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Daughters of Charity hospitals unlikely to close if sale falls through, experts say Picture an empty hospital. No patients, no medical staff -- not a stethoscope in sight. For weeks, that's the bleak image Prime Healthcare and the Daughters of Charity Health System have depicted in an expensive, high-stakes media campaign.
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Why It's Sometimes OK For Doctors To Google Their Patients By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) - It's something we do to job applicants, first dates, former lovers and the quiet co-worker in the next cubicle.
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In small study, aggressive HIV strain identified in Cuba Merck scientist conducts research to discover new HIV drugs in West Point, Pa. (Matt Rourke / AP). By Tribune wire reports contact the reporter · Medical Research · Scientific Research · Cuba · HIV - AIDS · University of Miami.
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Marijuana use could explain excessive daytime sleepiness in some teens Narcolepsy - extreme bouts of sleepiness that can strike at any time - affects around 1 in 2,000 people in the US. A new study raises concerns about its diagnosis in adolescents, after it identified marijuana in the urine of some teenagers who had symptoms ...
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How women can keep their hearts healthy February is Heart Health Awareness Month, so it's the perfect time to address the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in women and discuss ways to decrease risk for the development of the disease.
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Diet and exercise alone are no cure for obesity, doctors say For most of the nation's 79 million adults and 13 million children who are obese, the "eat less, move more" treatment, as currently practiced, is a prescription for failure, a group of weight-loss specialists says.
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NYT media reporter Carr died of cancer, cardiovascular disease - officials Feb 14 (Reuters) - New York Times media columnist David Carr, a beloved and widely respected journalist who wrote a memoir about his struggles with addiction, died of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease, New York City's medical examiner said on ...
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Singapore PM Lee has prostate cancer, to take medical leave SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery to remove his prostate gland on Monday, his office said in a statement on Sunday.
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Flu season is on the retreat, but record-level hospitalizations of elderly continue NEW YORK - This winter's nasty flu season has peaked and is clearly retreating, a new government report shows. "There's a lot of flu season left, but it's clear we're decreasing and that flu season has peaked," said Dr.
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David Carr Died Of Lung Cancer: Autopsy NEW YORK (AP) - New York Times media columnist David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer, according to autopsy results released Saturday.
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Autopsy Shows New York Times Writer Carr Died of Lung Cancer New York Times media columnist David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer, according to autopsy results released Saturday.
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Arizona baby born premature gets heart transplant Caylyn Otto places her hands on her son, Oliver, at the Phoenix Children's... (Terry Tang/AP). « 1; 2; ». PHOENIX (AP) - Caylyn Otto bought a bracelet for her unborn son, but not for his baptism.
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Autopsy: New York Times' David Carr Died Of Metastatic Lung Cancer New York Times Columnist David Carr attends the TimesTalks at The New School on February 12, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images).
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Warnings on lead levels in chocolate Just in time for Valentine's Day, a California consumer watchdog group filed legal notices last week demanding that many of the big chocolate firms post warnings on packages showing their products contain high levels of lead and cadmium.
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Study: Ebola Virus Still Infectious Week After Death Volunteers in protective suit carry for burial the body of a person who died from Ebola in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on Oct. 7, 2014.
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Dr Michael Reinstein admits taking thousands in kickbacks for prescribing Clorazil A Chicago doctor has pleaded guilty to accepting $600,000 from a pharmaceutical company as a reward for prescribing high-risk anti-psychotic drugs to elderly and mentally ill patients.
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Aggressive new HIV strain detected in Cuba Researchers said an aggressive HIV strain in Cuba progresses into AIDS so fast that treatment with antiretroviral drugs may come too late.
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United States OKs Canadian grown non-browning GMO apples The world's first non-browning GMO apple has been approved for consumption. Summerland B.C.-based Okanagan Specialty Fruits got the go-ahead from the United States Department of Agriculture to sell genetically modified, non-browning apples.
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Giant Food Issues Recall Of Nutrisca Chicken & Chick Pea Dog Food BALTIMORE (WJZ) - Giant Food has issued a recall of Nutrisca Chicken and Chick Pea dog food due to potential salmonella contamination.
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NYT media reporter Carr died of cancer, cardiovascular disease - officials Pictures that caught our eyes or made news during the past week in India. Slideshow · Cricket Craze · Aspiring Models · Photos of the week · Reuters: 30 Years of Pictures · Brazil's drought from above · » Click here for more slideshows.
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Vaccine opposition in US has ebbed and flowed over the centuries FILE - In this Oct. 28, 1956 file photo, Elvis Presley receives a Salk polio vaccine shot in New York City from Dr. Harold Fuerst, left.
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Sierra Leone Loses Track of Millions in Ebola Funds FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - A report by Sierra Leone's national auditor says government ministers lost track of more than $3 million in internal emergency funds to fight the Ebola virus, impairing the response to the disease.
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Newborn doing well after heart transplant PHOENIX - Caylyn Otto bought a bracelet for her unborn son, but it was not for his baptism. "I pictured it being on an urn or being buried with him," Otto said.
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Oklahomans Signing Up For Health Care As Deadline Nears Sunday is the last day to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. That's why one local clinic spent the day helping people sign up.
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Lifestyle Changes Such as Diet and Exercise May Not Be Enough to Fight Obesity Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have called obesity a "societal problem" and one might be inclined to believe them.
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Autopsy shows New York Times writer Carr died of lung cancer NEW YORK - New York Times media columnist David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer, according to autopsy results released Saturday.
