by Research Team | Nov 27, 2014 | Health News
As Ri… SEVERN, Md. – Alyssa Riggan hasn’t dwelled on being the first person in the U.S. to successfully receive part of a liver from a living donor 25 years ago, a medical procedure that paved the way for routine live-donor transplants.
by Research Team | Nov 26, 2014 | Health News
The Senate Democrats’ top message man is urging the party leftward in the wake of crushing midterm election losses, saying working Americans want a robust government that will promote education access, labor bargaining rights, progressive taxes and more. At a...
by Research Team | Nov 26, 2014 | Health News
Dutch researchers have developed a device that may reduce the discomfort many women feel during a mammogram while preserving the quality of the image. Breast compression is necessary in mammography for imaging purposes, but it can be painful.
by Research Team | Nov 26, 2014 | Health News
Consumers across most of America will see their health insurance premiums go up next year for popular plans under President Barack Obama’s health care law. But it will take time for families to figure out the best bang for their budgets – even as a bigger...
by Research Team | Nov 26, 2014 | Health News
Lawyers have brokered a tentative deal to settle part of a class-action lawsuit filed over an E. coli outbreak and the largest meat recall in Canadian history. The lawsuit is against XL Foods Inc., which operated a meat-packing plant in southern Alberta during the...
by Research Team | Nov 26, 2014 | Health News
Dr. Denham Harman, a renowned scientist who developed the most widely accepted theory on aging that’s now used to study cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and other illnesses, has died in Nebraska at age 98. Harman, who worked into his mid-90s at the Univ. of...
