by Research Team | Feb 12, 2015 | Health News
Describing the latest measles outbreak as “alarming,” Dr. Margaret Hamburg, outgoing commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said on Tuesday that the measles vaccine “should be used by everyone who has not been vaccinated.” Her...
by Research Team | Feb 12, 2015 | Health News
A study ties a host of new diseases to smoking, and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000 deaths each year in the United States are probably due t… Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking...
by Research Team | Feb 12, 2015 | Health News
The Department of Health previously said regulations laid before Parliament to make private vehicles carrying under-18s smoke-free were to ”protect young people from the serious health harms of smoked tobacco”. A change in the law will come into force on...
by Research Team | Feb 12, 2015 | Health News
Woman gives stranger kidney, now they’re engaged Louisville couple met after mom heard patient’s plight on radio show. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: http://usat.ly/1E0QQWr Danny Robinson and Ashley McIntyre, both 26, are engaged and expecting...
by Research Team | Feb 12, 2015 | Health News
People who got the flu shot had no protection against the dominant strain of influenza circulating this winter, public health officials now say. The H3N2 virus was once again prevalent this year and the vaccine has performed poorly against it in recent years because...
by Research Team | Feb 11, 2015 | Health News
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got a warm welcome from Iowa Republicans Monday in his first campaign appearance since returning from a rocky trade trip to the United Kingdom. Christie appeared at an event sponsored by a county GOP organization held in suburban Des...
