October 23, 2015 Funding Crunch Puts Progress on AIDS at Risk The international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against AIDS, but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, the United Nations health agencies said
October 23, 2015 8 Germiest Places in the Mall While you’re checking items off your shopping list this season, you may be exposing yourself to germs—like flu viruses, E. coli, and staph —that can make you sick
October 23, 2015 Scientists Seeking Biological Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome As scientists race to find a biological cause for chronic fatigue syndrome, long considered by many doctors to exist in patients' heads, the National Institutes of Health could shed new light on the debate at a major scientific workshop on the disorder
October 23, 2015 2 million deaths yearly worldwide linked with air pollution Air pollution may be responsible for more than 2 million deaths around the world each year, according to a new study.
October 23, 2015 Get Vaccinated or . . . Be Terminated? A large health care group in northern Michigan is taking every precaution when it comes to keeping patients safe by issuing an ultimatum for employees: Get a flu shot or get fired. And I have to say, as a doctor in practice for over 30 years, I think it's fair
October 23, 2015 Company Steps Up Contact Lens Recall Effort One of the nation's largest eye care companies is stepping up efforts to publicize its recall of more than a half-million contact lenses after coming under pressure from federal health regulators
October 23, 2015 Childhood Music Lessons Keep Aging Brain in Tune The Tiger Mothers were right all along: Music lessons as a kid may make you a sharper grown-up
October 23, 2015 FDA: Acid Reflux Drugs Increase Risk of Fractures U.S. health regulators said that patients taking prescription ulcer drugs at high doses or for longer periods may have increased risk of fractures of the hip, wrist and spine
October 23, 2015 Sleep may intensify negative emotions, memories After undergoing stressful or traumatic events, people often struggle with ways to cope emotionally. As it turns out, the best solution may be to just stay awake
October 23, 2015 Scientists: New Virus Hunts, Kills Cancer Cells A virus that hunts down and treats cancer was used in patients for the first time, with encouraging results
