Pollution linked to appendicitis
BBC News reports here: Air pollution may increase risk of developing the life-threatening condition appendicitis, research suggests.
Archive for the 'Health' Category
Calorie overload sends the brain haywire: study
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON - Overeating makes the brain go haywire, prompting a cascade of damage that may cause diabetes, heart disease and other ills, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Vitamin ‘may blunt cancer drugs’
BBC News reports here: Vitamin C supplements may reduce benefit from wide range of anti-cancer drugs, research suggests.
Statins ‘prevent artery ageing’
BBC News reports here: Drugs given to heart patients to lower cholesterol may have an additional benefit - keeping their blood vessels feeling younger.
Malaria battle given $3bn boost
BBC News reports here: World leaders and philanthropists pledge nearly $3bn (£1.6bn) to fight malaria, a disease which kills 1m people each year.
More nations pull tainted Chinese food
CNN reports here: Australia, New Zealand and India have joined a growing list of countries pulling contaminated Chinese food products — everything from candy to biscuits — from store shelves.
Dairy-related illnesses rise in Hong Kong
CNN News reports here: HONG KONG, China - Health officials in Hong Kong reported two new cases of kidney stones in children who have consumed melamine-tainted dairy products.
Florida’s Medicaid recipients file federal lawsuit
AP reports here at Yahoo News: PLANT CITY, Fla. - Charles Todd Lee spent a lifetime going backstage at concerts, following politicians on the campaign trail and capturing iconic shots of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Mick Jagger to Mickey Mantle. Today, he enjoys such freedom only in his dreams.
Breast cancer vaccine hope raised
BBC News reports here: Researchers have developed a vaccine they say has completely eliminated a type of breast cancer tumour in tests on mice.