Cervical Cancer :: New cervical cancer prevention HPV vaccine now available
Girls in King County and across Washington state will now have access to a new vaccine at no cost that prevents cancer caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Health benefits
Obesity :: Overweight & obese experience a lowered response to resistance training
A new study in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research suggests that adults who are overweight and obese experience a lowered response to resistance training when compared to normal weight adults.
Exercise :: Can You Exercise Too Much? Mental Health Experts Say Yes
You run in the morning, train for your next marathon at night despite a nagging injury, and head to the gym to weight train in your free time. Missing a workout is not an option.
HIV :: HIV in breast milk killed by flash-heating
A simple method of flash-heating breast milk infected with HIV successfully inactivated the free-floating virus, according to a new study led by researchers at the Berkeley and Davis campuses of the University of California.
Tea :: Green tea may protect the bladder from becoming inflamed
Herbal agents could be used to treat inflammatory bladder diseases, according to a preliminary study that looked at the ability of green tea to protect bladder cells from inflammation.
Heart :: Disease prevention turns over new leaf
RMIT University researchers have described the promising cardioprotective effects of an Australian olive leaf extract at the American Heart Association?s 7th Annual Conference in Denver, USA.
Health Insurance :: American College of Physicians commends introduction of Bipartisan Health CARE Act
The American College of Physicians (ACP) this morning commended Marcy Kaptur and Steven C. LaTourette, members of Congress, for their bipartisan sponsorship of the Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility and Equity (CARE) Act.
Smoking :: Better health twice as likely for nonsmokers who live and work with smoking restrictions
In the first study of its kind to evaluate how smoking restrictions in the workplace and at home affect health status, researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health found that nonsmokers who live under both a total household and total workplace smoking ban are over two and a half times more likely to report better health than those without smoking bans.
Prostate Cancer :: Heavy multivitamin use may be linked to advanced prostate cancer
While regular multivitamin use is not linked with early or localized prostate cancer, taking too many multivitamins may be associated with an increased risk for advanced or fatal prostate cancers, according to a study in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Vitamin D :: Vitamin D supplements may offer cheap and effective immune system boost against TB
Scientists have shown that a single 2.5mg dose of vitamin D may be enough to boost the immune system to fight against tuberculosis (TB) and similar bacteria for at least 6 weeks.