by Research Team | Jun 6, 2015 | Health News
GOLETA >> Some of the equipment being used in response to the Santa Barbara County oil spill will be moved off U.S. 101 to allow thousands of participants in the annual AIDS/LifeCycle ride to safely pass the site near Refugio State Beach. The incident command...
by Research Team | Jun 6, 2015 | Health News
Federal health regulators said Friday that a highly-anticipated, experimental drug from Sanofi lowers bad cholesterol more than older drugs. But officials have questions about whether to approve the drug based on that measure alone or wait for additional study...
by Research Team | Jun 6, 2015 | Health News
Oklahoma health officials say the state’s first two cases of West Nile virus this year were not transmitted by bites from the type of mosquitoes that thrive in massive floodwaters like the kind that covered the state the past month. Tulsa Health Department...
by Research Team | Jun 5, 2015 | Health News
Around one in 24 people aged 15-34 in the UK admitted taking cocaine in the last 12 months, figures for 2013/14 show Around one in 24 people aged between 15 and 34 in the UK admitted taking the drug in the last 12 months, figures for 2013/14 showed. This was the...
by Research Team | Jun 5, 2015 | Health News
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has outlined changes to the way controversial performance targets such as A&E and cancer treatment waiting times are reported. Mr Hunt, s peaking at the NHS Confederation’s annual conference in Liverpool, agreed that a...