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More than 1.5 million cancer deaths averted during 2 decades of dropping mortality
The American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report finds that a 22 percent drop in cancer mortality over two decades led to the avoidance of more than 1.5 million cancer...
3-D culture system for pancreatic cancer has potential to change therapeutic approaches
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer, with only 6 percent of patients surviving five years after diagnosis. Researchers now announce the development of a new...
Patient stem cells used to make dementia-in-a-dish; help identify new treatment strategy
A new strategy for treating an inherited form of dementia has been identified after researchers attempted to turn stem cells derived from patients into the neurons most affected by the...
LeBron James expected to miss two weeks
Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James is expected to miss the next two weeks after tests revealed a strained left knee and lower back.
Can exercise help people with Parkinson's disease?
Exercise may help people with Parkinson's disease improve their balance, ability to move around and quality of life, even if it does not reduce their risk of falling, according to...
The New Health Care: Health Plan Enrollment Numbers Show Importance of Coming Supreme Court Case
The subsidies that the court may eradicate are helping a large majority of HealthCare.gov customers pay for their medical insurance.
Significant link between daily physical activity, vascular health
As millions of Americans resolve to live healthier lives in 2015, research shows just how important diligent daily physical activity is. The researchers found that reducing daily physical activity for...
O'Malley to commute sentences of Maryland's last death row inmates
Frances BurnsANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley said Wednesday he will commute the sentences of the four remaining men on Maryland's Death Row before he leaves office.
For Brits, 5 New Laws In 2014 You Should Know About
Let 'er rip! Simon James, CC BY-SABy Siobhan Weare, Lancaster University read more
Andreas Vesalius: 500th Birthday Of The Man Who Revolutionized Our Knowledge Of The Human Body
Drawn directly from the flesh Public Domain Review/Flickr, CC BY-SABy Richard Gunderman, Indiana University-Purdue University read more
Despite menu changes over 18 years, fast food is still bad for you
Fast food has gotten a little better for you over the last 18 years -- except in cases where it’s gotten worse.
Ebola can only be beaten by tackling poverty in Africa
Despite the Ebola case in the UK, Britain isn’t at risk from a new plague. But poverty still kills in Africa • UK Ebola patient was cleared to leave Heathrow...
British Ebola patient being treated with survivor blood plasma
A British nurse diagnosed with Ebola earlier this week is being treated with blood plasma from a survivor of the virus and an experimental antiviral drug, the London hospital treating...
Epidemic of Violence Against Health-Care Workers Plagues Hospitals
Hospital administrations and judicial system do little to prevent assaults against nurses and other caregivers by patients -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
CDC seeks safety chief after laboratory scientist is possibly exposed to Ebola
New post is key recommendation after investigation of several safety breachesProbe called into question safety at more than 1,000 facilities in CDC networkCDC scientist researching deadly disease may have been...
Longer cooling, lower temperature no improvement for infant oxygen deprivation
The standard treatment for newborns whose brains were deprived of oxygen appears to work better than proposed alternatives, according to a study from a National Institutes of Health research network....
Chubb carries Georgia past Louisville in Belk Bowl
Nick Chubb put Georgia on his back in the Belk Bowl, rushing for 267 yards to lead the No. 13 Bulldogs to a 37-14 victory over No. 20 Louisville.
Prosecutor who investigated chokehold death may run for Congress
Frances BurnsNEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The district attorney who investigated Eric Garner's chokehold death may run for the New York congressional seat being vacated by Michael Grimm.
Man drives two hours with knife lodged in his head
Ben HooperTERESINA, Brazil, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A Brazilian man who was stabbed in the head with an 11-inch knife survived the attack and drove himself two hours to a...
Broccoli Compound Can Moderate Defects In Childhood 'Old Age' Syndrome Progeria
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a genetic condition in children that is characterized by dramatic, rapid appearance of aging. Affected children typically look normal at birth and in early infancy but...
A Veteran’s Chemical Burns Expanded Military Doctors’ Knowledge, but His Care Faltered
An Air Force staff sergeant’s wounding by a chemical round led the Army to urge lifelong monitoring of such cases, but he says he was not tracked after retiring.
Doctor Loses License Over Assisted Suicides
Maryland regulators said that Dr. Lawrence D. Egbert had acted as what the Final Exit Network calls an exit guide for six people in Maryland from May 2004 to November...
Disease Control: As Feared, It’s a Season of High Flu Intensity
This year’s strain is proving to be a problem, with an early start to the season and a mismatch with the vaccine.
This Land: An Oasis of Care and Caring for People With Intellectual Disabilities
Parents have long struggled to find compassionate health care for adult children with profound disabilities. Those in Kentucky now have a place to go.
Australia's koalas are giving each other chlamydia
The situation has become so dire that researchers are working on a vaccine that would protect the koalas from contracting the STD
Fingertip blood sensor may save valuable time for trauma patients
Trauma surgeons evaluated the use of the Spot check Pronto-7® Pulse CO-oximeter in 525 critically injured patients. Their study is believed to be the largest one of such a device,...
Resolved to lose weight in 2015? Here are five bad strategies to avoid
Is your New Year’s resolution to lose weight? Here are five bad strategies to avoid, provided by an American physician.
TIAM1 Breakdown - How Lung Cancer Spreads
The researchers at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute discovered that the ties which lash cells together - controlled by a protein called TIAM1 - are chopped up when cell...