Cadmium Spill in China Threatens Drinking Water for Millions
A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from the river, state media reported on Friday.
Bill Gates Injects $750 Million Into Troubled AIDS Fund
Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates pledged a further $750 million to the troubled global AIDS fund on Thursday and urged governments to continue their support to save lives.
Swimming Lowers Blood Pressure in Older Adults
Many older adults like to take a dip a pool, and now a small study suggests it can be good for their blood pressure. Researchers found that those who started swimming a few times a week lowered their systolic blood pressure -- the "top" number in a blood pressure reading.
PFC Chemicals Tied to Immune Issues in Kids
Children exposed to chemicals from food packaging and textile products may have compromised immune systems, researchers said Tuesday. They found kids with more perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, in their blood stream were less likely to respond to routine vaccines.
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First Patients Shown to Improve With Embryonic Stem Cells
Jan 24, 2012
Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart. She has suffered from Stargardt's disease, the most common form of macular degeneration in young patients, since she was a teenager, and it was getting progressively worse.
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Brain Scans Spot Early Signs of Dyslexia
Jan 24, 2012
Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the reading problem even before children start school, long before they become labeled as poor students and begin to lose confidence in themselves.
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Bird Flu Death Reported in Southwest China
Jan 23, 2012
A man in southwest China died of bird flu on Sunday after three days of intensive care treatment in hospital, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Health as saying.
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Insurance Providers Urged to Cover Experimental Drugs
Jan 23, 2012
When your health insurance provider denies an experimental treatment or a high-cost drug, how much are you willing to pay for the care you believe you need?
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Alzheimer's Disease Drug by 2025: Is This Goal Too Ambitious?
Jan 20, 2012
The U.S. government has set a deadline of 2025 for finding an effective way to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, an ambitious target considering there is no cure on the horizon and one that sets a firm deadline unlike previous campaigns against cancer or AIDS.
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U.S. Indoor Tanning Tax Having Mixed Effects
Jan 20, 2012
Although a 2010 federal excise tax was meant to deter customers from using indoor tanning salons, only a minority of the businesses taking part in a new survey reported a drop in clients and most said their customers did not seem to care.
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PIP Founder: France "Criminal" in Recommending Removal
Jan 19, 2012
The founder of a French company at the heart of an international health scandal acknowledged on Wednesday that he had used unapproved silicone in breast implants, but said France's recommendation for women to have them removed was "criminal.".
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One in Five Americans Mentally Ill in 2010
Jan 19, 2012
One in five adults in the United States, or nearly 50 million people, suffered mental illnesses in the past year with women and young adults suffering disproportionately, a government report released on Thursday found.
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FDA Approves BTG's Voraxaze Drug for Cancer Toxicity
Jan 18, 2012
U.S. health regulators gave the nod on Tuesday to a drug from British specialty drugmaker BTG Plc that helps cancer patients get rid of toxic levels of a chemotherapy treatment.
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Little Change in U.S. Obesity Rates in Recent Years
Jan 18, 2012
The number of kids and adults in the United States who are obese has held steady over the last few years, two reports out Tuesday suggest.
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