
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 […]
Sunday March 17 2013, 3:47 AM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Friday March 15 2013, 5:36 AM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Monday March 11 2013, 1:17 PM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Sunday March 10 2013, 1:18 AM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Saturday March 09 2013, 2:58 AM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Friday March 08 2013, 10:27 AM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Sunday March 03 2013, 3:02 AM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Sunday March 03 2013, 2:45 AM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Friday March 01 2013, 2:52 AM EDT | Posted in
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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 […]
Sunday February 24 2013, 4:53 AM EDT | Posted in
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