SCIENCE & HEALTH NEWS

Recent Entries:

Dr. Alan Goldbloom: Get ready for higher medical costs

The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating

Fit, Not Frail: Exercise as a Tonic for Aging

Your Brain Lies to You

Studies Find Link Between Alzheimer’s, Calcium

New clue to Alzheimer’s found

Calif. cracks down on 13 genetic testing startups

Tomatoes pulled off shelves amid salmonella scare

CDC: Salmonella illnesses spread to 16 states

CDC: Tomatoes eyed in salmonella cases in 9 states

Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy

The Miracle of Green Tea

World Bank acts to mitigate food crisis

Scientists warn of rising Pacific Coast acidity

World Hunger

Finding the Best Way to Cook All Those Vegetables

Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain

Receptor which causes sun-induced skin cancer found

Medicare’s Much-Too-Hard Sell

Carbon nanotubes mimic asbestos in early study

Genetically modified human embryo stirs criticism

Democrats Warn About Hospital Capacity

Health Economics 101

Minn. working to prevent a measles outbreak

Pentagon moves to reduce stigma of mental counseling

Cash Before Chemo: Hospitals Get Tough

The Frightening Heparin Case

Idaho lab develops a quicker way to catch a thief

Studies on Chemical In Plastics Questioned

CDC: Flu season worst in years, vaccine ineffective

Maker of Lipitor Digs in to Fight Generic Rival

Gov’t raises safety questions about chemical in plastics

Larger hippocampus may ward off Alzheimer’s

Bird flu patch gets government go-ahead

Co-Payments for Expensive Drugs Soar

Costs Soar for Mass. Health Care Law

Drug Companies to Reveal Grant Practices

Study finds huge variations in the cost of end-of-life care for Medicare patients

Doctors Support Universal Health Care: Survey

Doubt Hangs Over Personal Gene Scans

Sweeps of Human DNA Yield Discoveries

CDC gives $38.1 million to build intrusive patient monitoring system

Grant to Help Expand Rural Telemedicine

Owner of slaughterhouse accused of abusing cattle, using sick animals backs off claims

Slaughterhouse boss says ill cows were not headed into food supply

Vaccine against ‘strep throat’ may be coming

Oregon Holds Health Insurance Lottery

Health Net ordered to pay $9 million after canceling cancer patient’s policy

Cancer and the bacterial connection

Delay Of Report Is Blamed On Politics