by Research Team | Mar 15, 2015 | Health News
Destination Brands and Mount Sinai Medical Center are sponsors of the project. The head of the hospital’s melanoma program tells The Miami Herald that Florida is seeing an increasing number of melanoma cases.
by Research Team | Mar 14, 2015 | Health News
Raising the legal age to buy tobacco to higher than 18 would likely prevent premature death for hundreds of thousands of people, according to a report issued Thursday by the Institute of Medicine. The report examines the public health effects of increasing the age to...
by Research Team | Mar 14, 2015 | Health News
Ebola’s toll moved beyond 10,000 deaths Thursday even as researchers warned of yet another threat to hard-hit West Africa: On the heels of the unprecedented devastation, large outbreaks of measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases could move into the...
by Research Team | Mar 14, 2015 | Health News
Four new deaths due to influenza are being reported in Oklahoma to bring the record number of deaths this flu season to nearly 100. The Oklahoma State Department of Health said Thursday that 98 people have died and more than 2,000 people have been hospitalized due to...
by Research Team | Mar 14, 2015 | Health News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports about 25 percent of all deaths each year in the United States can be attributed to heart disease, making it the single largest killer of both men and women. Taking a preventive approach and making healthy choices...
by Research Team | Mar 14, 2015 | Health News
A world virtually free of tobacco and its devastating health consequences could be a reality within 30 years if governments showed political will and took stronger action against cigarette companies, health experts said on Friday. The international group of public...
