Mind and Body - Page 749

November 20, 2014

Dog Treats With Salmonella Risk Recalled

Dog treats made by a manufacturer in Illinois are being recalled because of possible salmonella contamination

November 20, 2014

Albinos in Tanzania Murdered or Raped as AIDS 'Cure'

Hundreds of albinos are thought to have been killed for black magic purposes in Tanzania and albino girls are being raped because of a belief they offer a cure for AIDS, according to a Canadian rights group 

November 20, 2014

Colon Cancer Patient Leaves Last Message After Death

A Canadian blogger who wrote about his battle with colon cancer left his final blog to be posted after he died last week, and three million people have since visited his website to read his final post

November 20, 2014

Acetaminophen Tied to Blood Cancers

New research shows chronic users of acetaminophen, a top-selling painkiller known as Tylenol in the U.S. and paracetamol in Europe, are at slightly increased risk for blood cancers

November 20, 2014

Woman Dies After Being Sent Home From Hospital Twice

A woman who died 10 minutes after arriving home from hospital for the second time in a one day was not even seen by a doctor, a coronial inquest has found

November 20, 2014

Feds Warn Makers of Unproven Treatments for STDs

The U.S. government said it will begin removing products from the market that make unproven claims to treat, cure, or prevent sexually transmitted diseases

November 20, 2014

'Fattest Teenager' Now Deathly Ill With Anorexia

A British woman whose struggle with being overweight led to her being the youngest person in the world to have a stomach bypass is now at the other extreme, with her life threatened by anorexia, according to UK media reports

November 20, 2014

Woman's Life Saved by Synthetic Cow Blood in World First

An Australian woman's life has been saved using a radical synthetic blood substitute from the U.S. made from cow plasma

November 20, 2014

FDA Approves New Treatment for Rare Form of Pancreatic Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday it had approved a new treatment for patients with a rare form of pancreatic cancer

November 20, 2014

Early Drug Treatment Greatly Cuts Spread of HIV

Men and women infected with the AIDS virus who take antiretroviral drugs immediately rather than waiting to become more ill dramatically cut the risk of infecting a sexual partner, U.S. researchers said