Archives for October 2007

According to a study, almost 95,000 Americans contracted an MRSA infection, and it killed 18,650 of them.

A clinical trial on a malaria vaccine just completed in Mozambique has cleared the way for large-scale testing on infants in Africa.

According to a New York Daily News article, the producers of a reality surgery-and-self-esteem show on ABC TV called Extreme Makeover are now being sued in L.A. Superior Court for literally ruining a woman's life.

Not only is the TV killing us slowly by rotting our brains and fattening our bodies – but we're literally living and dying by what's on the tube.

According to a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services, the FDA has ignored the safety of people who let themselves be treated like guinea pigs.

Microwave popcorn and laser printers could have a negative impact on your lungs.

Hundreds of thousands of people have kicked the bucket due to some adverse drug reaction or another, and countless more suffer from their side effects every single day.

To avoid getting breast cancer, some women are opting to do away with their breasts altogether. After all, if something's not there, it can't become cancerous, right?

A bill before the Senate, S. 762, would classify DHEA as an anabolic steroid. Such a classification would land this important naturally occurring hormone on a list of controlled substances, which means you'd no longer be able to get it without a prescription from your doctor.

Dutch and Swedish researchers found that even though more frequent screening increased the number of tumors detected, the PSA failed to reduce the number of aggressive tumors that appeared between screenings.