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Coffee And Green Tea Believed To Reduce Stroke Risk

Coffee And Green Tea Believed To Reduce Stroke Risk

Doctor Yoshihiro Kokubo, chief doctor at the National and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka, is conducting the first large scale test to determine the effect regular consumption of green tea and coffee can have on our health, specifically, on reducing stroke risk. The study was published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association and was […]

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Struck Out By Attorney General

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Struck Out By Attorney General

The prohibition of medical marijuana dispensaries by Wakefield was struck down by the office of the state attorney general. It indicated that under state law towns cannot ban centers since they can only regulate them. Prohibitions such as these can hinder the reason for the law that allows marijuana to be legally used by patients […]

The CDC Announces New Virus Threat

The CDC Announces New Virus Threat

Health specialists at the Center for Disease Control or CDC have expressed concern over a new virus that has made 14 people sick worldwide and caused eight of them to die. The concerns were expressed even though no cases were signaled in the United States. The virus named hCoV-EMC, seems to cause respiratory illness and […]

Norovirus Suspected To Have Affected Cruise Passengers

Norovirus Suspected To Have Affected Cruise Passengers

A suspected norovirus may have affected over 100 passengers of a cruise ship of the Royal Caribbean International as it returned to port. Following an eleven-night cruise in the Caribbean, the Vision of the Seas went back to Port Everglades in Florida with 105 passengers along with three crew members affected by stomach illness. The […]

Medical Marijuana May Be Legalized In Florida

Medical Marijuana May Be Legalized In Florida

The move to legalize marijuana, even for medical use is still strong in the U.S. especially following the success it had in states like Colorado and Washington. The question of how this could be achieved is still on the table especially as federal law prohibits such an initiative. The Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act seems […]

Multiple Sclerosis Drug Undergoes Testing

Multiple Sclerosis Drug Undergoes Testing

A significant number of people suffer from multiple sclerosis around the world. With the coming of the Multiple Sclerosis Month, the government is set to release a new drug that will reduce the pain of people who suffer from this inflammatory disease. A person with the disease indicated that he lost sight in one eye […]

Fukushima Children Have Higher Chance Of Getting Cancer

Fukushima Children Have Higher Chance Of Getting Cancer

Infants that were present in Japan’s Fukushima area during the 2011 tsunami and nuclear power plant accident are said to have a higher lifetime risk of contracting some cancers, noted the World Health Organization. In a huge risk assessment study, the World Health organization said that little girls are the most exposed with a 70 […]

Rite Aid Increases Online Service Locations

Rite Aid Increases Online Service Locations

The online doctor service that Rite Aid offers for its clients was expanded recently. It offers a cheaper option to the typical primary care appointment. The NowCLinic Online Care program of the third biggest drugstore operator in the US will be accessible in 58 locations in the cities of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. The […]

Hawaii Deemed Happiest And Healthiest State In The Union

Hawaii Deemed Happiest And Healthiest State In The Union

When it comes to being happy and of course healthy it seems that Americans have the best shot at achieving both in Hawaii. Even if it seems like a no brainer, the small Island Paradise ranked as the place with the most well-being out of all 50 states in a poll conducted recently. On the […]

Tuberculosis Outbreak Compel LA To Request Federal Assistance

Tuberculosis Outbreak Compel LA To Request Federal Assistance

Federal officials were requested to assist by the LA County health officials to control a tuberculosis outbreak that is starting to worsen among homeless people in the downtown area. A specific strain of the disease was identified among 78 people in the last five years that resulted to the death of 11 people. Sixty of […]

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