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Fitbit Makes Versa, Ionic Smartwatches Smarter With More Apps

The update has already been released in North America today, but it will take a few days for the roll-out to complete. The best part is that this feature will b...

In a miracle, baby in Congo recovers from Ebola

The baby is now the world's youngest survivor of what the World Health Organisation (WHO) calls the world's second-deadliest Ebola outbreak . Sadly, Benedict...

Salad and fruit found to contain food poisoning bug Norovirus

According to the Sunday Times , the research by the UK's Food Standards Agency found that other foods could contain the virus which is spread through human w...

Fitbit OS 3.0 is giving the Ionic and Versa smartwatches new powers

The most major update is to the dashboard, where you'll now see more details about your exercise and sleep. Instead of recording an exercise and stopping when y...

Judge’s ruling on ‘Obamacare’ poses new problems for GOP

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh launched a counterattack September 13 to save Obamacare, seeking a judgment that the Affordable Care Act is constitution...

Chinese man sniffs smelly socks every day, develops lung infection

The infection spread to his lungs after he breathed in spores. This incident has clearly shown the gas chamber which the People's Republic of China has turn...

USA judge finds obamacare unconstitutional

Further, the Court declares the remaining provisions of the ACA, Pub. However, California Attorney General Xavier Becarra said the decision would be appeale...

Obamacare In Jeopardy After Fort Worth Federal Judge Rules Act Unconstitutional

A federal judge in the USA state of Texas has ruled that a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare , is unconstitutional. Trump ...

Express Scripts Holding Co (ESRX) Position Reduced by Strategic Wealth Partners Ltd.

The institutional investor owned 271,711 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 186,511 shares during the period. About 12,489 shares trad...

Deadline approaching to sign up for Affordable Care Act health insurance

While the comparison-shopping process is similar to prior years, one big change from last year is that you're no longer required to have health insurance. Appli...

Johnson & Johnson Reportedly Knew of Asbestos

Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that their baby powder had occasionally tested positive for small amounts of asbestos over the years, according to a new re...

Federal judge in Texas rules ObamaCare is unconstitutional

The coalition of states challenging the law was led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, both Republicans . O'Co...

CVS Caremark Corp Stock in Q2 2018 Driven by Institutional Investors

About 97,436 shares traded. Argus upped their target price on CVS Health to $100.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, Novem...

Why 10pm on Christmas Eve (or Christmas Day) could be deadly

Academics compared the dates and times of 280,000 heart attacks to take place over 16 years in Sweden . "We do not know for sure but emotional distress with ...

Coffee compounds can help combat Parkinsons

According to experts, in the human body coffee may slow down or halt the progression of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies (neurodegenerati...

Fentanyl is the deadliest drug in America

It states that the rate of overdose deaths involving fentanyl had risen to 9 per 100,000 people, compared to 6.2 per 100,000 in 2016. About half of the meth dea...

Having a first baby at 35 raises breast cancer risk for decades

A new study is challenging conventional understanding of the relationship between pregnancy and breast cancer risk , finding an elevated risk of the diseas...

Late childbirth linked to high breast cancer risk

Reassuringly, she said women should not be anxious about starting a family late, reinforcing that 60% of breast cancers occur after the age of 60, with the ...

Parents, here's a warning for you on screen time

Dr Gaya Dowling of America's National Institute of Health said, 'We don't know if it's being caused by the screen time . Verdict: It seems that children who sp...

South Sudan to begin Ebola vaccinations as 'very high risk'

Thursday said 35 new cases were reported in the DRC as of Tuesday, while two new cases were reported in Butembo, eight in Katwa and two in Kalunguta, both in th...

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Professionals Begin Strike

The strike affects more than 100 Kaiser Permanente clinics and medical facilities, according to the National Union of Healthcare Workers , which represents p...

Kaiser Mental Health Workers Start 5-Day Strike Across California

In 2015, the same group walked picket lines in front of Kaiser's Zion Avenue hospital citing understaffing that drew a $4 million fine from the state Departme...

Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians across California begin 5-day strike

As a result, mental health care appointments during the week may be canceled, but the union's president says the strike is in the long-term best interest of pat...

Brain teasers, puzzles don't actually prevent mental decline

There have been several anecdotal reports that the more the brain is made to work, sharper it remains as it ages. Engaging in intellectual activities, however...

Trump Administration Freezes Acquisition Of Fetal Tissue For Research, Including HIV Experiments

The pause affects two laboratories run by the Bethesda, Maryland-based agency, NIH officials say. Researchers there use fetal tissue donated by women who have h...

Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl Doubled Every Year From 2013 to 2016

Fentanyl killed 18,335 people in the USA in 2016-the most of any drug, making the synthetic opioid the deadliest drug in America. The new report , published We...

Safe antibiotics developed from wasp venom

However, a lot of these compounds are harmful to human beings, which can not be used as antibiotic drugs. What the team at MIT has discovered, however, is tha...

PARENTS Urged To Protect Their Children From Flu

Friends of the couple have launched a GoFundMe page to raise $10,000 to pay for their "compounding medical expenses". Millions of people get sick, hundreds of t...

Are the new breast cancer guidelines putting patients at risk?

And from there, it continues to drop. By 34.5 years after birth of the youngest child, the breast cancer risk is 23 percent lower than the risk in women who h...

Google Fit update brings home screen widgets and a breathing coach

There are two that you can add, one showing the current progress with your Move Minutes and Heart Points while the other allows you to quickly see your steps, c...