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BWMC genetic counselor helps patients fight breast cancer

A few hundred employees rocked temporary pink hair on Wednesday to raise awareness of the importance of early detection, to advocate for a cure and show support...

There’s even more evidence that artificial sweeteners like aspartame could be unsafe

In fact, artificial sweeteners can actually damage your digestive tract; specifically, your gut's natural bacteria. This isn't the first study to find evide...

Another study raises questions about your daily glass(es) of alcohol

The study is published online October 3 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research . But what of all the studies that have suggested a hea...

Minnesota town alerts residents over 'tipsy' birds

Certain berries in the Gilbert area have begun to ferment sooner than expected due to an early frost. Techar then explained that the problem may appear more pro...

Know the difference between 'e-cigarettes' and 'cigarettes' Check here!!

There are enough key differences between cigarettes and these products, especially newer-generation devices, to show that they are not interchangeable nicotine ...

Study casts doubt on the benefits of light drinking

The increased risk of death was consistent across age groups. This new study comes after research from Washington University in Seattle, which looked at all t...

Flu season hitting the state early this year

The annual NHS Wales Beat Flu campaign has been launched and will be offered to residential and care home staff for the first time. The release also states th...

1 in 3 US adults eat fast food each day

The report found that Americans tend to taper off fast foods as they age. 'These people probably grew up with fast food, and they're not cooking as much, sett...

Cambridge scientist Sir Greg Winter wins Nobel prize for chemistry

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has made a decision to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 with one half to Frances H. Arnold for "for the directe...

Evolutionary Scientists Win Nobel Chemistry Prize

The enzymes that resulted from her research have made it possible to develop new ways to make key pharmaceuticals and more environmentally friendly processes fo...

North Carolina Has A Massive Mosquito Problem After Hurricane Florence

Some of the largest known mosquitoes in the world are creating a buzz across parts of North Carolina, and residents have Hurricane Florence to thank for it. S...

Alberta's battle against Influenza begins October 15

Last winter the flu and related illnesses claimed the lives of more than 80,000 people in the USA, making it the deadliest season in four decades, yet health pr...

Florence floods breed large, aggressive mosquitoes

Cassie Vadovsky told USA Today that when she returned home after picking her daughter up from school on Tuesday night, she was greeted by a massive swarm of t...

Conjoined twins fly to Melbourne for life-changing separation surgery

The team at Monash University first became aware of the twins a year ago, and after months of wrangling with both the Australian and Bhutanese immigration depar...

Surfer dies from brain eating amoeba after visiting Waco, Texas, resort

Meanwhile, the BSR Surf Resort voluntarily closed its doors until the results of the analysis determine whether the surfer was infected, or not, in the artifi...

Probe Ordered After Contaminated Polio Vaccine Given To Children In Uttar Pradesh

The surveillance teams have also been asked to step up the monitoring of the children and keep a close watch for any symptoms. The government had set up a commi...

New vaccine offers hope for cancer patients

According to the data from a clinical trial presented at the Fourth CRI-CIMT-EATI-AACR International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference: Translating Science into...

My Heart, Your Heart

This World Heart Day , pledge to take better care of your heart! "It is the same with the heart issues". Heart-healthy foods include fruits, and vegetables. La...

Too much screentime daily may damage kid's brain function

Jeremy Walsh, lead author of the study, said in a press release . When paired with ample sleep and physical activity, kids aged 8 to 10 were able to perform ...

Landmark cancer therapy wins Nobel prize

The 9 million kronor ($1.01 million) prize was announced Monday by the Nobel Assembly of Sweden's Karolinska Institute. Medicine is the first of the Nobel P...

CDC investigating 'brain eating amoeba' at surf resort in Waco

The 29-year-old man died in New Jersey earlier this month after falling ill with Naegleria fowleri . Kelly Craine, Waco-McLennan County Public Health Distric...

FDA approves Lilly migraine drug; price same as rivals

Early demand for Aimovig has been strong, buoyed in part by Amgen programs giving patients two months of free samples followed by up to a year's supply of the...

First rebel group begins withdrawal from Syria's Idlib

Meetings have been recently taking place between representatives of the rebel groups in Idlib and the Turkish intelligence to reach a mechanism to impose the...

Newer Birth Control Pills Tied to Lower Odds for Ovarian Cancer

Nonetheless, Iversen's gathering indicated earlier research that found that women who took the more seasoned types of oral contraceptives had a tendency to ...

5 more CT residents test positive for West Nile

Wear light-coloured clothing with long sleeves and trousers. Four of the West Nile cases were neuroinvasive, a serious form of the disease where the virus att...

CDC officials say vaccinations important for flu and pneumonia disease prevention

In past seasons, flu deaths ranged from a low of about 12,000 to a high of about 56,000. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting vaccinated each year. D...

Aetna dishes off drug plan to WellCare

Health insurer Aetna is selling all of its standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan business to a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans. WellCare ...

People Died of Flu Last Winter in the U.S.

The Northern Kentucky Health Department announced Wednesday that it is taking part in the statewide "Focus on Flu " campaign to help prevent a repeat of last y...

Kavanaugh wrongly claims he could drink legally in Md

In Judge's book, he writes about wild parties at Georgetown Prep, the school where he and Kavanaugh became friends. Nearly everyone did. Sometimes I had too man...

World's first human case of rat disease hepatitis E discovered

He continued to show signs of abnormal liver function, said Sridhar, with no obvious cause. According to University of Hong Kong (HKU) researchers, it remains...