by Research Team | Sep 5, 2015 | Health News
After 25 years of ranking beaches, the professor known as “Dr. Beach” is starting his list of best beaches over from scratch in 2016. And he’ll be giving extra credit to beaches that ban smoking.
by Research Team | Sep 5, 2015 | Health News
” Medical experts and scientists said Friday it’s unlikely that a German sailor with a bacterial skin infection that’s resistant to antibiotics contracted the illness in polluted Olympic waters. Sailor Erik Heil fell ill after competing in a...
by Research Team | Sep 5, 2015 | Health News
” Authorities say emergency workers called to a conference center in northern Germany found some 30 people staggering and suffering from cramps, apparently as a result of amphetamine poisoning. The local government said 15 ambulances and a helicopter were sent...
by Research Team | Sep 5, 2015 | Health News
SACRAMENTO >> State Sen. Ricardo Lara on Friday dropped his effort to allow people who are in the country illegally to buy private insurance through California’s health insurance marketplace. Lara, D-Bell Gardens, removed language seeking a federal waiver...
by Research Team | Sep 5, 2015 | Health News
Thousands of patients will miss out on life-extending drugs after NHS England removed some from the Cancer Drugs Fund. Among the drugs de-listed are those to treat breast cancer, multiple myeloma, bowel cancer, pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer and leukaemia.
by Research Team | Sep 4, 2015 | Health News
A new legal ruling on minimum pricing for alcohol does not rule out the introduction of the controversial policy, Scotland’s First Minister has insisted. Nicola Sturgeon said the opinion, from European Court of Justice advocate general Yves Bot, set out the...