Reuters
By Nick Carey. CHICAGO | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:10pm EDT. CHICAGO (Reuters) - In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted on Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number ...
Reuters
CHICAGO | Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:06pm EDT. CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. introduction of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in 2006 has reduced infections with the human papillomavirus or HPV - the sexually transmitted virus that causes the disease - by ...
Medical News Today
Hunger strikers currently detained in Guantánamo Bay should receive independent medical advice, 153 doctors told President Barack Obama in an open letter published today in The Lancet. An increasing number of doctors and healthcare professionals are ...
New York Times
The laboratory of Vera Gorbunova and Andrei Seluanov, a husband-and-wife team of biologists at the University of Rochester, has the feel of a petting zoo. They maintain colonies of several species of rodents — some familiar, like mice and guinea pigs, and ...
CBS News
Updated: 12:06 p.m. ET. Melissa Etheridge said she doesn't agree with Angelina Jolie's choice to have a preventative double mastectomy after learning she had the BRCA gene mutation that could lead to developing breast cancer. In a recent interview with ...
Medical News Today
Many U.S. adults are not up to date on their whooping cough vaccinations, putting vulnerable babies at risk of the potentially deadly disease, according to a new survey. The number of whooping cough (Pertussis) cases is increasing in the United States.
U.S. News & World Report
TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- For stroke victims, 15 minutes can mean the difference between life and death, a new study finds. Rapid treatment with a clot-dissolving drug reduces stroke patients' risk of in-hospital death and increases their ...
CBS News
Natura Pet Products is voluntarily recalling certain dry pet food items because it may be tainted with Salmonella. A press release on the Food and Drug Administrations website stated the products in question include all lot codes of: Innova Dry dog and cat ...
