by Research Team | May 11, 2015 | Health News
Columbia Memorial Hospital and Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute say they’re planning to build a new cancer treatment center in Astoria, Oregon. The hospitals say the collaborative expands its existing chemotherapy treatment...
by Research Team | May 11, 2015 | Health News
Mexico’s public health system has suspended infant vaccines and mounted an investigation after two babies died and 29 were sickened in an impoverished community in southern Mexico. Six of the 29 babies are in grave condition after receiving vaccinations for...
by Research Team | May 10, 2015 | Health News
Three bills in the Republican-controlled Legislature that would decriminalize pot or legalize a marijuana oil to treat seizures all advanced. Supporters of marijuana reforms called it “unprecedented” progress after years of proposals going nowhere.
by Research Team | May 10, 2015 | Health News
The bird flu virus spread further Friday, as Iowa officials announced two more farms that hold a total of 4 million chickens tested positive for H5N2. Since March, the virus has led to the loss of well over 30 million birds in 13 states.
by Research Team | May 10, 2015 | Health News
Julianne Moore’s lovely, nuanced Oscar-winning performance would be enough of a reason to watch “Still Alice,” but the film does a rare thing by taking a clear-eyed look at Alzheimer’s disease. Moore plays Alice Howland, a 50-year-old Columbia University...
