Health and Medicine
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.
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....
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. ...
Surprising finding on resilience of 9/11 survivors
Scientists studying the psychological impact of 9/11 on New Yorkers make surprising finding on resilience in survivors....
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....
How fast food rewires our brains
The tactics fast food companies use to get us to overeat, and come back for more -- from shakes in clear plastic cups to apples with caramel....
Breath test detects diabetes, cancer and other diseases
Developers of the breath test say there is an 85 percent accuracy in spotting lung cancer using the breathalyzer....
More access to healthy foods for low-income Americans
A Boston program encourages low-income residents to eat healthier by giving them incentives to buy food at farmers markets....
Genetically tailored virus may cure leukemia
Virus turns T cells into tumor-seeking missiles, and could be the key to curing some cancers....- Israeli medical experience influential in Boston response to marathon bombings
- Monitoring infectious diseases online, on Twitter, gives early warning of outbreaks
- New contraception law in the Philippines indicative of decline of Catholic Church influence
- Parkinson's voice initiative uses voice-based test for potential detection
- Ethiopia moving to address doctor shortage; critics say corners being cut
- Cancer's New Battleground: Infectious diseases a leading cancer cause
- Cancer's New Battleground: In India, a simple test of vinegar makes all the difference
- Cancer's New Battleground: In Haiti, breast cancer presents stark choices
- Cancer's New Battleground: In Uganda, Jackson Orem fighting to establish cancer care
- Medical volunteers learn from mistakes made in rush to Haiti
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