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High Levels Of Air Pollution During Pregnancy Linked To Increased Autism Risk
Source: New York Daily News Pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of air pollution were twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in low pollution areas, a Harvard...
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Medical Group Recognizes Obesity As A Disease
Source: Nanci Hellmich / USA Today The American Medical Association, the nation’s largest physician organization, decided Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease that requires a range of medical...
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HPV Infections Fell By Half In Teen Girls After Vaccine, Study Shows
Source: JoNel Aleccia / NBC News Infections with the human papillomavirus tied to cervical cancer fell by more than half in U.S. teen girls after the HPV vaccine was introduced in 2006, despite...
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Hospital: James Gandolfini Died Of Cardiac Arrest
Source: CBS News Emmy Award-winning actor James Gandolfini died while on vacation in Rome on Wednesday, leaving behind wife Deborah, and two children. Hospital officials in Rome confirmed Thursday that...
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Court Rules Against Government In HIV/AIDS Funding Case
Source: Richard Wolf / USA Today WASHINGTON — The federal government cannot require that groups using its money to combat HIV/AIDS overseas also oppose prostitution and sex trafficking, a divided...
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Nelson Mandela Now In Critical Condition, But South Africa Gov’t Remains...
Source: AP / CBS News JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela’s health has deteriorated and he is now in critical condition, the South African government said Sunday. President Jacob Zuma visited the 94-year-old...
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Police: Man High On Mushrooms Rips Off Part Of Penis
Source: Tammy Stables Battaglia / Detroit Free Press / USA Today DETROIT — A 41-year-old Columbus, Ohio, man is recovering after police say he ripped off part of his penis on a drug-fueled high in...
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Mandela Still In Critical Condition
Source: Christopher Torchia / AP / ABC News South Africa’s president on Tuesday urged his compatriots to show their appreciation for Nelson Mandela, who is in critical condition in a hospital, by...
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Nelson Mandela’s Family Summoned To Hospital
Source: AP / CBS News JOHANNESBURG – Four of Nelson Mandela’s grandchildren carried bouquets of flowers Thursday into the Pretoria hospital where the ailing statesman has been for 20 days, and where he...
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South Africa: Mandela Improved Overnight (VIDEO)
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Christopher Torchia / AP / ABC News The office of the South African president says Nelson Mandela’s health improved overnight, and his...
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Ex-Doc Found Guilty Of Murder In Hep C Case
Source: Ken Ritter / ABC News A prominent former Las Vegas doctor and endoscopy clinic owner was convicted Monday of all 27 criminal charges against him — including second-degree murder — in a 2007...
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Chris Kelly Of Kriss Kross Died Of Drug Overdose
Source: David Beasley / Reuters / Orlando Sentinel ATLANTA – Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross likely died of a drug overdose, police said on Thursday, a day after the...
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Obama Administration To Delay Health Law Requirement Until 2015
Source: Jackie Calmes / The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it would delay for a year, until 2015, the Affordable Care Act mandate that employers provide...
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Drug Overdose Deaths Spike Among Middle-Aged Women
Source: Fatimah Waseem / USA Today More women are dying from prescription painkiller overdoses than ever before, highlighting what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls a growing public...
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Treated For Cancer, Two Men Now Appear Free Of HIV
Source: Maggie Fox / NBC News Two men who had grueling bone marrow treatments for cancer are enjoying a happy side effect: They appear free of the AIDS virus, researchers reported on Wednesday. The...
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Where The Bed Bugs Are: Report Shows Rise In 15 Cities
Source: Jayne Clark / USA Today Start scratching. Terminix has just issued its annual list of top bed-bug infested cities. In a twist this year, the exterminator has identified the 15 top cities with...
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Nelson Mandela “Responding To Treatment,” South African President Says
Source: AP / CBS News JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s president says Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment, though the 94-year-old’s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in...
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Patient Wakes Up As Doctors Get Ready To Remove Organs
Source: Sydney Lupkin / ABC News It was exactly midnight when Colleen Burns eerily opened her eyes and looked at the operating lights above her, shocking doctors who believed she was dead and were...
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Study: Diet Soda Doesn’t Help You Lose Weight
Source: Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star / USA Today Diet soda, it turns out, may not be the panacea for weight loss that we all thought — and many of us hoped — it was. In fact, a Purdue...
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Tennessee Woman Suffering From Back Pain Diagnosed With ‘Ghetto Booty’
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Matt Wilstein / Mediaite When Tennessee woman Terry Ragland went to see a local doctor about her back pain, perhaps she expected he would...
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