun 26 2009
After the age of washable and sticking plaster, UK based Polymertronics are developing a glowing band aid (plaster) for the new age of medical genius. In works to...
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AP, London
British experts said Tuesday that they have found the first evidence of a hemophiliac contracting mad cow disease from contaminated blood products.
made popular Feb 17 2009
AP, Minneapolis
Former heavyweight boxer Scott LeDoux has Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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The practice of taking on several women by a single man has been practiced since time immemorial. It was also greatly encouraged by the community as well as you could...
made popular Jan 19 2009
By Brenda Zulu
Malaria Research Institute at Macha Mission Hospital has been able to facilitate access to the world’s medical knowledge and locally-relevant content...
made popular Dec 15 2008
AP, New Orleans
Vitamins C and E _ pills taken by millions of Americans _ do nothing to prevent heart disease in men, one of the largest and longest studies of these supplements has...
made popular Nov 9 2008
AP, New Orleans
People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease dramatically lowered their chances of dying or having a heart attack if they took the cholesterol pill...
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Diabetes affects 24 million Americans and an increasing number of children. It can lead to limb loss and heart attacks. Yet people are more afraid of snakes and...
made popular Oct 29 2008
The treatment of disease is obviously more important than deadly violence… in Zimbabwe, at least.
I was disgusted to read that UNICEF and Mugabe’s ‘government’...
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AP, Geneva
The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg.
made popular Oct 10 2008
Three people have died in South Africa from an “unknown highly infectious disease” believed to have originated in Zambia in over three weeks. The Star newspaper...
made popular Oct 10 2008
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
made popular Oct 7 2008
AP, Trenton
An injected Johnson & Johnson biologic drug used to treat several immune diseases controlled Crohn’s disease, a difficult-to-treat bowel disorder, better...
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If the experts are successful in incorporating the new computing technologies and the evolution of a ‘virtual man’ to predict the effects of new drugs...
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We all want to live in a Flat world. No, I am not talking about Nandan Nielkani’s open trade opportunities for everybody. I am talking about the growing waist and...
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AP, Trenton
In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver...
made popular Sep 7 2008
AP, Billings
Montana has lost its federal disease-free status for brucellosis, triggering mandatory testing of cattle being shipped out of state.
made popular Sep 4 2008
At least 38 Venezuelans have died as a result of a suspected outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats.
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