CHICAGO – A study using new imaging technology found “silent” heart attacks may be far more common, and more deadly, than suspected, U.S. researchers said.
CHICAGO – A study using new imaging technology found “silent” heart attacks may be far more common, and more deadly, than suspected, U.S. researchers said.
WASHINGTON - The US Environmental Protection Agency shifted course Friday by deeming carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a health risk, in a landmark turnaround that could impact climate change regulation.
NEW YORK - New Yorkers looking for a quick beauty fix risk death from unlicensed practitioners offering oil injections to enhance prized body parts, health authorities warned Friday.
PARIS - These are dangerous times: suicide rates go up in the Spring and during an economic downturn, an analysis of suicide trends published on Friday shows.
WASHINGTON - Two genetic variants linked to an increased risk of ischemic stroke, the third leading cause of death in the United States, have been identified for the first time in a study released.
NEW YORK – Replacing sugar-laden drinks with water has a dramatic impact on the amount of calories kids consume and may help in the fight against childhood obesity, researchers report.
CHICAGO - People with type 1 diabetes who got stem cell transplants were able to go as long as four years without needing insulin treatments, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
LONDON - A new drug against Alzheimer’s disease, developed by British researchers, has shown promise in tests on a handful of patients.
PARIS - French drugmaker Ipsen said on Tuesday it was in talks with the U.S health authority to detail any possible side effects of its anti-wrinkle drug Reloxin before it can win final marketing approval.
TRENTON, New Jersey - U.S. diabetics are increasingly risking life and limb by cutting back on or even going without doctor visits, insulin, medicines and blood-sugar testing as they lose income and health insurance in the recession, an Associated Press analysis has found.