by Research Team | Jan 5, 2015 | Health News
Quitting smoking is a common New Year’s resolution, and the American Lung Association has some tips that might help smokers make 2015 the year to really kick the habit. It’s never too late.
by Research Team | Jan 5, 2015 | Health News
It started as a deadly but little-known outbreak in West Africa, but the lethal and unchecked spread of the Ebola virus dominated U.S. headlines for much of 2014, making it one of the year’s top health news… It started as a deadly but little-known outbreak...
by Research Team | Jan 5, 2015 | Health News
NOVEMBER marked the 27th anniversary of one of the most moving, heart-tugging, determined and eventually triumphant mass public campaigns in local history – and in the involvement of this newspaper. For, on what became known and publicised as BlackMonday,...
by Research Team | Jan 5, 2015 | Health News
Just before Christmas, the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug that may be a boon to some of the millions of Americans resolving to shed unhealthy pounds in the New Year. The daily injectable drug, liraglutide, is part of a new class of diabetes medicines...
by Research Team | Jan 4, 2015 | Health News
Avian influenza has been found in a backyard poultry flock in southeast Washington after previously showing up in wild birds in the northwest part of the state, but state officials say there is no immediate public health concern. State Agriculture Department officials...
by Research Team | Jan 4, 2015 | Health News
BREAST cancer survivors and sufferers made Christmas feel a bit more festive by replacing their eyebrows with glitter, tinsel and decorations. Members of the Younger Breast Cancer Network Facebook group decided to get creative by painting and decorating their...
