by Research Team | May 11, 2015 | Health News
It’s Mother’s Day, and health officials are using the occasion to remind parents of University of Oregon students to make sure their kids get vaccinated against meningococcal disease. Lane County Public Health says parents will likely have increased...
by Research Team | May 11, 2015 | Health News
Oneeka Robb with her children Scarlet, 7, William, 4, and friend Christina Holman and Adele, 2, at the Mother’s Day Classic. Oneeka Robb could easily have opted for a cosy breakfast in bed to celebrate her birthday and mother’s day on Sunday.
by Research Team | May 11, 2015 | Health News
Children as young as 10 are smoking cigarettes, gorging on junk food and drinking energy drinks for breakfast to prepare for their exams, new research has found. A poll of more than 1,000 youngsters who took Key Stage Two SATs last year found eight had smoked on the...
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.
