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More U.S. physicians are selling their private practices to work at larger healthcare companies.

- "Health reform is challenging...

Government scientists said formaldehyde and styrene pose risk of cancer

- Formaldehyde found in plywood,...

Gilead, Maker of H.I.V. Drugs, said it had received a subpoena for documents related to its manufacturing and quality and distribution practices

shares down 2.4 percent, to...

Russell Crowe apologizes for calling circumcision barbaric & after actor is labeled anti-Semitic

comments: "It is barbaric. Just...

A rare & lethal fungus has been found in 8 people, killing 3, in Joplin, Missouri, site of last month’s devastating tornado

It's believed fierce winds kicked...

Germany: sprouts are the cause of the E. coli outbreak

E. coli death toll hits 30 in Germany

In Berlin, the Robert Koch...

Piercing the Fog Around Mobile Phones and Cancer

The debate about cellphone safety...

Cancer medicines desperately needed are in short supply, undermining the ability of U.S. doctors to administer treatments, top oncologists warned this week.

Generic chemotherapy drugs are in...

Peer-to-peer Healthcare

Many Americans turn to friends...

The Social Life of Health Information, 2011

The internet has changed people’s...

CDC and Prevention disclosed that out of nearly 300 raw meat samples purchased from 30 Detroit supermarkets, six samples tested positive for the bacterium MRSA.

Children are becoming weaker, less muscular and unable to do physical tasks that previous generations found simple, research has revealed

The study concludes that the...

Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk... late last year launched a website and iPad/iPhone application called Coags Uncomplicated, which offers tools to help doctors diagnose bleeding disorders...

Citing data from market-research firms,...

Simply crossing your hands confuses your brain and distracts it from any pain being administered, a study suggests. Dr Iannetti believes that the effect was caused by the brain being confused.

"In everyday life you mostly...

Why are unhealthy people so reluctant to change their lifestyles? It takes more than a wake-up call, even a life-threatening one, to get smokers, diabetics and obese people to give up their unhealthful ways.

[ latimes.com ]

From the Fields to Inner City, Pesticides Affect Children’s IQ

Scientists studying the effects of...

For every $1 spent on health care in the USA, $0.83 is spent on a patient who is overweight or obese

[ bbc.co.uk ]

Flame retardant chemical suspected in cancer is in baby products

New research into flame retardants...

Study finds makeup brands like L'Oreal, Mary Kay and Sephora contain toxic heavy metals that "can build up in the body over time and may increase risk for a variety of health problems."

The study tested 49 products...