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Mediterranean diet could reduce your risk of ischemic stroke In the United States, nearly 800,000 people suffer a stroke each year, but according to a preliminary study, this number could be lower if more people adopted a Mediterranean diet.
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Obesity Epidemic Cure Demands More than Diet and Exercise An obesity conversation that needs to be had. A respected team is out with a thought-provoking commentary. obesity diet exercise. By Marcus Chavers February 14, 2015.
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Want To Lose Weight? Diet And Exercise Not Helping? Blame It On Your Genes Diet and exercise may not be enough to help some obese people lose weight, according to researchers. There may be a genetic issue at play.
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This Contact Lens Can Zoom In Things With A Wink Swiss scientists have developed a contact lens that has telescopic abilities and can let one zoom into things with a wink. The contact lens will be able to magnify vision three-fold if a wearer so chooses, giving hope to individuals who suffer from AMD.
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New Contact Lenses Come With Inbuilt Zoom (Photo : Getty Images/David McNew) A tiny device in new contact lenses, aimed at hundreds of thousands of people suffering from age-related eye problems, could increase vision by three times.
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Schools to treat e-cig as a drug paraphernalia 12 As the debate about the safety of e-cig goes on, schools are now doing whatever they can to curb e-cig usage among teens and students.
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Diet And Exercise Not Enough To Win War Against Obesity, Doctors Say New research suggests that biological mechanisms, not just diet and exercise, must be taken into consideration when treating obesity.
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Mediterranean-style Diet Could Reduce Risk of Ischemic Stroke, New Study Every three minutes someone dies from a stroke and stroke is the nation's number three killer, but there's a new (old) way to reduce stroke risk, Mediterranean-style diet.
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New Aggressive HIV Strain Discovered in Chicago Talk about super-viruses, and the new HIV virus seems to have become the talk of the town. This new strain of HIV could progress to full-blown AIDS within just 3 years if left untreated, and has reportedly become an epidemic among newly infected individuals ...
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Study Finds Link Between Mediterranean Diet And Reduced Stroke Risk Ischemic stroke strikes a person when a blood clot is formed and it disrupts proper supply of blood to the brain. It is caused by atherosclerosis, a condition where a build-up of fatty deposits increases thickness of artery walls.
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New HIV virus strain identified 1 A new study revealed that there is a new HIV virus strain, so deadly that it can become a full-blown AIDS in just three years. According to the researchers, if left untreated, the said new HIV virus strain is really deadly.
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Study Reveals Unlisted Dangers of Smoking Smoking causes more harm than previously thought, says a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Health officials generally associate 21 diseases with smoking; however, the new study researchers opine that smoking can lead to ...
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Six-day-old Baby Oliver Is The Youngest To Get A Heart Transplant (Photo : REUTERS/Desmond Boylan) Raquel Del Carmen, who is seven-months-old, lies on her bed at the William Soler Children's Heart Center as she waits for surgery in Havana October 7, 2013.
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According to a new research- diet and exercise may not be enough to cure obesity. Home/; Health/; According to a new research- diet and exercise may not be enough to cure obesity. According to a new research- diet and exercise may not be enough to cure obesity According to a new research done by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...
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Mediterranean Diet Lowers Stroke Risk According to the latest research, Mediterranean-style diet lowers the risk of ischemic stroke but not hemorrhagic stroke in the women.
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Mediterranean diet lowers ischemic stroke risk in women by 18 percent A Mediterranean diet could help in lowering the number of stroke cases in women, a new study has found. According to the researchers, a strictly followed Mediterranean diet helped in reducing the ischemic stroke risk in women.
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Study shows smoking even more deadly It turns out smoking causes more illness and death than previously thought. In a study funded by the American Cancer Society, researchers found that there are five new diseases and an additional 60,000 deaths per year contributed to smoking.
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Telescopic Contact Lenses Zoom In With A Wink Of Your Eye People with the most common form of sight loss could regain their vision with a brand new contact lens that has an in-built telescope feature.
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Like a Camera Phone, These Lenses Come with a Zoom Feature There's a pair of lenses that can zoom in to images up to 3 times their size by merely winking your eye. No, we're not talking fiction here, and these are not bionic eyes.
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New Contact Lenses Allow Users to Zoom In Just by Winking New contact lenses are being developed by scientists that will allow wearers to zoom in simply by winking. The telescopic contact lenses can magnify almost three-fold at the wink of an eye.
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Revolutionary Contact Lenses to Give Wearers Super Vision Imagine contact lenses that allow you to zoom in and zoom out of whatever it is you're looking at just by winking? This revolutionary lenses that give wearers Superman-like super vision will soon be in our future.
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Mediterranean diet benefits women by reducing risk of ischemic stroke 8 A new study reveals that Mediterranean diet is indeed beneficial for women as it can lower ischemic stroke by 18 percent. This is mostly effective if women will strictly follow their Mediterranean diet.
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New strain of HIV mutating fast into aggressive AIDS found in Cuba Health researchers have found a new strain of aggressive HIV virus in Cuba - it develops into full-blown AIDS within 2-3 years as against the 5-10 years common with normal HIV/AIDS virus.
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New Aggressive, Fast-Developing Strain Of HIV Found In Cuba (Photo : Getty Images/Carl Court) A new HIV strain identified in some patients in Cuba appears to be much more aggressive and faster developing than usual - developing into AIDS within three years of infection.
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