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Breastfeeding protects childhood cancer survivors--study

Sat, 01/22/2011 - 14:11 by Neka Sehgal

What's good for baby is also good for mother! When women who have survived cancer follow nature's lead and breastfeed their babies, they not only provide substantial benefits to the newborn, but also themselves, claims a new study.

Son claims Reagan had Alzheimer's as president

Mon, 01/17/2011 - 17:00 by Jaspreet Virk

In what can be termed as a startling revelation by Ronald Reagan's son, former American president had Alzheimer's disease when he was in power.

Parental smoking ups risk of high BP in kids--study

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 16:06 by Jaspreet Virk

There is no doubt that second hand smoking poses many health hazards, but ever wondered how it impacts the young ones? Parents who smoke around their children not only expose them to lung disease, but also increase their risk of developing high blood pressure, a new study warns.

Measuring What Counts

Sat, 01/01/2011 - 07:14 by Morgan Housel

 In the early 1970s, the tiny nation of Bhutan stopped focusing on gross domestic product, or GDP. This wasn't because the country was trying to hide its economic progress. It was because King Jigme Singye Wangchuck thought GDP measured the wrong things.

 

FDA okays Gardasil for anal cancer prevention

Sun, 12/26/2010 - 11:50 by Jaspreet Virk

In what can be termed as significant step in the prevention of anal cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given regulatory approval to Gardasil, a human papillomavirus vaccine.

Corcept May Have Hit Pay Dirt

Fri, 12/24/2010 - 12:24 by Brian Orelli

After failing to show a statistically significant effect for treating the psychotic features of psychotic depression in three individual clinical trials, Corcept Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CORT) finally found something that its drug candidate, Corlux, is good at: treating Cushing's syndrome.

Study: Biodeversity loss ups disease risk

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 09:23 by Prince damin

Washington -- Plant and animal extinctions are not just a biodiversity problem but a threat to health, a U.S. study linking biodiversity and infectious diseases says.

Research funded by the National Science Foundation suggests species loss in ecosystems such as forests and fields results in increases in pathogens, disease-causing organisms, an NSF release said Wednesday.

The species most likely to disappear as biodiversity declines are often those that buffer infectious disease transmission, researchers said

Species that remain tend to be the ones that magnify the transmission of infectious diseases like West Nile virus, Lyme disease and hantavirus, they said.

Rescued shelter cat dies in new home

Sat, 11/27/2010 - 23:26 by Prince damin

Blackwood, N.J. -- A fat cat rescued after its owner lost her New Jersey home to foreclosure two years ago has died, his new owner said.

Prince Chunk, who was said to weigh 44 pounds at one point, passed on in his sleep last weekend after being diagnosed with heart disease, Vince Damiani, 20, of Blackwood, N.J., told the New York Daily News.

"We're all upset," he said. "We lost a family member."

Chunk became a celebrity in 2008 when he was found roaming the streets of Voorhees and dropped off at the Camden County Animal Shelter. His owner had abandoned him after losing her home.

The Damianis took in Chunk in August, and he took to his new life, using a litter box in a homemade castle.

Sick airline passenger suspected to be suffering from cholera

Sat, 11/27/2010 - 17:06 by Anter Prakash Singh

The officials of American Airlines have confirmed that there was a suspected cholera patient on flight 778 arriving from Dominican Republic at Miami on Thanksgiving night.

Teva Is Running Scared

Sat, 11/27/2010 - 10:30 by Anders Bylund

 Chief medical Fool Brian Orelli thinks that newly approved multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya from Novartis (NYSE: NVS) might not grab much of the MS therapy market after all. But Teva Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq:TEVA), which makes established MS drug Copaxone, seems to be shaking in its boots.

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Report details risks at biodefense lab

Wed, 11/17/2010 - 07:33 by Prince damin

Kansas City, Mo. -- A biodefense lab planned for Kansas could accidentally release foot-and-mouth disease pathogens unless strong precautions are taken, a report says.

Findings released Monday by the National Research Council warn of a 70 percent chance the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility could accidentally release foot-and-mouth -- the very disease it's designed to fight -- and cause an outbreak at some point within a 50-year period, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported.

Devastating to cattle and other livestock, an outbreak of the pathogen would create between $9 billion and $50 billion in economic losses, the council's report predicted.

Ex-USF star Quintin Dailey dead at 49

Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:24 by Prince damin

Las Vegas -- Former University of San Francisco and NBA basketball player Quintin Dailey has died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, officials said Tuesday.

The Clark County (Nev.) Coroner's Office confirmed Dailey, 49, died Monday at his North Las Vegas home, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

The newspaper said Dailey, who helped vault USF basketball back into national prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s, had been a supervisor at the Parkdale Community Center in Las Vegas where he had been helping at-risk youth.