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World Briefing | Africa: Uganda: Ebola Outbreak Slows, Health Official Says
Joaquim Saweka, the World Health Organization representative in Uganda, said that everyone known to have had contact with Ebola victims had been isolated.
Hamilton hospital says C. Difficile contributed to patient death
An internal review at St. Joseph's Healthcare finds that C. Difficle contributed to a patient's death.
Asthma is the most common chronic disease among Olympic athletes
Based on data from the last five Olympic games, a study has identified those athletes with asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness. With a prevalence of around 8% they are the most...
Stem cell therapy could offer new hope for defects and injuries to head, mouth
In the first human study of its kind, researchers found that using stem cells to re-grow craniofacial tissues—mainly bone—proved quicker, more effective and less invasive than traditional bone regeneration treatments.
Personal Health: Babesiosis May One Day Rival Lyme Disease
Babesiosis, which causes flulike symptoms and can be fatal, could eventually rival Lyme disease as the most common tick-borne ailment in the United States.
Childhood blindness mystery clearer
The cause of a type of hereditary blindness has been traced to a genetic mutation, a discovery that potentially paves the way to new treatments.
In-store clinics look to be a remedy for healthcare law influx
More consumers may be getting checkups and other care at stores and pharmacies as the Affordable Care Act extends health insurance to 30 million people.If you thought it was hard...
Nurse staffing, burnout linked to hospital infections
Nurse burnout leads to higher healthcare-associated infection rates (HAIs) and costs hospitals millions of additional dollars annually, according to a [...]
Senate Panel Adopts Chemicals Reform Bill
Congress: Legislation shifts burden of proof for safety to companies
Kidney cancer vaccine successful in clinical trials
Researchers have completed two successful clinical studies using the kidney-cancer vaccine IMA901.
Suicide prevention to top aboriginal youth meeting
Suicide prevention is expected to top the agenda at an aboriginal youth meeting in Whitehorse next week.
Gene discovery set to help with mysterious paralysis of childhood
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood is a very rare disorder that causes paralysis that freezes one side of the body and then the other in devastating bouts that arise at unpredictable...
Parkinson's diagnosis guide created for Canadian MDs
A specialist with the Ottawa Hospital has helped to develop the first ever national guidelines for diagnosing Parkinson's, an often-misdiagnosed disease with subtle symptoms.
Hundreds protest toughening Spain's abortion law
MADRID (AP) -- Hundreds of Spaniards protested Sunday against the conservative government's proposal to roll back women's abortion rights, including in cases where the fetus is...
DNA repair gene involved in tumours
The gene, MGMT, has been widely studied as a biomarker of the response of difference cancers to a chemotherapy drug, but the new research suggests it may also be involved in tumour progression. ...
Testosterone ups prostate cancer risk
The researchers said that while higher levels of testosterone were unlikely to cause cancer, they might make an existing tumour grow faster. Image: jamesbenet/iStockphoto Older men - those in their 70s and 80s...
MS treatment boosts vitamin D
Patients taking common MS drug interferon-beta were shown to receive almost three times as much vitamin D from sun exposure than those not taking the treatment, the study found. Further research needs to...
Rethinking cancer
New studies show that aggressive measures aren't always best. What does this mean for healthcare?For a long time, we thought we knew the drill for battling cancer: Screen regularly to...
The Short Life and Lonely Death of Sabrina Seelig
The family of Sabrina Seelig, 22, says she suffered an agonizing death because the care she received at a struggling Brooklyn hospital was indifferent to negligent.
Too Few Doctors in Many U.S. Communities
Even as the new health care law expands insurance coverage, another problem faces many areas of the country: a lack of physicians, particularly primary care ones.
UK medical school teaching on physical activity virtually 'non-existent'
UK medical school teaching on physical activity is "sparse or non-existent," finds new research.
Jackie Warner recommends sprawls for an upper-body workout
They work the chest, shoulders and core.Trainer Jackie Warner says she loves the exercise called sprawls because it is based on mixed martial arts practices. It focuses on the upper...
What Can Mississippi’s Health Care System Learn From Iran?
Nowhere is our health care system more broken and desperate than rural Mississippi. Can an approach used in Iran help save lives?
Op-Ed Contributor: Imagine a World Without AIDS
Twenty years ago, during the unrelenting devastation of AIDS, it was impossible to imagine the strides that would be made in making it manageable.
Chocoholics, Take Note: Cravings Don't Increase Before Menstruation
Women's cravings for chocolate do not appear to increase before menstruation.
Fluoxetine -- a.k.a., Prozac -- is effective as an anti-viral, study suggests
Using molecular screening of small molecule libraries, a team of researchers has been able to identify fluoxetine (commonly known as Prozac), a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, as a potent inhibitor...
Ryan Lochte vs. Michael Phelps: Why Rivalries Make Us Better
Research shows rivalry can boost athletic performance by as much as 2 percent, and having a rival helps motivate people in their daily lives, too.
Video: DentalVibe takes the pain out of root canals
A new dental instrument called the DentalVibe is taking the pain out of injections in root canals. Randall Pinkston reports on the invention that is putting patient's and dentist's minds...