Calcium supplementation -- without giving vitamin D at the same time -- appears to increase the risk of myocardial infarction, a new review of past research has shown.
Prostate cancer vaccine, Provenge, adds 4 months to life, at a pricetag of 100K. The first-ever approved cancer vaccine, Provenge offers hope to men with advanced prostate cancer, but the high cost of this new treatment raises healthcare policy questions.
Dengue, (pronounced DEN-ghee) is a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes. It is caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses (DENV 1, DENV 2, DENV 3, or DENV 4), carried most often by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and less frequently, by Aedes albopictus.
The South and East Coast have taken a real beating this summer from record-breaking temperatures and unrelenting heat. June was the hottest month on record, with temperatures nearly 2 degrees above the 20th-century average for the month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA's records stretch as far back as 1880.
After beating breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate will soon move on to perhaps her most challenging role yet: motherhood. The former sitcom star, 38, has announced that she is expecting her first child, coming two years after she underwent a double mastectomy in July 2008. While Applegate may be one of the most high-profile women to get pregnant after undergoing breast-cancer treatment, she certainly isn't alone.
Rachel Clark, an OB-GYN resident at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, says there's no margin for error on the labor floor. Work comes first, her life comes second.
Two new studies published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that if you're not sure how to properly administer CPR, chest compressions alone may be as effective, if not more effective, than traditional CPR which calls for both chest pumping and rescue breathing.
The eerily similar deaths of Brittany Murphy and her husband Simon Monjack a mere five months apart is "unusual" but not mold-related, according to LA County assistant chief coroner, Ed Winter. Rumors flew last week after a TMZ report suggested that toxic mold was the culprit behind the hollywood couples fatal pneumonia, but though the house may have mold, it wasn't a factor in the couples' death, Winter says.
Good Morning America teams up with Mens Health magazine to show you the best things to drink -- and to avoid -- when your going for refreshments this summer.
A Health Department initiative in 2009 to inspect the food and beverage outlets at all 107 North American arenas and stadiums for Major League Baseball, National Football League, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association teams turned up disturbing findings. Here are some tips for avoiding a food-borne illness on your next trip to the ball park.
There's a kitten in Texas that owes one of its eight remaining lives to nine-year-old Clayton Williams.
After getting stuck in a tree last Tuesday, Clayton heard it crying and climbed the tree to rescue it.
But the kitten fell to the ground, and so did Clayton.
Clayton saw the kitten wasn't moving, and knew he needed to get it home.
The problem was that as a result of the fall, Clayton broke more than a dozen bones on the left side of his body.
When Andree Marion brushes her teeth with her left hand, her right hand will automatically do an "air brush" impression. When she turns a door knob with her right hand, the left one with twist in kind. Because of a rare condition known as mirror dystonia, Marion's hands will perpetually act in tandem. Thanks to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers now understand why.
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