health & medicine
Drug shortages raise health care costs, endanger patients
Hospitals around the country are experiencing serious shortages of drugs -- those used for chemotherapy, infections and pain management are in short supply.
How to fight bed bugs without using poisonous chemicals
People desperate to get rid of bed bugs are making themselves sick by using harsh chemicals and exposing themselves to insecticide poisoning.
Global mental health issues woefully overlooked
The United Nations has made it a goal to improve maternal and child health, but mental health issues around the world remain woefully overlooked.
Cash offered for proof that Bachmann's HPV claim is true
Two bioethics professors are offering to pay more than $10,000 for medical records that prove the HPV story told by Michele Bachmann is true.
Factory farms may be breeding drug-resistant bacteria
Overuse of antibiotics on animals is leading to fears that factory farms are creating drug-resistant pathogens, like the staph infection, MRSA.
Laughter can act like painkiller, according to new study
A new study from Oxford University found that test subjects who laughed were able to withstand nearly 10 percent more pain that other those who didn't.
WIFI causes headaches, chronic pain for some
A range of symptoms that sufferers of electromagnetic hypersensitivity feel include acute headaches, skin irritation and chronic pain.
'Contagion': How real life could imitate art
According to an epidemiologist, the deadly pandemic virus in the blockbuster film "Contagion" could happen in real life.
Form of chronic, mild depresson often goes untreated
If you're feeling gloomy, moody and have low energy, you could have the chronic, mild depression called dysthymia.
Overtreatment of malaria in Africa raises concerns
Prescribing malaria medication to patients who don’t need it wastes resources and can lead to drug resistance, say African health officials.
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