The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat raw oysters harvested from an additional part (growing area 5) of the southern tip of Hood Canal in Washington state due to a foodborne illness outbreak caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria.
The American Cancer Society’s most recent estimate showed that more than 10.5 million Americans with a history of cancer are still living, and the total cancer deaths in the United States declined for the second straight year in 2004 (the most recent year for which statistics are available).
Multiple sclerosis – MS – is a disease found in one in 700 Americans. It affects women more often than men, and generally begins to show signs between ages 20-40.
A researcher at Washington University in St. Louis has lead the development and testing of a new assessment tool that will determine the reliability of current pathological gambling disorder criteria equally well for Caucasian and African-American gamblers.
The American Medical Association (AMA) launches a three-year, multi-million dollar campaign called “Voice For The Uninsured” to spur action to cover the uninsured. The national launch begins today with a Washington, D.C. press conference at the National Press Club and full-page ads in the New York Times and USA Today.
Actress Sally Lindsay and broadcaster Tania Bryer proved you don?t always need boots for walking as they launched the countdown to the Alzheimer?s Society?s annual fundraiser, Memory Walk.
A new study spearheaded by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has determined that environmental monitoring of institutional water systems can help to predict the risk of hospital-acquired Legionella pneumonia, better known as Legionnaires’ disease.
The City of Houston is taking action to protect Houstonians from the substantial health risks associated with secondhand smoke. The City Council has passed an ordinance that will make all workplaces and public spaces smoke free starting September 1, 2007.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to refine and update the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) for Calendar Year (CY) 2008.
A study in the online open access journal Critical Care which claims that large burns can trigger cardiac problems and enhanced inflammatory and hypermetabolic responses in patients.