A performer in the U.S. adult film industry has tested positive for HIV, forcing at least two adult film companies to halt filming as a precautionary measure. The case, the first in more than a year for the thriving adult film industry in San Fernando Valley, prompted AIDS activists to renew their call for the […]
The first clinical trial of using embryonic stem cells in humans will only be available to only a few patients according to the chief researcher of the trial. “I think it’s likely that 50 percent or even 75 percent of patients we evaluate will not meet the criteria,” said Dr. Richard Fessler of Northwestern University […]
At least 18 new gene sites associated with obesity and 13 others linked to body fat distribution were identified by international researchers in a new study published online on Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics. The large study analyzed data from 250,000 people and found 32 gene sites linked to obesity, 14 of which have […]
U.S.-based Abbot Laboratories announced on Friday that it is withdrawing its anti-obesity drug Meridia from the U.S. market after European lab tests showed that the drug raised the risk of heart issues. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested Abbott to pull out the drug from pharmacy shelves, after the regulatory agency received the findings […]
A federal judge upheld on Thursday a crucial element of the administration’s landmark healthcare reform law that requires more Americans to be covered. The ruling by U.S. District Judge George Steeh defeated the lawsuit filed by conservative interest group The Thomas More Law Center in Michigan, who claimed that the provision requiring Americans to get […]
A noisy work environment can increase the risk for heart disease to almost two times, according to a new study made by researchers at the University of British Columbia’s School of Environmental Health in Vancouver. Young men who smoke, another risk factor, and work in noisy conditions are the most susceptible to develop heart ailments, […]
The United States and other countries pledged $11.7 billion during a UN summit on Tuesday for a global fund to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. A pledge of $4 billion was made by the U.S., the single biggest donor country to the Global Fund, which was started in 2002 to help decrease mortality rates of […]
The government of the United States acknowledged on Friday that American scientists and doctors have conducted experiments during the 1940s that led to Guatemalan soldiers, prisoners and mental patients being infected with sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs). A physician who was involved in the Tuskegee syphilis study was the research leader of the Guatemalan study conducted from […]
Medicaid has added 3.7 million people last year due to rising unemployment and corresponding losses in health benefits, an annual survey by health policy researcher Kaiser Family Foundation says. It was the biggest increase in a single year in the history of the federal and state insurance program. Medicaid, which offers comprehensive health insurance coverage […]
Children who suffer from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been found to have a genetic defect that increases their likelihood to manifest the condition, according to a new study by British scientists. The study, which is to be published online in The Lancet journal on September 30, strengthens the existing theory that the condition is […]
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