by Research Team | Dec 16, 2014 | Health News
Japan on Tuesday ordered the slaughter of some 4,000 chickens after officials confirmed bird flu at a poultry farm in the southwest of the country. DNA tests confirmed the H5 strain of the virus at a farm in Miyazaki after its owner reported more than 20 sudden deaths...
by Research Team | Dec 16, 2014 | Health News
The latest Monitoring the Future survey, released on Tuesday by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, finds children are smoking fewer cigarettes, drinking less alcohol and abusing fewer prescription and synthetic drugs. Marijuana rates are stable, even with the...
by Research Team | Dec 15, 2014 | Health News
TWO more MPs have backed the Lancashire Telegraph’s Save Our Services campaign, which bids to ensure seven specialist services are kept at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals. As reported yesterday, the services may come under threat of closure as...
by Research Team | Dec 15, 2014 | Health News
This Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, a screen shot shows the home page of HealthCare,gov, a federal government website managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service. President Barack Obama’s health insurance expansion faces the biggest test of its...
by Research Team | Dec 15, 2014 | Health News
The Penguins announced the diagnosis Sunday after holding the two-time MVP out of games Friday and Saturday as a precaution when swelling developed on the right side of Crosby’s face. Crosby underwent further testing Saturday.
by Research Team | Dec 15, 2014 | Health News
Connecticut’s health insurance exchange is reminding people to sign up by Monday if they want to have coverage beginning with the new year. Access Health CT’s acting chief executive, Jim Wadleigh, says it has been working hard to get word out that people...
