If there was a pandemic flu emergency, approximately one in six public health workers say they would not report to work, U.S. researchers said. Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore said the online survey was conducted among 1,835 public health workers in Minnesota, Ohio and West Virginia from November 2006-December 2007. The analysis is based ...

LONDON – A woman from a village in southwestern England says that a severe migraine attack left her speaking with what sounds like a French accent - a striking example of a rare syndrome that neuroscientists say can leave lifelong locals sounding like they come from thousands of miles away.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Colleges should adopt a code of conduct that prohibits bullying and harassment in the wake of the suicide of a Rutgers University student whose gay sexual encounter in his dorm room was streamed online, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg said at a town meeting on campus

TUESDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Providing feedback to users of online weight-loss programs can improve the outcomes for participants, a new study has found.

HOWARD, Ohio – An unusual amount of blood found in a missing woman's home is evidence of an injury apparently related to her disappearance with her two children and a female friend, a sheriff in Ohio said Saturday.

WASHINGTON - Too few U.S doctors are telling pregnant women about steps they can take to avoid a virus that causes serious birth defects in thousands of babies each year, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.The CDC said such infection occurs in about 1

Fewer Patients Survive Nighttime Cardiac Arrests Print Page Send to a Friend Share By Debra Wood, RN, contributor Hospital patients are less likely to survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest at night or on the weekend than during the day, according

California Stem Cell Agency Exaggerated Its Role in Funding Key Research PR NEWSWIRE Posted: 2008-04-16 17:52:49 Agency Claimed State Funding Led to Important Clinical Trials SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California's st

I don't know what I will do with my Sunday morning's now. As long as I can remember i sat back and watched Tim Russert tear his guests "a new one" without prejudice Tim always put each and every guest on the spot equally as hard. It truly is a gin to us

As these types of surgery or more common place, there has to be a way to improve follow up and recalls or issues like that

Smoking cessation is a $1.7 billion industry, and it is projected to expand 35 percent by 2010.1 Its growth is due in part to Clean Air acts and anti-tobacco legislation that have stepped up awareness about the dangers of tobacco and decreased its use in

NEW YORK – Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that's been linked to an increased risk of obesity. A study of children found those with a common variation of the gene tend to overeat high-calorie foods. They ate 100 extra calories per meal, which ...

After a long, uphill battle, doctors who e-prescribe as of January can get bonus pay from Medicare.

CNN.com is reporting that 20-year-old Brazilian model Mariana Bridi is fighting for her life after having her hands and feet amputated after suffering from septicimea, a blood infection that limited the supply of oxygen to her extremities. Bridi was initially misdiagnosed with kidney stones, but when her condition worsened she returned to the hospital where doctors determined she was suffering from ...

By Therese Borchard   It's supposed to be the most exciting time of your life, and everyone is telling you how lucky you are to have a beautiful baby. But all you can do is cry. You're pretty sure none of your new-mom friends feel this way. But they might be. Between 15 and 20 percent of new moms, about 1 ...

FRIDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Women of African heritage bear a greater risk for a more aggressive and difficult-to-treat form of breast cancer, new research suggests.

SYDNEY – A thumbnail-sized frog with a long snout, a brilliant green katydid with bright pink eyes and a mouse with a white-tipped tail are among 200 species scientists have discovered in Papua New Guinea.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—The president of FINA said Sunday that “overexertion” led to the death of U.S. national team swimmer Fran Crippen at a race in the United Arab Emirates and that swimming’s governing body has launched an investigation into the tragedy