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The World Health Organization announced on Friday it was set to approve a new target to reduce premature deaths from chronic illnesses such as heart disease by a quarter by 2025.
Chile will soon cover sex change surgeries under its public health plan in order to allow citizens of limited means to "recover their true sexual identity," Health Minister Jaime Manalich said.
Australia said Friday it would "vigorously defend" itself against complaints about its plan for plain cigarette packaging made by Honduras and Ukraine to the World Trade Organisation.
Germany's medical association has adopted a declaration apologizing for sadistic experiments and other actions of doctors under the Nazis.
The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the disabled.
The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday.
(Reuters) - The lawyer assigned to handle the defense of Pedro Hernandez, the man who New York police say has confessed to strangling Etan Patz 33 years ago, has a track record of representing high-profile homicide defendants with a history of mental illness. Harvey Fishbein, a 39-year veteran of criminal defense law in New York, wasted no time in signaling that Hernandez's mental fitness would be an issue in the case. ...
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans suffering from kidney stones has almost doubled since 1994, researchers report, and the obesity epidemic is the most likely reason why.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Women with advanced breast cancer who have higher levels of fitness during treatment tend to live longer than women with lower levels of fitness during treatment, new research finds.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- People in lower Manhattan whose homes were damaged in the 9/11 terrorist attacks are more likely to have symptoms of respiratory diseases than those whose homes were not damaged, a new study indicates.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've learned why a ripe, homegrown tomato tastes so much better than the bland supermarket variety.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- People with inflammatory bowel disease, which includes Crohn's disease and colitis, may be at increased risk for flare-ups when they fly or travel to high altitudes for skiing or mountain climbing, a new study suggests.
Chemicals in PVC Flooring Can Be Absorbed Into Children's Bodies: StudyFri, 25 May 2012 19:24:33 -0400
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Phthalates in PVC flooring materials can be absorbed by children's bodies, a new study shows.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have long known that some kids suffering severe emotional turmoil find relief in physical pain -- cutting or burning or sticking themselves with pins to achieve a form of release.
(HealthDay News) -- Small magnets that dislodge from toys or products for adults pose choking and ingestion hazards. If swallowed by young children, they can lead to choking or serious injury to the stomach and digestive tract.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients' primary goal in talking with their doctors about information they've found on the Internet is to get more insight and advice on the online information, new research indicates.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who received a flu shot to protect them against the H1N1 swine flu virus had a significantly reduced risk of stillbirth, preterm birth and of having a baby small for gestational age, according to a new study.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Only one in 14 Hispanic adults in the United States has ever been screened for skin cancer, far fewer than the one in four whites screened, a new study finds.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to loud music at a rock concert often results in temporary hearing loss for teenagers, researchers say.
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Investigating indigenous Amazonian or African peoples who still follow a hunter-gatherer or forager-horticulturist lifestyle is giving new insights into how diet and lifestyle affect the heart as humans age.
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(HealthDay News) -- There are plenty of ways to squeeze in exercise and some social time at work without sacrificing productivity.
THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- One in five people suffers from tinnitus, the annoying and sometimes severely debilitating condition often referred to as "ringing in the ears," and new research may offer some hope for relief for these patients.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers. Airwaves in the most populous U.S. state are filling up with advertising for and against Proposition 29, a June 5 ballot measure that would add a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes, taking the tax to $1.87, mainly to fund medical research on tobacco usage and programs to prevent and control it. ...
Heal the Bay terms a polluted beach as a "Beach Bummer." The latest samples show that seven out of California's 10 most polluted beaches are in Los Angeles County.
COMMENTARY | What do you think about visiting your computer when you have a seemingly common medical problem instead of getting in your car and driving to your doctor's office? Sounds appealing, right?
(Reuters) - Facing a May 31 deadline, the Illinois General Assembly on Friday raced to pass legislation to stop the state from sinking under pension and Medicaid payments, which account for 39 percent of general fund spending. Both chambers of the Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday sent Governor Pat Quinn a bill that would slice spending on Medicaid, the joint federal-state healthcare program for the poor, by $1.6 billion by reducing eligibility and provider rates and cutting or eliminating programs. ...
(Reuters) - Tranzyme Pharma said its experimental drug to improve gastrointestinal recovery after surgery failed to meet the main or secondary goals of a second late-stage trial. In March, the company said it would stop development of the drug, ulimorelin, after it failed earlier late-stage study. "These results confirm the findings of the earlier study and support our earlier decision to stop all (new drug application) activities for ulimorelin," the company said in a statement. ...
