by Research Team | Dec 19, 2015 | Health News
A plan by a San Francisco Bay Area principal to donate her kidney to a former student has been put on hold after a hospital announced it has suspended a donor program. KTVU reports that on Thursday UCSF Medical Center announced it was voluntarily suspending its living...
by Research Team | Dec 18, 2015 | Health News
A judge has blocked a New York City rule that required preschoolers to get flu shots. Judge Manuel Mendez’s state Supreme Court ruling was issued early Thursday.
by Research Team | Dec 18, 2015 | Health News
Red wine, you have been many things to us over the years. A drink for royalty, a forbidden beverage for women, fuel for a bachelor weekend bender in the movie “Sideways.”
by Research Team | Dec 18, 2015 | Health News
Boston health officials voted Thursday to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products – including electronic cigarettes – from 18 to 21. Mayor Marty Walsh said the city now joins more than 85 other Massachusetts cities and towns...
by Research Team | Dec 18, 2015 | Health News
That’s what the authors of a new study in the journal Nature argue, challenging the findings of research that came out earlier this year. External factors such as exposure to toxins and radiation are a major risk factor in developing cancer, the new study...
by Research Team | Dec 18, 2015 | Health News
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has suffered another setback in its efforts to challenge an Australian law that bans tobacco companies from placing logos on their cigarette packs and forces them instead to feature graphic health warnings. Hong Kong-based Philip Morris...
